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Post Mon Sep 01, 2008 11:13 pm

This is my first attempt at Detailing, and went over the car with sonus sfx 1, 2, and 3 and the pc, I Only Have a couple of before pics as i was in a major rush to do this before the NI-BMW Show, it was then treated to Z-AIO and 3 coats of Z5pro with ZFX in for the mix:thumb:
It was all done in my spare time and my car is my Daily Driver and was'nt easy keeping it clean, total time to do just the bodywork took me 16 hours spread over 3 evenings!
Im happy with the result altho its not 100% swirl free its 95% of the way there, heres some pic's :thumb:

taped up before cracking on with the pc:

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After correction::buffer:

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And All Zaino'd up
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hopefully ill get better at this and some day ill have the car perfect:p

I Didnt polish the tailpipes and rubber and plastic until later on in the evening, just took these shots when the rain stopped breifly,

At the Show
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Post Tue Sep 02, 2008 9:19 am

Looks nice!
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Post Tue Sep 02, 2008 10:02 am

very cool.
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Post Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:09 pm

Cheers lads
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Post Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:05 am

That grass needs a cut feens :wink: :wink: :wink: :wink:
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Post Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:17 am

Looks great Brian. :D
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Post Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:47 am

Great job Brian! Hopefully with you using it as a daily it won't take too much effort each wee to keep it in such good nick now. 8)
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Post Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:36 pm

what a car! i love the colour, and the shine from the notorious "fading red" that you have is amazing!

the wheels are spot on; always wanted those but never have enough money! only thing that doesnt do it is the exhaust, defo need somechrome tips or even a scorpion back box with STW tips!
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Post Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:19 pm

looks good Brian :cool: :cool:
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Post Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:24 pm

:cool: Very nice
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Post Fri Sep 05, 2008 10:41 pm

siddiqi1 wrote:what a car! i love the colour, and the shine from the notorious "fading red" that you have is amazing!

the wheels are spot on; always wanted those but never have enough money! only thing that doesnt do it is the exhaust, defo need somechrome tips or even a scorpion back box with STW tips!
Cheers Lads Took awhile to get so clean and its even harder to keep clean, but i do my best, The Tailpipes are ones i got in hellfrauds do the job if a little small, but should have cleaned them before the shots were taken, And i got the car resprayed 3 years ago because it faded so badly,

@ Luke i cut the grass that evening as knew i would rain so thats its last cut for this year lol,
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