Red 86 BMW 635 CSi (56K go wax a car)

[MDetail]

So I'll try to give you a short background on the car (as much as I know, before I start to show the goods.) Car is an 86 BMW 635 CSi, Re-painted red (single stage.) I dont know when it was re-painted, but I do know that the owners do not know how to take care of the car. The car has been sitting at the beach for the past 6+ monhts, but who knows how long it has actually been down there. The car BARELY got here running, and then once it got here, it would not start. (Good thing we do maintenace ) Apparetnly this car was repo'd, and the new owner just wants it looking / running as good as possible to re-sell it. Alright on with the pictures.

Here was the original plan of attack:
GC Wash
Clay
Wash Again
M80
NXT Wax

Here is the new plan:
GC Wash
Clay
GC Wash
Wet Sand (Yes I know a scary thing, but we have a body shop next door, and already did a test spot) You will find out why later.
M80 / M2
NXT Wax


Car came in on Monday looking shiney as ever (Yes, I know this is a slow project)




Note Valve Cover should be silver, not black.



Interor is Alright, just needs some TLC




Oh the things we find when cleaning cars.


The metal between the trim.

[MDetail]

So I decided a good wash was in order for this vehicle




Mirrors need a new look




I had some pictures of the engine bay degreased, but I don't know where they are now.

[MDetail]

Decided to try a test spot. Started with M80, but I have the worst time trying to remove it, except for when I'm at the meguiars classes, then its super easy. (I tried a few different products, but the easiest was IP.) I ended switching back to M80 later



Here are some better close ups





As you can see, the color comes out nice, but there are some HORRIBLE SCRATCHES. (Which dont even include the horrible swirls). So I went on and did 4-5 Passes of the IP.




But still you can see ALOT of the scratching (can't see it in the picture). It seriously looked like they went off-roading through all the tree branches they could possibly find.

[gbackus]

A lot of what you are seeing looks like a bad repait. I can see what looks to be sanding scratches that are UNDERNEATH the paint itself. Don't go crazy trying to remove them, because you will thin out the paint considerably.

Otherwise, it's looking good so far

[MDetail]

NOTHING I did was taking care of those scratches, so I decided to go all out, WETSAND.



Then buffed out with M80 (following pictures not of the same area posted above.) Roof isn't fully finished, but you get the idea.






And bye bye scraches, Hello SHINE

[Blr123]

Superb Mike

What speeds were you using for #80........spread on speed 1, then up to speed 4 and a final pass on speed 6 possibly?

Bryan

[MDetail]

Ah ha!, thats what I was doing wrong. I was using speed 5.

[gbackus]

BTW, what'd you use on the mirror?

[MDetail]

Just some metal / aluminum polish (I didn't have meguiars at the time) This other one start with a M also.

[sneek]

i dont think you are supposed to use speed 6 on a pc! it will wreck the pads and sometimes the backing plate

[MDetail]

In the end, it ended up working out at 4.5 for me, with a little less product on the pad.

[Blr123]

Originally posted by sneek
i dont think you are supposed to use speed 6 on a pc! it will wreck the pads and sometimes the backing plate

Yeah that's what they say sneek but here in the UK it's become the norm to increase the speed to 6 for the last pass which works very well and ensures the product has been fully worked

Bryan

[Five Star]

I'd love to see the full finish shots.

I always wanted one of those 635's

[MDetail]

The moment you have all been waiting for. I have been done with the car for a while now, but just haven't had time to re-size, and make the write up for this car until now.

Here is where we left off last, a test spot after some wetsanding.

Here is after a few passes with some compound. (top not done yet)

Bling Bling

Cropped Full Res Shot on the trunk

Quickie on the interior

[MDetail]

Now for the fulls you guys wanted!