ScheerSpeed Detailed: Black BMW 650LI... Reflections Restored

ScheerSpeed · 08-07-2008, 10:45 PM

this car was recently bought used. it had some MAJOR repainting done, that the current owner was unaware of... really unaware of...

Exterior:

-Wash
-CG CWG
-CG waterspot Remover
-white/yellow shMITT

-Wheels
-CG Citrus wheel cleaner
-ARO
-CG CWG
-Black shMITT
-EZ detail brush
-Meguiar's Hyper dressing
-Wheel Wells
-Simple Green
-Meguiar's super degreaser
-Meguiar's Hyper Dressing

-Clay
-CG SQD
-CG Blue clay

-Engine
-Meguiar's Super Degreaser
-Meguiar's Hyper Dressing

-Correction
-Menzerna PowerGloss via LC PFW pad 1500rpm
-Meguiar's M105 (didn't work!)
-Menzerna SIP via LC white pad 1500rpm
-Menzerna 85RD via LC black pad 1500rpm
-Makita 9227
-3M yellow foam backing plate

-Protection
-Collinite 915
-FK1# 425

-soft top
-ARO
-Raggtopp

-Interior
-CG Lightning fast
-CG leather cleaner
-Aerospace 303 proectant
-Zaino Z10
-Stoner's Invisible Glass
-1Z Gummi Pflege
-FK1# 425

enjoy!!!

Before: this car was in pretty bad condition... but i had no clue what i was in store for until after the wash...........

scrubbing ARO on the top

after washing and clay

so at this point, i am in complete astonishment of how bad of a paint job this car had!!! it looke like it barely got wetsanded and buffed after leaving the body shop!!! and i had yet to even put the light to it! honestly i was afraid of what i would see!

so i took a break and did the interior... my camera died after this pic... so i charged it while i did the rest, but forgot to take pictures after...

now... onto the halogens.....

before/ after of the trunklid. after 1 pass with menzerna Power Gloss. look at the difference in the reflection! like the title says!!!

trunklid after 2 passes of PG

now for a 50/50 of the hood.

after 1 pass

2 passes

reflection before/after of the hood

front fender

driver's door

not even sanded!!!!!!!!!!!

trunk lid

Finished!

i finished that day at 1:15AM

i went back the next day to finish up the interior, do a FK# 425 wipe and black WOW. but i forgot my camera.

i hope you guys enjoyed seeing what a little elbow grease and some polish can do when it comes to restoring REFLECTIONS

JL330i_UT · 08-07-2008, 11:08 PM

holy sh1t what happened to that car?
The result looks very good!

MONAX · 08-07-2008, 11:25 PM

WOW!!! Amazing results!!! congrats!!!

normtrum · 08-07-2008, 11:56 PM

It's amazing to me that someone can let their car get to that point.....especially a BMW. You did a great job....I especially liked the "50-50"shots!

ChaneRZ · 08-08-2008, 12:19 AM

nice turn around!

M3SWEETNESS · 08-08-2008, 12:22 AM

Bravo!

Raz335 · 08-08-2008, 01:03 AM

Oh wow...what a disater that car was! Great job bringing that paint back to life! That must have been one heck of a task.

Bobby_Light · 08-08-2008, 01:37 AM

Well done. Good thing the owner found a capable detailer. When black is done right, it is amazing. What are you impressions of Collinite 915?

Desi · 08-08-2008, 01:53 AM

God damn, I'm tackling a project this weekend that has a couple of repainted panels that I thought were bad...

Good to see what I have picked out in terms of product came out with such awesome results!

BTW: That is cool as hell that you did it in the Fire Hall! There is the potential for some amazing pics right there with the Fire Engines! Are you with the FD, or are you mobile and the owner is in the FD?

m2kev · 08-08-2008, 02:45 AM

nice omg.. why would someone let a 6-series get into that kind of shape. this picture reminds me of my 650 vert. I miss her so much.

remmib · 08-08-2008, 07:02 AM

Awesome job.

I bet the owner was very happy with your work.

Detailed Image · 08-08-2008, 08:11 AM

Excellent turn around! Hope you charged accordingly, that was in horrible condition to start. Great read.

George

onehappydad · 08-08-2008, 09:02 AM

Awesome job!!!

It's sad that someone let that car get so bad in the first place.

BK · 08-08-2008, 10:59 AM

Seriously nice work! Just fantastic. So you're using a rotary now? Also, what's the story behind doing the detail in that location?

purplewidow · 08-08-2008, 11:33 AM

fantastic work!!!!

methodtim · 08-08-2008, 01:50 PM

You detail cars in a firehouse?

ScheerSpeed · 08-08-2008, 03:23 PM

this is the second car I do in the same fire station. Remember the black porsche carerra?the customer was the captain of that station. I'm going back Tuesday and Wednesday to do a range rover.

