New BMW Swirls on B Pillars

[GSKR]

Even if you fix it, I bet those marks in the pillar will reappear quite quickly. Several of the European manufacturers use very soft plastic on those pillar pieces.

Thats why I suggest to do it by hand.Thats one piece of trim you can clean up by polish with favorable results.

 

[bill110]

Oh weird, I didn't think anyone would wash or dry with those little circles. But I totally agree dealers have very shady practices. This is the reason I took it straight to a detailer!

The "package" included:

Hand wash
Hand dry
Clean and degrease wheels and tires
Application of high quality spray carnauba or polymer wax to all painted surfaces
Clean windows
Clean wheel wells
Apply tire dressing
Visual inspection
Clay bar to remove harmful contaminants on all painted surfaces prior to wax
Apply high quality Collinite wax to Painted Surfaces
Compound and polish with high speed buffer
Oxidation removal
12 Month Paint sealer
Polish wheels

So, whatever from that list that you would do to a new car I guess. We took out interior stuff because it was like 3 days new.

Just a guess but I would bet a months pay that if Mike Phillips took one of his classes on day three, using everyone in the class, they could not do all that in 12 min. A paint coating will need that long to flash. Then you gonna put collinite over it, and a spray wax.

 

[GSKR]

GSKR- yeah you are right I absolutely will avoid drama. That's also why I wanna learn to polish too. I do better taking care of this stuff myself and I get a huge relaxing vibe from working on stuff like this.

Guys thanks for all the replies. It really puts me at ease that the car is not damaged, to hear it from a bunch of fanatic experts. I am a noob with cars but an expert with race bikes (bicycles). I ride and race all year up to 15K miles per year, twice as much as I drive cars. Caring for those bikes (mine and my team) I am a super fanatic. I guess it carries over to cars and wanting perfection. We wash bikes every single day. There is hardly a race day we run bearings without fresh packed grease. We have rain bikes even, for using when it's wet. I think there are some similarities with car nuts lol.

On a good note- I just tested out the master blaster after car got soaked in rain - omg that is an amazing tool! I will use this on bikes and save hella time. No more threading rags through drivetrain parts.

I can't wait to do a thorough wash tomorrow with foam cannon and master blaster.

About hand polishing those swirls - should I tackle that before or after washing? I suppose it won't matter really as long as I wash the pillars first. Is there a tut or vid that shows a good method to polish this type of part?

Time for beer take care.

Take a sock and turn it inside out.use a fine polish nothing with abrasives then wax it and remove with micro towel,make sure the tag is ripped off on the micro towel.

 

[RBMW]

Thanks GSKR. I just did a full wash with wheels first, then foam cannon whole car, two bucket with guards (and adams merino mits), all the regular method plus sheet rinse then pull into garage and dri with master blaster. After that I touched up with adams waterless wash, then mist and wipe whole thing with adam's detail spray. Did interior earlier with master blaster purge, meile vac, BMW interior spray. Finally after all is done I put a little dressing on the tires.

This whole exercise gave me a good understanding of the condition of the paint. I found other panels and polished plastic parts with some light swirling. But the car looks damn good overall, still only 800 miles.

Now I just have to hand polish those few areas I identified. Good to go. Thanks for all the info guys. I do still want to learn to polish with a buffer though. I guess it's time to watch tutorials and practice on a 2001 infiniti I have sitting out front.

 

[custmsprty]

ostpics:

 

[RBMW]

Oh snap. pics i can take some pics. iPhone pics or dslr? I sort of want the little swirl parts polished first so I can get some really good pics with macro details. To be honest this was part of my goal - to get crisp set of pics while the car was in new pristine shape. Still not there yet!

I just went in garage and took about 20 pics but they all came out like crap. Here is a pic from last friday on a weird overcast day and another recent one near my house.

 

[custmsprty]

Very nice!