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Exterior Detail by Speed Freak (Brian L)
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07-12-2011, 10:03 PM | #1 |
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Exterior Detail by Speed Freak (Brian L)
So I finally got around to getting some help from Brian L on an exterior detail. Man did I ever need it. I would highly recommend Brian L to anyone in the area. He is very professional, very meticulous, and very reasonable. Some of the commentary is from Brian.
BTW, it was raining for a couple of days before he showed up so I couldnt wash the car before hand. Kinda embarrassing... Products Used: CG Citrus Wash Iron X Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner Pinnacle Speed Clay Poorboy's World QD as lube Meguiar's APC HD Uno on Lake Country CCS orange pad via FLEX 4301 Menzerna PO87MC on Lake Country CCS grey pad via FLEX 3401 HD Poxy Stoner's Invisible Glass Optimum Metal Polish Armor All tire shine Couple before shots, car definitely in need of a good bath when I arrived Starting with the wheels, Sonax doing it's thing MUCH better Wheels completed After the wash was done, I moved onto the application of Iron X paint decontaminate Iron X soaking into the paint Driveway looked like it was bleeding from all the contamination running off the car After the Iron X was complete I pulled her into the garage to start claying. Glass as well as paint surfaces are clayed in ALL of my details Not too bad. I'm finding that when I use Iron X, the clay doesn't seem to be as dirty afterwards Trunk lid and driver's side quarter panel corrected, now that's what I call a perfect finish!! Rear bumper cover Passenger side quarter panel corrected Moving toward the front of the car Passenger side fender before After correction Driver's side fender polished out Driver's side front door complete Mirror corrected Roof before. Notice the haziness and lack of clarity even without the halogens present After correction, with halogens present </div> |
07-12-2011, 10:06 PM | #2 |
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Here is some more follow up:
Next up I moved on to the cloudy, dull window trim. Common problem amongst E9x cars. Easily fixed though Before: After, MUCH better! Time for some AFTER shots. I finished up as the sun was going down, so not the best for sun shots but you get the idea. Just a nice reflection shot into the roof That's all I got, thanks for looking! Once again. I highly recommend Brian. This was a great experience and I plan on using him again! |
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07-14-2011, 09:34 PM | #9 |
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Brian does an awesome job!!! He did my 335i when I had it. If you just want a regular wash which is still better than a car wash and he puts his time into it it runs 75 dollars. If you want the next stage up which takes almost 3 hours is 160. If you need paint correction which takes about 8 hours your looking at I believe 395 for Stage 1 and if you want the Stage 2 it runs a little more. However, its definitely worth the money and he definitely does great work.
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07-14-2011, 10:05 PM | #10 |
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I did a stage 1 and it took about 6 hours, looked amazing afterwards - I posted a topic about it somewhere around here if you search.
My car had a load of swirls which were pretty much all sorted out. I think your pricing for the services are a bit off - if your interested, just pm him or shoot me a PM and I'll send you his number |
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Just give him a call to set it up. Are you trying to get in a detail before bimmerfest?
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07-27-2011, 10:06 PM | #18 |
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Yeah, I'd like to know too.
Well, it could be the Optimum metal polish listed in the first post - D'oh Last edited by kartracer; 07-27-2011 at 10:09 PM.. Reason: found the answer. |
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