I absolutely love the look and beading collinite 915 gives! It may not be a swissvax or another expensive wax, but it sure looks good!

Thanks for all the compliments everyone!

Chris J · 08-08-2008, 09:02 PM

That was an awesome job. You must be getting pretty used to your makita now. Great 50/50 shots. Thank god the fire station had plenty of lights!

TRICKE90 · 08-08-2008, 11:38 PM

WOW! that's a fantastic turn around. That is what real detailing is all about.

elite3 · 08-09-2008, 09:34 PM

that was a amazing turn around how many hours did you put into this project?

darkphantom · 08-12-2008, 01:05 AM

dude, now I know you're definitely tricking us.

Guys!! It's NOT the same car!!

He brought one brand new and just took pics of that!!!

Amazing job man!!

craziest things I thought were the before/after reflections...

the 2nd pic I thought was of the sky!!! I didn't even realize it was a reflection!!

How long in total did it take you?? you finished at 1:15am.... !

ScheerSpeed · 08-12-2008, 10:54 PM

it took me a total of 24 hours

08-07-2008, 10:45 PM	#1
ScheerSpeed Major General 447 Rep 5,766 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	ScheerSpeed Detailed: Black BMW 650LI... Reflections Restored this car was recently bought used. it had some MAJOR repainting done, that the current owner was unaware of... really unaware of... Exterior: -Wash -CG CWG -CG waterspot Remover -white/yellow shMITT -Wheels -CG Citrus wheel cleaner -ARO -CG CWG -Black shMITT -EZ detail brush -Meguiar's Hyper dressing -Wheel Wells -Simple Green -Meguiar's super degreaser -Meguiar's Hyper Dressing -Clay -CG SQD -CG Blue clay -Engine -Meguiar's Super Degreaser -Meguiar's Hyper Dressing -Correction -Menzerna PowerGloss via LC PFW pad 1500rpm -Meguiar's M105 (didn't work!) -Menzerna SIP via LC white pad 1500rpm -Menzerna 85RD via LC black pad 1500rpm -Makita 9227 -3M yellow foam backing plate -Protection -Collinite 915 -FK1# 425 -soft top -ARO -Raggtopp -Interior -CG Lightning fast -CG leather cleaner -Aerospace 303 proectant -Zaino Z10 -Stoner's Invisible Glass -1Z Gummi Pflege -FK1# 425 enjoy!!! Before: this car was in pretty bad condition... but i had no clue what i was in store for until after the wash........... scrubbing ARO on the top after washing and clay so at this point, i am in complete astonishment of how bad of a paint job this car had!!! it looke like it barely got wetsanded and buffed after leaving the body shop!!! and i had yet to even put the light to it! honestly i was afraid of what i would see! so i took a break and did the interior... my camera died after this pic... so i charged it while i did the rest, but forgot to take pictures after... now... onto the halogens..... before/ after of the trunklid. after 1 pass with menzerna Power Gloss. look at the difference in the reflection! like the title says!!! trunklid after 2 passes of PG now for a 50/50 of the hood. after 1 pass 2 passes reflection before/after of the hood front fender driver's door not even sanded!!!!!!!!!!! trunk lid Finished! i finished that day at 1:15AM i went back the next day to finish up the interior, do a FK# 425 wipe and black WOW. but i forgot my camera. i hope you guys enjoyed seeing what a little elbow grease and some polish can do when it comes to restoring REFLECTIONS
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JL330i_UT Lieutenant 33 Rep 462 Posts Drives: G20 330i Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Salt Lake City Utah iTrader: (0)	holy sh1t what happened to that car? The result looks very good!
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MONAX MONAX 3 Rep 104 Posts Drives: E90 2006 325i Jet Black Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Nashville, TN iTrader: (0)	WOW!!! Amazing results!!! congrats!!!
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08-07-2008, 11:56 PM	#4
normtrum Colonel 52 Rep 2,225 Posts Drives: e90 335i, e46 330i Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: PNW iTrader: (1)	It's amazing to me that someone can let their car get to that point.....especially a BMW. You did a great job....I especially liked the "50-50"shots! __________________ 07 335i sedan \| Steptronic \| Black saphire \| Terra \| ZPP \| ZSP \| Cold Weather \| CA \| PDC \| Nav \| OEM Alarm
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08-08-2008, 01:03 AM	#7
Raz335 Major 55 Rep 1,162 Posts Drives: BMW M3 Convertible Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: LI,NY iTrader: (2)	Oh wow...what a disater that car was! Great job bringing that paint back to life! That must have been one heck of a task. __________________ Jerez Black/Fox E93 M3 - Prem 2/Cold/Conv/DCT/EDC/19's/Ext Lthr/Crbn Trim/Enhanced Sound/Sat Mods- 20" BBS LM's DBK/Challenge Catback/Eibachs/Trim wrapped black/Lux Angel eyes/35% Tint
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Bobby_Light Major 66 Rep 1,352 Posts Drives: E36 M3 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: SoCal iTrader: (14)	Well done. Good thing the owner found a capable detailer. When black is done right, it is amazing. What are you impressions of Collinite 915?
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08-08-2008, 01:53 AM	#9
