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Old 05-11-2009 | 10:52 AM
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My friend wanted to borrow my car for his wedding day, so I gave my car a light detail so it'll look good on the day.
I've been detailing people's cars for the past 3-4 months and I didn't really had the time to take care of my own car. Had to leave it sitting outside of the garage most of the time and let dirt and waterspots get to it.

I was on kind of a time crunch, so not that many before shots.
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Before shot of the roof

After shot of the roof

Before shot of the hood

After shot of the hood
Old 05-11-2009 | 10:53 AM
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Some speckles on the hood

Took care of most of it

Finished job, enjoy reflection pics!


Excuse the mess

My bro in law's IS250



Rear bumper shot

Sorry for the blown background. Pretty hard to get the right exposure at around noon time.
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Glass vs. Roof

Used my wife's new Panasonic LX3 camera for the following shots







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Thanks for looking
Old 05-11-2009 | 11:02 AM
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Wonderful!!! In some pics the surface looks as it was chromed !
Absolutely stunning mate!

Is it jet black or some metallic colour? Sapphire black?
Old 05-11-2009 | 11:04 AM
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Awesome job man!
Old 05-11-2009 | 11:07 AM
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Car looks great! Nice detail job!
Old 05-11-2009 | 11:13 AM
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Thanks guys. It's the infamous jet black.... It does look amazing when its cleaned up though.
But I promised to myself, the next black BMW i'm going to get will either be the Sapphire black or Carbon Black. hahah
Old 05-11-2009 | 02:42 PM
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Stunning !!

It's really, really difficult to get Jet Black looking that good. Please tell us your process and which products you used. Thanks.
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It looks great!
Would you mind sharing what products you used?



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