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Old 07-19-2011, 09:58 AM
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Here is a brand new BMW M3 Comp Package.

Customer requested to get the car perfect and install clear film.

What was done -
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
- Pre Washed with W99
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- 2 Step - SIP to start and Super Finish
- Inspection with Fenix,Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step ? 1Z einszett Glanz
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed

Interior
- Cleaned
- Conditioned
- Vacuum
- Glass Cleaned

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Iron Cut
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Adam's Undercarriage Spray
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
Menzerna Super Finish
Einszett Glanz
Adam's Super VRT
Adam's Metal Polish
Adam's Glass Cleaner

Interior
1Z einszett Cockpit
Leather Master Soft Cleaner
Leather Master Vital Conditioner

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Flex PE14-2-150
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter

Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

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Rinsed


Drying the car prior to claying with the Uber Super Drying Towel


Claying the glass and paint



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Tires dressed wtih Adam's Super VRT and Wheels Waxed with Prima Wheel Armour
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amazing that a new car's paint can have so many light scratches
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Awesome work there as usual!

Originally Posted by 1600
amazing that a new car's paint can have so many light scratches
Yes it's sad. The clearcoat is very "vulnerable". Even one handwash + waxing with wrong techniques and bad equipment is enough to do the above damage (at least almost) to the clearcoat. People usually can't understand this fact.

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