Mark (Ryallm) 3 Series Touring
Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:30 pm
A few pics from a session today folks on Marks new BMW:-
Brief rundown on the process. Car rinsed off then soaped with foam gun. Plates removed, Its amazing the s*it that gathers behind there ( see pic ).
Hand washed and soaped again before rinsing ( altough the rain was just about taking care of that ).
The joys of a diesel! Engine was degreased using a mild detergent through the foam lance then power washed off.
Whole car then clayed with autobalm mild clay to remove the tar spots of which there were many. Front wing indicators removed to enable me to clean behind these.
The car was showing a few battle scars, mainly to the rear and one of the doors. Machine compounding these with a firm pad ( German paint can be very hard to cut ) and a medium grade compound ( Equavalent to 1500 Grade W&D ).
This was then followed up with Meguiars #80 speed glaze topped off with 2 coats of dodo juice supernatural V2 wax.
Wheels were changed over to a new set that Mark had bought.
Comments welcomed as always, cheers!
Ally
Brief rundown on the process. Car rinsed off then soaped with foam gun. Plates removed, Its amazing the s*it that gathers behind there ( see pic ).
Hand washed and soaped again before rinsing ( altough the rain was just about taking care of that ).
The joys of a diesel! Engine was degreased using a mild detergent through the foam lance then power washed off.
Whole car then clayed with autobalm mild clay to remove the tar spots of which there were many. Front wing indicators removed to enable me to clean behind these.
The car was showing a few battle scars, mainly to the rear and one of the doors. Machine compounding these with a firm pad ( German paint can be very hard to cut ) and a medium grade compound ( Equavalent to 1500 Grade W&D ).
This was then followed up with Meguiars #80 speed glaze topped off with 2 coats of dodo juice supernatural V2 wax.
Wheels were changed over to a new set that Mark had bought.
Comments welcomed as always, cheers!
Ally
. I bought the car privately for much less than the book price, but did make the schoolboy error of going to see it in the rain which hid a lot of minor scuffs and scratches (I know, Muppet 
). I was amazed how well Ally managed to remove most of these . 
Thanks again to Ally for going the extra mile in cleaning 2 sets of wheels and fitting the new ones, especialy as the old ones were seized and apparently a bugger to get off.