Desi Lieutenant 17 Rep 441 Posts Drives: 2014 435i M-Sport X-Drive Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ottawa, Canada iTrader: (4)	God damn, I'm tackling a project this weekend that has a couple of repainted panels that I thought were bad... Good to see what I have picked out in terms of product came out with such awesome results! BTW: That is cool as hell that you did it in the Fire Hall! There is the potential for some amazing pics right there with the Fire Engines! Are you with the FD, or are you mobile and the owner is in the FD? __________________ 2014 BMW 435i XDrive M-Sport - Delivered May 2014 2007 BMW 323i - Delivered April 2007
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m2kev Major 97 Rep 1,215 Posts Drives: G87 M2 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Clemente, CA iTrader: (14)	nice omg.. why would someone let a 6-series get into that kind of shape. this picture reminds me of my 650 vert. I miss her so much. __________________
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remmib General 1596 Rep 29,217 Posts Drives: 2013 F10 520d M-Sport Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Norway iTrader: (0)	Awesome job. I bet the owner was very happy with your work. __________________ F10 520d M-Sport Alpine White \| HRE P43SC 20x9+20x11 \| Michelin PSS 255/35+295/30 \| KW V3 Coilover \| M5 Front Sway Bar + M550d Rear Sway Bar \| 3DDesign Front Lip \| BMW M Performance CF Spoiler \| BMW M Performance Diffuser \| BMW M Performance Black Grills \| BMW M Performance Pedals \|
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Detailed Image 373 Rep 5,052 Posts Drives: Detailed by Detailed Image Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Albany, NY iTrader: (5)	Excellent turn around! Hope you charged accordingly, that was in horrible condition to start. Great read. George
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onehappydad Private First Class 24 Rep 115 Posts Drives: 2006 330i - Electric Red/Black Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: PA iTrader: (0)	Awesome job!!! It's sad that someone let that car get so bad in the first place. __________________
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BK Smiling politely 179 Rep 7,931 Posts Drives: 330i Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Washington DC iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 330i [9.00]	Seriously nice work! Just fantastic. So you're using a rotary now? Also, what's the story behind doing the detail in that location? __________________ E90 330i Black Sapphire 6MT \| 991.1 C4 Platinum Silver 7MT
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purplewidow Lieutenant Colonel 54 Rep 1,928 Posts Drives: e92 335 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Chicago iTrader: (2)	fantastic work!!!!
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08-08-2008, 03:23 PM	#17
ScheerSpeed Major General 447 Rep 5,766 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	this is the second car I do in the same fire station. Remember the black porsche carerra?the customer was the captain of that station. I'm going back Tuesday and Wednesday to do a range rover. I absolutely love the look and beading collinite 915 gives! It may not be a swissvax or another expensive wax, but it sure looks good! Thanks for all the compliments everyone!
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Chris J Learning "The Art" 9 Rep 116 Posts Drives: Black BMW 335i Join Date: May 2008 Location: Chino, CA iTrader: (0)	That was an awesome job. You must be getting pretty used to your makita now. Great 50/50 shots. Thank god the fire station had plenty of lights!
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TRICKE90 Private First Class 3 Rep 182 Posts Drives: 2008 335i coupe, montego blue, Join Date: May 2006 Location: carson city,nv iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 e92 335i coupe [0.00] 2008 335i coupe [0.00] 2006 325i [0.00] 2006 325i [0.00] 2006 325i [0.00] 2006 325i [0.00] 2006 325i [0.00] 2006 325i [0.00] 2006 325i [0.00]	WOW! that's a fantastic turn around. That is what real detailing is all about.
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elite3 Enlisted Member 1 Rep 36 Posts Drives: 2000 BMW 330CI Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pinehurst, NC iTrader: (0)	that was a amazing turn around how many hours did you put into this project?
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08-12-2008, 01:05 AM	#21
darkphantom Banned 656 Rep 5,945 Posts Drives: E93 335i Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: The place for Bimmers iTrader: (4)	dude, now I know you're definitely tricking us. Guys!! It's NOT the same car!! He brought one brand new and just took pics of that!!! Amazing job man!! craziest things I thought were the before/after reflections... the 2nd pic I thought was of the sky!!! I didn't even realize it was a reflection!! How long in total did it take you?? you finished at 1:15am.... !
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08-12-2008, 10:54 PM	#22
ScheerSpeed Major General 447 Rep 5,766 Posts Drives: '13 F30 Estoril M-Sport 335i Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Miami, FL iTrader: (14)	it took me a total of 24 hours
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