Making Imola Red again - BMW 330Ci topped in Auto Finesse Desire!

[RussZS]

Imola Red is a firm favourite colour of mine, so I've been looking forward to this 330Ci for quite some time since it was booked in a month or so ago.  It is very low mileage for its age but the car was severely lacking gloss and the paint defects could be seen in just natural daylight, so I knew I had my work cut out for me on this one…

A few befores:


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Wheels, tyres and arches were addressed first:


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IronX was used to remove brake dust pitting:


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Next the more intricate parts were cleansed with Surfex:


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Next the car was foamed with Surfex:


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Then hand washed with Lather:


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After rinsing IronX was used to remove any fallout present:


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Tardis was used on the tar:


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Then clayed with OID and AF Clay:


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Next the paint was assessed for thickness and various polishing combinations were tested.  I settled on M101 for cutting followed by M205 for finishing:


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Here's what I was up against!


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Some correction shots:


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Some deeper defects remain but this is a light correction detail, not our full correction service:


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Piano Black Trim restored with DA and MF system:


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Looking much better…


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Desire was the wax of choice on this one:


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Crystal on the glass:


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Revive on plastics:


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New Auto Finesse Tyre dressing used on the tyres…


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Spritz on interior plastics and Z9 on the leather:


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AF Cool Water Air Freshener to finish to make it smell as good as it looks!


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and finally some afters…


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Thanks for reading! :)


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Russ.

[Top Cat]

Superb as always Russ. 

[Squeeguk]

That looks awesome. I would love to see what you could do with my car. It's in a sorry state with loads of RDS and swirls.

[carter711]

Awesome work, looks like a really nice car again