2013 BMW M5 Restoration Detail - 45hrs - Immaculate Reflections

[gofast908z]

This M5 came in for a full correction and coating after the dealer had "detailed" it for the owner. At first glance it didn't look too bad, which you'd expect with only 6,000 miles on the clock, but after stripping off the dealer's wax, some pretty severe paint defects were found. This was also a wheels off detail to give the wheel wells, suspension, brakes, and wheel barrels proper attention. The paint, trim, lenses, wheels, and brakes were all coat with Opti-Coat Pro. The total time on this BMW was 45 hours. With such a big job, I brought Ryan in to lend a hand again.



Car looked fairly good at initial inspection...but it got worse.

Even before stripping off the wax issues were easily identifiable.

Plenty of water spot etching to deal with...

Lots of swirls/RIDS on the truck threshold

After the wash and decontamination, the severe defects were much easier to spot

After compounding, RIDS removed, though it took several passes with M101 to achieve

Lower rockers were in very poor shape and took extensive work to correct. Low speed on the machine and a lot of patience was the key to victory on these parts

After much compounding, here is the result. A couple deep RIDS remained as they were too near edges to safely remove 100%. Medium and final polishing still to follow

 

[gofast908z]

After some work on the wheel well, suspension, brakes, and wheel...they were all looking good again. Calipers and wheels were fully coated with Opti-Coat Pro. Calipers were corrected as well before coating.

The hood was not spared from the dealer's mishandling....

After one pass of compounding, much of the defects were removed, but more work would be required for full removal. This may be good enough for some, but client didn't ask for 'good enough'...so the work continued.

Water spots needed to be removed

Removed

Ryan taking readings on the passenger side LATE into the night.....or was it EARLY a.m.? Sleep? Who needs that.... Ryan and I continued onto the remaining two wheels/wells/brakes/suspension until they were done, closing out another long day.


76 microns....had to tread very lightly here. Seem to be seeing this on a lot of BMW's lately....

 

[gofast908z]

After all the wheels/brakes/suspension/wells were done and wheels were torqued back to factory spec, it was time to return to the paint.

After many many hours of work, the paint was finally corrected to the high standards that were set for it. There was just minutes of daylight left so we got what we could with the little bit of remaining light we had. I would be delivering the car later that night after finishing the coating.

 

[gofast908z]

Final pictures after Opti-Coat Pro. Took these quick pics right before driving it back to my client's home.

Thanks for getting this far and checking it out!

 

[TopThatDetail]

Great Job what did the dealer use to "detail" that car no reason it should of been that bad :wow:

 

[scrubs147]

The only problem now is you can't drive it now... too pretty.

 

[Kevin Cullen]

Great job to a awesome looking car. Dealer sure put glaze to the test on this one, hide it and ship it. Just get it out the door.

 

[Theostoubos]

Beautiful work on a gorgeous car.

I know that we have seen this dealer treatment many times, but it blows my mind and it annoys me to no end that an M6 would be delivered like that....

What did the owner have to say....

 

[sproketser]

Top job again , that M looks killer mate . Congrats on the efforts .

 

[parttimer]

How much does one charge for a 45 hour detail job? At $50 per hour that is about $2250??

 

[sproketser]

Gee , lots of money there !

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Wow. Speechless. That is truly outstanding work along with dedicated pictures showing the work. Incredible.

What I would do for that car.

 

[vet]

Great job!

 

[drbll]

I am in love with that car! Nice job for sure.

 

[jayshut11]

Great work!

Again, I'm simply appalled at how much damage dealers do the vehicle. I'm always telling people over on the Porsche forum to stay away from dealer detailing. Most of them think I'm crazy. c7424:

 

[gofast908z]

Thanks guys. Yeah it was pretty bad. Not a heavy amount of swirls, but LOTS of RIDS. Front bumper was nothing but holograms. Owner was thrilled when I brought it back to him, and called me the next morning even happier when he saw it in the sun.

 

[LatinFG2]

It looks amazing!

 

[zmcgovern45]

Great work! and fantastic write up, too!

 

[allenk4]

45hrs!