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BMW 550i X M Sport New Car Prep, Opti Coat, and Xpel Installation
We received a call from a local customer that requested his brand new BMW 550 I Xdrive M Sport get a full exterior prep – paint correction and Opti Coat as well as full front wrap using Xpel Ultimate.
This car sat on the lot for a bit and required some attention to get it back to perfect and ready for Opti Coat and clear film installation.
Exterior
– Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
– Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
– Wheel wells were cleaned up
– Washed with Adam’s Car Wash
– Decon with Auto Finesse Iron Out
– Wash down and rinsed
– Door jambs were cleaned up
– Nano Scrub AutoScrub
– Dried
– Tires dressed
– Masking
– Paint Measurement
– Compound – Menzerna FG400
– Final Polish – Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6
– Last step – Opticoat
– Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight
– Wheel wells were cleaned – polished – Opti Coat
– Rubber and Plastics Treated
– Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
– Exhaust tips cleaned
– Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Products used:
Adam’s Car Wash
Auto Finesse Iron Out
Stoner’s Tarminator
Auto Finesse Oblitarate
Sonax Multi Star
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna FG400
Sonax Perfect Finish
Opti Coat
Optimum Bond Tire Gel
Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner
Auto Finesse Rejuvenate
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber Quick Detail MF Towels
Uber All Purpose MF Towels
Rupes LHR75E
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Meg’s MF Cutting Pad
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Uber Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Adam’s Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Before – we received the new BMW in salty shape – believe it or not this was 7 miles of driving in salt to our shop!
Prep – wheels, wheel wells, tires, decon, clay
Adam’s APC was used to clean up the tires as well we used Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner to loosen up the salt and grime in the wheels wells. Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner sprayed on wheels, once they set up, we make sure to use various brushes to ensure wheels are cleaned up well.
Since we knew the car was on a boat for 3 months and sat in a lot for a few more we knew that there would be contaminants on the paint, we applied Auto Finesse Iron Out to assist in the decon stage, we did this prior to the wash and clay.
Rinse and repeat – we saw more contaminants on the paint so we decided to repeat the process – still pulling fall out off the paint.
Traditional 2 bucket wash
And rinse and repeat the Auto Finesse Iron Out followed with some Stoner’s Tarminator and Auto Finesse Obiltarate – we have found Obiltarate to be quicker and stronger.
Auto Finesse Iron Out pulling contamination out of all the crevices
Uber Yellow Poly Clay bar and Nanoskin Autoscrub Mitt were use in the decon process.
Claying in tight spots
Before shot of the rear bumper with rail dust, fall out, etc
After
Car prepped
Polishing – there were a lot of imperfections on the paint, all in clusters on various parts of the car.
Exhaust tips were cleaned up with Auto Finesse Rejuvenate
Menzerna Top Inspection used to prep paint for Opti Coat
Opti Coat was applied on paint, exhaust tips, wheels, and shadow line trim.
Wheels Opti Coated and tires treated with Optimum Bond Tire Gel
Clear Film Installation – Xpel Ultimate
Customer requested that we remove the chrome kidney grill and install the black kidney grill – that was opti coated prior to install
Detail
Interior
Afters
I hope you enjoyed this article if you have any questions or would like to book an appointment please email me at phil@detailersdomain.com
