[Envious Eric]

I think that BMW took a look at Jesse's posts' and decided, "hey, lets give eric a chance"...LOL

I couldnt believe this car had the damage it did being brand new! I mean, a few swirl marks and holograms are one thing, but the severe scratching??? YIKES!

Started out with a sealant stripping wash...didnt do it completely, so I ended up doing some IPA wipedown to help rid the car of the dealer installed protection. prior to the wash, I looked over the car in the overcast skies, with my LED...couldnt really see too much damage. once the protection was lifted and the halogens were turned on, it was a different story! Luckily the BMW jerez black paint cleaned up nicely for me!

Process:
CGWG
no clay, was already done one week prior by the dealership prior to their sealer install
spot compounded 7 areas with deep imperfections x2 with 105/pfw/1500
whole car polished once over with PCXP and tangerine hydrotec pad with Menzerna 203 (I love this as a one step)
I then decided to take this to the next level and applied DWG to it with a black pad...It made a good difference to warrant the time (free again, lol)
After the DWG, I applied BFWD with a green sealant pad (used less product than with a black pad, I'll switch pads now)
gave the jambs a quick wipe down with megs LT/water and a vacuum to the interior.

Total time - 7 hours on the dot from arrive, unload, work, load up, departure
Good part: he signed up for my maintanence plan and I will now see that car once a month for a maintanence detail to keep it looking like this from now on!!!!

Pics of the damaged areas









Here are the glossy afters. there wasnt much in terms of major swirling, so a direct before and after wasnt really possible. i just took some of the corners, front and back (just for patrick!!!!) Overcast anyway...

[pander5]

Spectacular results!!! I'm with ya on how they can present a brand new car with ANY imperfections.

I'm going to have to find my Menz 203 and give it a go again. Haven't used it in a while but I agree with it being a decent 1 step.

Nice new customer my friend.

[Jed]

Nice job!

But one thing your client might want to check into with his dealer... The car looks a little high-is it still on the delivery blocks?

[Jeff@TopGearSolutions]

I think the delivery blocks are more blatent then that. Usually the ride quality is severly harsh too.

Anyway, no surprises here, dealers usually have tight parking, and many people moving and touching the car in correctly.

Nice work.

[chemgeek]

Maybe it was the test drive vehicle. I have seen dealers thrash test drive cars. When I ordered my 335, I told the dealer, nobody aside from the foreman was to drive it (and they respected that). All it takes is one female test driver with a fancy purse to put a nice hairline scratch down the side o the car.

Looks great though, nice work.

[shoes]

Originally Posted by Envious Eric

Scary...

You never disappoint - great work as always!

[Craig@SupremePower]

nice job..

[catch]

came out nice!