**April Winner - This was a hard one!!

[k18dan]

Right-o….. first of all some of you may remember my post a few days ago about a good friends from works dark green BMW 318i with clear coat failure on the bonnet.

So the time had come, the car was left with me and I was told not to rush as the owner had another car they was using to run about in, which was a relief

The Before’s;
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01200.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01196.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01195.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01191-1.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01188.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01183.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01178.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01175.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01174.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/053.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/049.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/051.jpg

Day One
The car was washed with a wash mit and washing-up liquid to remove old wax and grease build up, after washing I found out how bad the paint really was, the car was covered in swirls, further that, more noticeably down the near side were long scratches running the length of the car (possibly from tree branches)

I moved on to the interior, carpets were hovered. Dash, trim, and seats were washed down with a mixture of APC and warm water using a microfiber, carpets were wet vac’ed with water and a strong solution of APC. Seats were then cleaned and feed with Megs leather cleaner and conditioner, Dash and trim was then treated with AG vinyl and rubber care. Glass cleaned with Megs NXT glass cleaner.

Day Two
The body was then clayed using megs blue clay and megs last touch, now to tackle the swirls and minor scratches, I taped of a section of the boot to test some products, first up was megs #80, this really didn’t touch the swirls, so then went with souns sfs-2 two passes on speed 5 using sfx yellow cutting pad, this started to work but was slow, I decided to try scratch X on a yellow cutting pad, this really cleared up the paint leaving a nice gloss, I finished this up with another pass with souns sfs-2 and the results were clear,

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01239.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01269.jpg



I repeated these steps to the rest of the car wet flatting where needed



Before;
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01231.jpg

After;
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01241.jpg





This scratch just had to go;

Before;
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01248.jpg

After;
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/Before/DSC01249.jpg



It was about mid day on day 2 when I remembered I promised I would give my neighbours van a quick wash and detail, so work was postponed for a few hours while I completed the van.



http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/hawords%20van/DSC01260.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/hawords%20van/DSC01267.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/hawords%20van/DSC01264.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/hawords%20van/DSC01263.jpg


Day Three
It was now time to tackle the worrying bonnet, one thing that was pleasing is that what ever I did to the bonnet I really couldn’t make it worse, All around the failed clear coat was what looked like cracks in the paint (poss the start of the fail) I decided that these were making the appearance of the bonnet worse, and decided to try and soften the edges of the cracks with a light pass with scratch X, slowly building up speed an pressure the edges started to fade, I gave a quick pass with souns sfs-2 and the job was 100% better than before.

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01254.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01255.jpg

The shine on the paint was then sealed in with Auto Glyms extra gloss protection.

Afters;
http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01281.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01279.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01272.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01271.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01275.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01273.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01276.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01278.jpg

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a236/k18dan/Jens%20BMW%20316i/After/DSC01277.jpg



So all in all a full weekends work, although this was a taxing detail, I was very pleased with the end results and was very surprised with the defects I could remove with the PC . :wave:

[huddo]

There nothing like a well loooked after car, and that was nothing like !!!! A brilliant turn around well done :thumb: :thumb:

[BrianS]

Great turnaround. Bet the owner fell in love with it all over again....

Wonder what caused that delamination>>>??

[Fursecul]

:doublesho :doublesho Jesus that looks so much better:thumb:

[Maz]

Bet your friend was well pleased ... looks great

Maz x

[Neil_S]

That is one stunning turnaround, hats off to you, that was in a real state and you made a stunning difference.

[Perry]

Excellent, really impressed.

[spitfire]

What would you say, 70% correction? Thats got to be good for a car in that state. Well done, good effort.

[Craigo]

wow, that thing was minging before!! looks lots and lots better now! :D

[Sisson]

Good effort!

[clubman_dan]

fantastic turnaround! it looks a million times better than before!
nice one :)

[cjwardy]

superb job!

[leistrum]

Stunning change in the cars appearance!

[1.6Ed]

Really good job, looking forward to being able to do similar to mine

[Phisp]

Outstanding transformation!

You can just spot the failed clear coat in the last bonnet pic. The change you have made to it is simply stunning - I would not have thought that was possible.

Top job :thumb:

[dubbers]

Amazing work. Taking what looks like an uncared & unloved 318i and turning it back to showroom..

[Forbez]

Awesome job mate!

[paddy328]

Spot on mate. I tried using a pc on my 328 but it just laughed at me. Im surprised and impressed you got those results. My hat goes off to you.

[Biglittlebear]

Incredible!!!

I look forward to getting a pc even more, having seen your pics....

[Ed Case]

What a transformation.

From write off to right on !!

[walkmad]

First rate that !

[skid]

Thats a real good turn around there:thumb:
Never ever thought of using scratchX on a PC before but it looked like it did the job.

[sixsr]

Well done, thats a great turnaround!

[STANNY]

Wow:doublesho that looks completely different car. Love to see face on owner when you gave Beemer back, bet they couldnt believe it.:cool: Nice work mate.

[craig123]

wow top job!

[JJ_]

That BMW is unloved to the extreme :( hope you teach them some good techniques. Nothing short of a respray will ever have the car looking 100% you done very well!

[Commander_T]

A cracking job there mate - Brilliant effort and results :thumb: