Hi again fellows!

This time I have only some technical news .
After the Vanos solenoids change in February the Vanos sound quietened, but not completely. Last weekend I did the bleeding procedure again, and today I noticed the Vanos knocking sound is gone. I didn't open the bonnet though, but it was noticeably quieter than before .

- Antti -

 

Interesting sounds from Vanos during bleeding procedure :
20130406_160916.mp4 Video by Anzafin | Photobucket

DIS doing its thing (bleeding the Vanos):
20130406_160639.mp4 Video by Anzafin | Photobucket

- Antti -

 

Still not on summer tyres .
Maybe next weekend .



- Antti -

 

Whoa, those are beautiful wheels!

 

+1 what a beautiful wheel!

 

nice!!

 

Thanks guys.

Summer season 2013 has officially begun.



- Antti -

 

Apr 28, 2013

This weekend's project was to get my M5 in shape for the summer. And now we're about there .

Here's my worklist for the weekend:
- changing the summer wheels
- paint correction and protection
- removal of ///M5 trunk badge (to put a black one in)
- installing ///M badges to the brake calipers
- removing the roof spoiler (I think the top line of the car looks better without the spoiler.)

Scratches and clearcoat:
The Silverstone II colour is blueish silver, and it is very good to hide any kind of imperfections. However, if you know about the scratches, you'll want to remove them, right . I've had this car for 6 months now, and I didn't want to do the polishing at winter, so the surface was in condition how I originally got it. Usual swirls, but not many RDS's, fortunately.

Pads and compounds:
I started off with familiar combinations; Flex + Menzerna + Lake Country :thumb:.
The first round was done with FLEX PE14-2 + Menzerna PF2500 + Lake Country CCS Yellow Cutting Pad and the second was done with FLEX XC 3401 VRG + Menzerna SF4500 + LC CCS White Polishing Pad. The system worked and nothing more was needed.

Protection:
I put the CarPro CQuartz on paint and the wheels had the GTechniq C5 Wheel Armour put earlier.


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Process:

1) Pre-wash
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam
- Polaric Nox-Wax

2) Wash
- Bilt-Hamber Autofoam
- 2BM + microfiber mitt
- AutoGlym Intensive Tar Remover
- Wolf's Chemicals Deironizer Decon Gel

3) Claying
- Sonüs Ultra Fine Detailing Clay
- Meguiar's NXT Car Wash + water as lubricant

4) Polishing
- FLEX PE14-2 + Menzerna PF2500 + Lake Country CCS Yellow Cutting Pad
- FLEX XC 3401 VRG + Menzerna SF4500 + LC CCS White Polishing Pad

5) LSP
- CarPro CQuartz

6) Others
Tyres:
- Meguiar's Gold Class Endurance Tyre Gel

Wheels:
- GTechniq C5 Wheel Armour (put earlier)

Windows:
- IPA 50%

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The starting point and wash

Here we go!


Poop.


















Didn't get much bleeding with Deironizer this time.


Along the wash I removed the trunk badge.


Eat it!




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Polishing and protection

I moved the car into another garage after the wash, and BMW's took over the whole thing! What does it tell about the BMW haha!?




After connecting the battery tender I started off.




Scratch gallery. The trunk.


Still trunk.


Left side.






Right side.




There were pretty bad scratches over the trunk handle.


These should be bright and shiny.




The following pics are taken after the rotary.














The harsher combination was followed with these + FLEX XC 3401 VRG.


Polishing done.




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Badge fun

Cleaning the rear caliper.


There you go!


Front end.






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After pics - Part I

















Freedom at last! More pics coming...



Thank you for watching! I'll post more pics as soon as I can .


- Antti -

 

More pics from yesterday:


































- Antti -

 

Great job. Wheels looks good and compliment the car really well!

Thanks for sharing the pics.