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      03-22-2011, 09:40 AM   #1
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Swissvax'ed: Alpine White BMW E92 335i with Glacier

Last time i detailed this car was about two years ago, and since then it had not been clayed, waxed, or had any sort of detailing other than washing sparingly; so you can just imagine how contaminated, dirty, and oxidized this car was. On the clay step alone i went through 2 entire Swissvax Paint Rubber bars!

The car needed some serious reviving, however the owner was on a budget. We decided that the best option would be a single stage polish with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Pro and followed up with Swissvax Glacier wax. Also the rubber seals needed a lot of moisture, so i applied Swissvax Seal Feed to all of them.

This job took about 16 or so hours.

Products Used:

wash:
-Swissvax Car Bath

Wheels:
-SONAX Full Effect Wheel Cleaner (4 times!)
-1Z W99 Industrial Cleaner
-Zep Formula 50
-Swissvax Cleaner Fluid
-Swissvax Autobahn
-1Z Rubber Care (Tires)

Paint:
-Swissvax Paint Rubber (yellow)
-Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Pro / White Swissvax Fine Pad
-Swissvax Glacier wax for White Paint
-Swissvax Quick Finish

Rubber / Plastic:
-Swissvax Seal Feed
-Swissvax Protecton
-Swissvax Protecton Matt

Interior:
-Swissvax Leather Cleaner
-Swissvax Leather Milk
-1Z Cockpit
-1Z Blitz
-Chemical Guy's Lightning Fast
-Swissvax Pneu and Detail brushes

Engine Bay:
-Swissvax Engine
-Swissvax Protecton

Other:
-Swissvax Metal Polish
-1Z Glass Cleaner
-Aquapel

And the pictures...........

Notice how there's barely any reflections coming off the sides of the car.











A glimpse of what i had to deal with...







the side markers were very faded and dull



the Vinyl roof was heavily contaminated!






The interior was equally as dirty...








The Engine bay needed some help after the car being at the bodyshop with the hood off for a few weeks.









oops... the bodyshop forgot to wipe off the compound used after painting!




The wheels were extremely dirty. The inside of the wheels took about 4 cleanings with SONAX Full Effect for the inner parts of the wheel to come out remotely clean.




Sonax in action



1Z w99 on the tires!



3rd cleaning with SONAX




The car was extremely contaminated... i used an entire 2 bars of Swissvax Paint Rubber on this car.








Look at the contamination on the bumper before i clayed it!





The Rubber Seals were cracking badly. i applied a couple applications of Swissvax Seal Feed to prevent it from getting any worse...





Here's a 50/50 on the trunk. the left side has not been polished yet. notice the difference in color between both sides.



The clear coat on this rear quarter panel, which had been repainted, was yellowing very badly.



I decided to cut down the clear coat to get as much yellow out as possible






I also polished the vinyl roof, and the pad looked like this after...



and to finish the vinyl roof after polishing



Quarter panel is polished, door is not



and onto the final step!



Finished pictures!



































































my detailing shoes










That's all for that one!

Thanks for looking!

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      03-22-2011, 02:42 PM   #2
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Wow, you truly are a miracle worker. I admire the work you do!
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      03-22-2011, 03:02 PM   #3
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im speechless not only about how great your work is but how bad the owner let his car get! gzz lucky he was able to get you to bring her back to life
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      03-22-2011, 06:52 PM   #4
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Nice. I'm so not looking forward to getting the crappy BMW leather seats.
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      03-23-2011, 05:33 AM   #5
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Wow

That's unbelievable. That car was jacked...
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