Since I detailed the car yesterday,
07-04-2009 | 12:26 PM
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I had some scratches and swirls that were a major eye sore and needed something to get rid of them. I read some great stuff about turtle wax's Black Box, so I decided to pick some up. Considering the price it's a decent wax. It go rid of most of the light scratches and swirls. I took some pics this afternoon before it starts to rain 
happy fourth!
happy fourth!
07-04-2009 | 12:52 PM
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My Ride: 2007 530i. Purchased 6/28/07. Titanium Silver Metallic, Black Dakota Leather, Dark Poplar Trim, Steptronic, Premium Package, Cold Weather Package, Bluetooth, Adaptive Control Xenons. 10/30/07 Added OEM 124s with 245/40/18 & 275/35/18 Michelin Pilot Sport A/S tires. Installed red Cal Covers� from BavAuto. 11/21/07 Added OEM all-weather floor mats (for winter, carpet in summer) and coat rack. 6/26/08 installed M5-style rear spoiler. 6/30/08 put on red reflectors. 8/22/08 Euro turn signal stickers applied. 3/20/09 Installed Shadowline Trim. 3/27/09 Added Matte Black Kidney Grilles from Trinity. 4/03/09 Installed Bimmian Shadow Matte Black 530i Badges. 4/04/09 Installed LED license plate lights from Trinity. 5/01/09 Installed Brabus Interior LED Kit and White Angel Eyes. 5/02/09 Put in Brabus 6K Fogs. 5/14/09 Removed charcoal filter. 5/15/09 Installed light smoke LED side marker lamps from Trinity. 5/21/09 Sprint Booster. 6/12/09 Painted exhaust tips flat black. 6/13/09 Pulled red Cal Covers and painted calipers low gloss black. 6/27/09 RPI Ram Air Scoop from Trinity. 8/15/09 Installed Brabus's silver invisibulbs front and rear. 9/24/09 Installed R-Dash license plate LEDs from Brabaus (John).
Looks really good--especially those new black bolts.
It rained here this morning, but it's clearing up. Maybe this will help prevent unwanted fires from all the fireworks tonight!
It rained here this morning, but it's clearing up. Maybe this will help prevent unwanted fires from all the fireworks tonight!
07-04-2009 | 01:11 PM
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My Ride: 07' 530d - M-Sport - Titanium Silver / Black Dakota leather
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Looking very nice! And damn! Those rears are wide enough to take a dump in them...
07-04-2009 | 01:21 PM
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07-04-2009 | 01:43 PM
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My Ride: 2008 Silverstone II E60 M5 2012 E70 AW X5 50i Sport w/ LCI Aero Kit and Rocker Panels
Originally Posted by dbae1978' post='932655' date='Jul 4 2009, 04:26 PM
I had some scratches and swirls that were a major eye sore and needed something to get rid of them. I read some great stuff about turtle wax's Black Box, so I decided to pick some up. Considering the price it's a decent wax. It go rid of most of the light scratches and swirls.
Question...since this is a wax, I assume it's just "filling" the scratches, similar to that of Glaze, right? Over time, the scratches just come back. It doesn't have any polishing compounds in it, does it?
You might want to try Menzerna Polishes first and then use this stuff. I used it on my old E60 which was Jet Black and on my X5, which is Jet Black. It doesnt cover the scratches. It gets rid of them for good. It's pretty cheap too.
