BMW E91 320d 2005
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My Ride: Bmw 530d 2004
The car:
This weekend's hard case (literally) was my colleague's BMW E91 320d -05 jet black (plain black, not a metallic color).
Clearcoat:
The clearcoat was very hard. I think it was harder than in a jet black -08 530xd, which I polished last summer.
Pads and polishes:
So, this 3er was arduous. After a wash and claying it took a long time before I found the right combos for the work. Sure there was the ordinary swirls and random deep scratches, but also lots of deep horizontal scratches from automatic car washes. I did my best in this time that I had for this, but lots of deeper scratches still remained.
During the search for the right combinations, I realized that when I took the first pass with Menzerna POS100 + Lake Country yellow, the result was so swirlious (is that a word?), that the second pass needed at least a PO85RD 3.02 + LC CCS orange. And it still needed a third pass to finalize it properly. I guess it was the POS100 that left the swirls, because I tried it with an orange too and it still left swirls.
I hadn't time and effort to do a three stage polish, so I found out that the PO85RD 3.02 + orange pad with a rotary was a good way to get reasonable results at the first run, and then finalize it with the same combo but driven with a DA. I knew it before that 3.02 can give a very nice finish when polished all the way down with slow rpms and zero pressure. Smoother combinations didn't do anything.
LSPs and others:
I decided to use Poorboy's World Blackhole to give some more looks and follow it with a trusted FK1000P.
So, the black is as rewarding as always, but this took some elbow grease. It think it's time to move on to woolpads...
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The process:
1) Pre-wash
- Turtle Wax Super Detergent Spray wash
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam
2) Wash
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam (by foam lance)
- Turtle Wax Big Orange (in a bucket)
3) Claying
- Zaino Z-18
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam as a lubricant
4) Polishing
- Menzerna PO85RD 3.02 + Lake Country CCS orange light cutting pad + FLEX PE14-2
- Menzerna PO85RD 3.02 + Lake Country CCS orange light cutting pad + FLEX XC 3401 VRG
5) LSPs
- Poorboy's World Blackhole + Lake Country CCS blue final finishing pad + FLEX XC 3401 VRG
- Finish Kare 1000P
6) Others
Tyres:
- Meguiar's Gold Class Endurance Tyre Gel
Black plastics and rubbers:
- AutoGlym Bumper Care
Windows:
- AutoGlym Fast Glass
---------------------------------------------------------------
Before + washing
Turtle Wax Super Detergent spray is actually pretty good:
---------------------------------------------------------------
This weekend's hard case (literally) was my colleague's BMW E91 320d -05 jet black (plain black, not a metallic color).
Clearcoat:
The clearcoat was very hard. I think it was harder than in a jet black -08 530xd, which I polished last summer.
Pads and polishes:
So, this 3er was arduous. After a wash and claying it took a long time before I found the right combos for the work. Sure there was the ordinary swirls and random deep scratches, but also lots of deep horizontal scratches from automatic car washes. I did my best in this time that I had for this, but lots of deeper scratches still remained.
During the search for the right combinations, I realized that when I took the first pass with Menzerna POS100 + Lake Country yellow, the result was so swirlious (is that a word?), that the second pass needed at least a PO85RD 3.02 + LC CCS orange. And it still needed a third pass to finalize it properly. I guess it was the POS100 that left the swirls, because I tried it with an orange too and it still left swirls.
I hadn't time and effort to do a three stage polish, so I found out that the PO85RD 3.02 + orange pad with a rotary was a good way to get reasonable results at the first run, and then finalize it with the same combo but driven with a DA. I knew it before that 3.02 can give a very nice finish when polished all the way down with slow rpms and zero pressure. Smoother combinations didn't do anything.
LSPs and others:
I decided to use Poorboy's World Blackhole to give some more looks and follow it with a trusted FK1000P.
So, the black is as rewarding as always, but this took some elbow grease. It think it's time to move on to woolpads...
---------------------------------------------------------------
The process:
1) Pre-wash
- Turtle Wax Super Detergent Spray wash
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam
2) Wash
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam (by foam lance)
- Turtle Wax Big Orange (in a bucket)
3) Claying
- Zaino Z-18
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam as a lubricant
4) Polishing
- Menzerna PO85RD 3.02 + Lake Country CCS orange light cutting pad + FLEX PE14-2
- Menzerna PO85RD 3.02 + Lake Country CCS orange light cutting pad + FLEX XC 3401 VRG
5) LSPs
- Poorboy's World Blackhole + Lake Country CCS blue final finishing pad + FLEX XC 3401 VRG
- Finish Kare 1000P
6) Others
Tyres:
- Meguiar's Gold Class Endurance Tyre Gel
Black plastics and rubbers:
- AutoGlym Bumper Care
Windows:
- AutoGlym Fast Glass
---------------------------------------------------------------
Before + washing
Turtle Wax Super Detergent spray is actually pretty good:
---------------------------------------------------------------
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Imperfections and polishing
One of the lowest readings here:
Right front wing before:
After:
Right side:
Right side 50/50:
Right side view mirror before:
One of the lowest readings here:
Right front wing before:
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Right side:
Right side 50/50:
Right side view mirror before:
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