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ITS BACK ! My BMW 325i M sport UPDATED Gtechniq Coatings detail ( Picture Heavy )
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10-30-2015, 02:36 PM | #1 |
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ITS BACK ! My BMW 325i M sport UPDATED Gtechniq Coatings detail ( Picture Heavy )
Well after 6 months on the hunt for a car would you believe it i have bought my old car back ! My BMW 325i satin pearl white ! I sold the car just under 1 year ago and its only done just under 3k miles in that time the owner is now moving abroad. Picked it up a few days ago and its still just as good as when i sold it apart from a few minor cosmetic issues that need sorting. As much as i loved my Range Rover you really just can't beat how the e90 drives, no slowing down for corners etc. The car still has the wrap that i had done but i think i will be removing this and thinking of satin metallic grey but we will see. I will post up my plans and keep use updated on its progress. Anyway I'm well chuffed with getting it back, spent a lot on it when i had it originally so it wants for nothing
Plans are, Remove wrap and possibly re wrap, refurbish alloys, red tint on rear lights and see where it goes from there I have been busy.... wrap has been removed, as good as it looked there were a few area i wasn't happy with at corners etc ( this was the first car i wrapped ) plus being white satin you really need to keep on top of it to keep the dirt from staining which i don't think the previous owner did and it looked a little grubby in areas. Wrap Removed The paintwork was immaculate i had corrected the paint just before it was wrapped so just a once over with a finishing polish and it looks great, the roof was pretty rough though.... so much swirls the paint actually looks grey you can see from this photo the half i had corrected and the other half that was still left todo Polished half Polishing complete and ready for wax Last edited by Mark e90; 04-10-2017 at 08:13 AM.. |
10-31-2015, 07:31 AM | #3 |
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Looks better without wrap IMO
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10-31-2015, 08:21 AM | #5 |
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Yeah I am liking it myself ! To be fair though the photos of the wrap don't do it justice, my plan was to re wrap straight away in satin grey metalic but I have missed the paint so it will be staying like this for now. The front bumper and bootlid are going to need resprayed at some point so need to make the desicion weather to get this done as there is no point if I'm going to re wrap. that's the thing although the paint is in very good condition It is a 10 year old car so lots of little imperfections that's the benifit of the wrap it hides all of these....
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10-31-2015, 12:44 PM | #6 |
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Yeah wraps are legal as it classed as temporary change so same rules don't apply to a respray colour change. I got pulled in this car when I last owned it and police were fine with it, think they must see it all the time
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10-31-2015, 02:23 PM | #7 |
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Hi bud the laws recently changed,if a car is wrapped then the log book colour now needs to be changed,now sure exactly when it changed but saw it a magazine and also at a RS focus show x
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10-31-2015, 03:17 PM | #8 |
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Now all waxed/sealed using Soft 99 Fusso coat, for anyone looking for a good wax give this a try its amazing stuff, beads like no other wax i have used and only £20 a pot
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11-07-2015, 04:37 PM | #9 |
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Got the car up in the air and gave the callipers and hubs a tidy up, sprayed them silver but forgot to get photos. Also i wasn't liking the look of the tyres, the fronts only had around 2mm and the backs had cheapest of the cheap Sunny tyres which were horrid in the wet so just replaced all 4.
Having a few other bits and pieces taken care of on Monday. I noticed under the bonnet the oil filter housing is leaking as well as the valvetronic gasket so having these replaced as well as valve cover gasket, oil+filter change, coolant flush/change, drive belt and diff oil change expensive week ! but has to be done. When i add it up its still not bad considering what i paid for the car and i will be happy knowing the car is 100% heading into the winter and with a few long trips coming up. Its certainly being treated well since i took ownership ! |
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11-10-2015, 10:54 AM | #12 |
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Cheers guys. yeah its a great big garage only issue with it though is its pretty cold this time of year. due to its size it's impossible to heat.
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11-13-2015, 01:52 PM | #14 |
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Got another few things done on the car, decided to wrap the front grills with some gloss black vinyl i have lying around and tinted the rear lights with some red tint from eBay, not sure if i like the red lights yet they look a little pink in the photos but not as bad in person, just trying it out with the film and if i like it i will spray them. As for the grills i can't believe i didn't do this sooner it looks so good in person i was alway put off when looking at photos of black grills but the photos just don't seem to show it right, as soon as i stepped back from the car after fitting them i was sold, looks much meaner Wish i had done this while the car was satin white !
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11-15-2015, 08:43 AM | #16 |
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cheers, to be fair they photos of the wrap in that lighting don't show how it looked at all i will post one that shows it better, it was very nice/expensive vinyl, another wrap could be on the cards but would be after xmas it will either be another wrap or front end plus bootlid respray i will need to make a decision at the time but if I'm sorting the paintwork the car won't be getting wrapped again. I have a few long trips planned throughout the winter so no point doing anything until after that. Thats the thing i like about the vinyl its like a new car after with hiding all chips and imperfections. Im thinking satin metallic grey, a full wrap would definitely be a fair bit cheaper than the paintwork....
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12-13-2015, 04:28 PM | #17 |
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Not done much else to the car recently except replaced the battery, I had got the Carly app to register it but ordered the wrong adapter ( bluetooth, my car needs the cable ) so its just parked up looking rather sorry for itself waiting for the correct cable to arrive. Its in desperate need of a wash but not in this weather !
I also paint corrected the gloss black interior trims ( looks like the previous owner had been a little careless with keys etc but I'm actually thinking of wrapping the centre gearstick surround trim in black carbon as the gloss black get marked very easily in this particular area. i want to keep the rest gloss black but dont know if that will look daft, whats your thoughts ? |
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12-14-2015, 05:15 AM | #18 |
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Looking good, regarding the carly adaptor. What gen did you order as the second gen works with all cars including pre 07. I only know because I have one and was told I'd need a wired one.
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12-14-2015, 05:29 AM | #20 |
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Mine works for both coding and fault codes.
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12-14-2015, 06:22 AM | #21 |
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it wasn't an official Carly adapter it was one off eBay, new cable arrived in post this morning and thats the battery registered and a few other bits and pieces messed about with
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12-14-2015, 06:49 PM | #22 |
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Picked up some black carbon fibre wrap today so I'm going to go ahead and wrap the gear shifter surround like i was talking about. if it looks odd with the rest of the trim being gloss black i will probably just wrap the rest of the trim in carbon as i quite fancy a change and its always reversible.
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