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Old May 29, 2006 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by LowOrbit' post='289201' date='May 29 2006, 10:31 PM
Protective wax? Where do you guys get these crazy ideas?

Actually, it is the very first application of the "Invisibility Cloak" now being reported in the press (see link below). This M5's body is coated with 3 millimeter-thick metamaterial that provides police radar invisibility, which is why it looks like a matte finish.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12961080/?GT1=8199
Why do you think is not protective wax? My car was like that when it arrives from the place where they kept their undeliver vehicles and they have to remove it and apply polish wax prior to delivery.
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Old May 29, 2006 | 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by AC_S5' post='289484' date='May 30 2006, 10:35 AM
Why do you think is not protective wax? My car was like that when it arrives from the place where they kept their undeliver vehicles and they have to remove it and apply polish wax prior to delivery.
I need this protective wax even after delivery!
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Old May 29, 2006 | 09:56 PM
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Originally Posted by LowOrbit' post='289201' date='May 29 2006, 07:31 AM
Protective wax? Where do you guys get these crazy ideas?

Actually, it is the very first application of the "Invisibility Cloak" now being reported in the press (see link below). This M5's body is coated with 3 millimeter-thick metamaterial that provides police radar invisibility, which is why it looks like a matte finish.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12961080/?GT1=8199
Hahahhah I'll take some! Wow thats awesome. Neat link.
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Old May 29, 2006 | 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by EBMCS03' post='289614' date='May 30 2006, 01:56 PM
Hahahhah I'll take some! Wow thats awesome. Neat link.
James Bond really need this for his new car! Time for 007 in real life!
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Old May 29, 2006 | 10:03 PM
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Yup thats just Cosmoline... here's how they look at the VDC

New color for the E60? Looks very good-img_0112.jpg

New color for the E60? Looks very good-img_0113.jpg

and this is the "car wash" where they go through to remove it.

New color for the E60? Looks very good-img_0123.jpg

New color for the E60? Looks very good-img_1193.jpg

They're actually trying out this now. Complete bagging of the car. These bags cost $100 each!

New color for the E60? Looks very good-img_1202.jpg

New color for the E60? Looks very good-img_1203.jpg

And yes... some of you might recgonize that guy in the pic...

And here they went cheap on the MINI... partial coverage...

New color for the E60? Looks very good-img_1201.jpg
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Old May 29, 2006 | 10:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Ralph-NL' post='288872' date='May 28 2006, 09:30 PM
I thinks it looks very cool, but it's probably an unpainted version or something like that.
I just saw an article about this on a magazine - it is a satin paint finish. I'll see if I can find it again - it may have been in the June issue of Automobile Magazine. It is paint and it is like that, not a protective wax. It's a very popular paint finish on Mountain Bikes. What's odd is that it would be on both an E60 and an M5.

More to come.

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Old May 29, 2006 | 10:47 PM
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I dunno but i would want my car in complete bag setup , since when i think of the car and how it was when new, and how it is now, bombarded with trillions of little stones, chips, scratches and so on...
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Old May 29, 2006 | 11:11 PM
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Those hard wax actually does a very good job on protecting the paint, the bag? Hmm....I don't know, the driver door is not protected and it looks funny
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Old May 29, 2006 | 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by AC_S5' post='289636' date='May 30 2006, 12:11 AM
Those hard wax actually does a very good job on protecting the paint, the bag? Hmm....I don't know, the driver door is not protected and it looks funny
Actually the driver door IS protected. In that picture the section covering the door has been rolled up (you can see it rolled up on the top of the door on the roof). If I remember correctly it has zippers that they unzip and roll up when they need to get in the car in order to move it. The good thing about using the bag is that it protects the car and is easlily and quickly removed (in 1-2 minutes) by two workers, which is a lot less time than the Cosmoline hard wax.

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Old May 30, 2006 | 08:26 AM
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My understanding is that ED cars don't get cosmoline because 3 rd party shippers handle the overseas transport. The cosmoline gets applied out of the factory and they dont put it on the cars for ED pickup.
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