BMW X5 correction detail
BMW X5 correction detail This BMW belongs to the daughter of one of my good clients. I did his 1966 Shelby GT350 Hertz and his 1957 Chevy Bel Air droptop last year. After seeing the work, his daughter wanted her X5 and M3 both corrected. BMW paint can be finicky, but after a few different combinations I settled on Menzerna SIP on a Lake Country green pad on the PCXP for correction of the paint. The B-pillars got D300 on a 4" Lake Country orange pad. Leather was cleaned and conditioned with Zaino Z9 and Z10. The exterior plastic was pretty sun damaged and got several treatments of Zaino Z16 as did the tires. LSP choice was Zaino Z2pro.
After correcting the driver's side B-pillar
Passenger side B-pillar in rough shape....
After correction
Finished pics.....
*the glass had a lot of hard water spots, but she didn't want to bother removing them*
Thanks for looking
After correcting the driver's side B-pillar
Passenger side B-pillar in rough shape....
After correction
Finished pics.....
*the glass had a lot of hard water spots, but she didn't want to bother removing them*
Thanks for looking
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Looks good and a lot better. Sucks though that she wanted the car to look like that and didn't care to address the windows and there water spots though. None the less, great work Jeff.
Thanks! Yeah I don't get it either, and its not the first time I've had someone say don't bother with the glass.
Jeff, Steveo was mainly asking what would you use to get the hard water spots off the glass if you were to have done it.
I know their are special products/pads out there and Chemical Guys now makes a water spot remover that actually works pretty well. Maybe you have a better method, but I usually polish the glass with a fairly aggressive pad/compound because those spots on glass are tough as nails and glass is hard to scratch.
I know their are special products/pads out there and Chemical Guys now makes a water spot remover that actually works pretty well. Maybe you have a better method, but I usually polish the glass with a fairly aggressive pad/compound because those spots on glass are tough as nails and glass is hard to scratch.
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Jeff, Steveo was mainly asking what would you use to get the hard water spots off the glass if you were to have done it.
I know their are special products/pads out there and Chemical Guys now makes a water spot remover that actually works pretty well. Maybe you have a better method, but I usually polish the glass with a fairly aggressive pad/compound because those spots on glass are tough as nails and glass is hard to scratch.
I know their are special products/pads out there and Chemical Guys now makes a water spot remover that actually works pretty well. Maybe you have a better method, but I usually polish the glass with a fairly aggressive pad/compound because those spots on glass are tough as nails and glass is hard to scratch.
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Thank you for the very kind word! You have to start somewhere! Just keep at it and always try to make the next job better than the last one and you'll always improve.
quick question, did you use your da on the plastic pieces? Im going to be detailing a 90"s corolla and im wondering how im going to restore that black back to new as possible. Thanks go fast
Thank you. I am sorry that I was not more specific. I read the post. I detailed cars for a dealership for a long period of time and there were are few cars with hard water spots that were this bad. I tried everything available to me to get them out but all I was able to do was hide them slightly but in the right light they were still visible on the glass. Granted I didn't have a lot of materials to try but I was just trying to see if all you used was the compound and a special pad or if there was something else in addition.
Also thanks HotWhipT/A for helping me out.
Nice save there Jeff. Those b pillars looked really rough. I love the way the trim turned out too, I might have to order some Zaino and give it a try. How does the Z16 compare to the Ultima trim and tire guard?
