'08 BMW M5 Correctional- Premier Shine

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Hey all- was able to work a weekend here or there and managed to squeeze a quick correctional in at the garage in H'burg

Up here is a 2008 M5 with 80K on the clock and was recently purchased by my client from the original owner who is located in Long Island.

This M has the following list of mods:
- Twin Dinan intake
- Full Meisterschaft exhaust- absolutely UNGODLY
- Carbon fiber hood
- Custom leather interior

The interior required only moderate attention to the hard plastic areas and the leather which was heavily soiled and neglected. A full interior treatment including hot water extraction of the carpets and mats was performed.

Exterior- the condition of the exterior was pretty neglected- lots of oxidation and heavy, noticeable swirling and other defects under natural light. The client and I chose to simply shoot for a 65%-75% correction level and I felt that a single step correction would do the trick- after performing some test areas I felt the Interlagos Blue was of medium hardness.

A full decon wash was performed, CG Maxi Suds 2/ citrus clean mix used in conjunction with a drop of Dawn to strip any previous LSP- the entire car was foamed down with APC beforehand- Sonax FE on the wheels, various SV and other brushes were used, lambswool mitts also

The M was pulled into my garage, dried and then clayed with a medium clay/ ONR.



After being taped up I then used my LED to inspect the condition of the paint- heavy defects and swirling around the entire body












Swirling, other defects and rain/ water spotting on the black trim clearly evident- pillars were in need of a lot of attention.







Correction- Correction was performed via Flex DA and PC DA- yellow foam / Menz. SIP- LSP was 2 coats of Menzerna PL

Afters:
Hood-





Gloss becoming restored- heavy water spotting and swirling was tackled by the SIP/ yellow foam combo


50/50 on the rocker



Pillars and window trim coming along nicely....





Headlights- sanded out with 2000 grit

Exterior Glass- polished by hand with Zaino Clear view glass polish

Tires dressed with OPT water based dressing


Afters- SLR is not with me- apologies for lack of quality/ HD

























Some Iphone pics- NO filter. NO editing









Thanks for looking!
- Dan K.