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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. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/1c791d77.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/11c39ea9.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/9c115ed2.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/55c7f951.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/7d310485.jpg A glimpse of what i had to deal with... http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/53574684.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/f5b9c102.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/fa5bdde6.jpg the side markers were very faded and dull http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/b2e886ea.jpg the Vinyl roof was heavily contaminated! http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/472046ad.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/e367046f.jpg The interior was equally as dirty... http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/e7fba900.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/2e231bbc.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/5ce40538.jpg The Engine bay needed some help after the car being at the bodyshop with the hood off for a few weeks. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/72ad5bb6.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/63db7cfa.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/a4dfddf4.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/6414e5f9.jpg oops... the bodyshop forgot to wipe off the compound used after painting! http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/fe602bc7.jpg 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. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/fb0b0500.jpg Sonax in action http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/e59c747c.jpg 1Z w99 on the tires! http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/dcc3d7be.jpg 3rd cleaning with SONAX http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/49f62163.jpg |
The car was extremely contaminated... i used an entire 2 bars of Swissvax Paint Rubber on this car. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/33d38419.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/ee1676ec.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/fb6337ba.jpg Look at the contamination on the bumper before i clayed it! http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/0e1a1112.jpg The Rubber Seals were cracking badly. i applied a couple applications of Swissvax Seal Feed to prevent it from getting any worse... http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/681fe561.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/3f6dcb2a.jpg Here's a 50/50 on the trunk. the left side has not been polished yet. notice the difference in color between both sides. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/0a68006b.jpg The clear coat on this rear quarter panel, which had been repainted, was yellowing very badly. http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/39d9f1cc.jpg I decided to cut down the clear coat to get as much yellow out as possible http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/414142e9.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/9d820e5e.jpg I also polished the vinyl roof, and the pad looked like this after... http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/ae967b96.jpg and to finish the vinyl roof after polishing http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/c0534e47.jpg Quarter panel is polished, door is not http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/7bdde143.jpg and onto the final step! http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/be553d30.jpg |
http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/9eb95c12.jpg http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/m...2/46267b08.jpg That's all for that one! Thanks for looking! Dom |
the interior is night and day, the steering wheel looks great, you got rid of the grease and oil build up |
thanks! |
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