dsms detail- 330xi

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2006 330xi mostly kept outside and never been detailed.
Before shots

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A little fender bender, there was some paint transfer that came off easy when polishing, couldnt do much about the deep scratches though

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After a quick rinse I foamed the car with Z7 and let it dwell for a couple minutes. Then used the 2 bucket and mitts while using the foam gun w/Z7 also.

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First time using the boars hair extension brush, very soft.

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I worked on the wheels first before everything else they were a mess. Tons of brake dust and road tar.

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Started cleaning w/ Megs safe-D cut 3:1, let it dwell for a while and used a couple brake dust remover sticks. After that came the EZ detail brush to get behind the spokes.

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Cleaned the face and between spokes with theh swissvax brush(new favorite wheel tool)

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Re-rinsed and applied P21s gel and let it sit for about 10minutes before doing a final scrub with the lambswool brush. Went back later with autoglym intensive tar remover to remove the remaining tar but very little came off.

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The final result
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After drying with ## miracle dryer I clayed the car with pinnacle ultra poly using Adams QD as lube the gave it another wipedown using PB S&W

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Checked for swirls in sunlight before bringing it inside
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Started correction with the Flex and Megs M105 compund with a LC 5.5ccs pad(later switched to the flat ones and the purple wool)

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Before and afters

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After trunk 50/50

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M105 finished down very nicely, little suprising for such a heavy compund. After correction came an IPA wipedown before Final polish which was 106ff w/ green ccs pad. The car was wipedown again and then I applied 3 coats of Z5pro ZFX'd (cured 20mins between each coat) followed by Z-CS and Z8.

Some before and afters

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Lights just got the 106ff treatment with a white pad

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Carpets were vaccumed and scrubbed with 303 cleaner cut 10:1 and Megs APC+

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Before
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(the one that got away...I went back and redid that last stripe)

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All the leather was cleaned with Leather masters strong cleaner and conditioned with Z10
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Door shuts got Z-AIO and all lower plastic panels were cleaned with 1Z Plastik-Reiniger and magic eraser, rest of the interior got cockpit premium
 
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Some last shots
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that looks fantastic, I wish I had time to work on a black car...
 
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