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DetailersDomain.com - BMW 550i X M Sport - Alpine White - New Car Prep/Opti Coat/Xpel



We received a call from a local customer that requested his brand new BMW 550 I Xdrive M Sport get a full exterior prep - paint correction and Opti Coat as well as full front wrap using Xpel Ultimate.



This car sat on the lot for a bit and required some attention to get it back to perfect and ready for Opti Coat and clear film installation.



Exterior



- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Washed with Adam's Car Wash

- Decon with Auto Finesse Iron Out

- Wash down and rinsed

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Nano Scrub AutoScrub

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Compound - Menzerna FG400

- Final Polish - Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6

- Last step - Opticoat

- Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight

- Wheel wells were cleaned - polished - Opti Coat

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed



Products used:

Adam's Car Wash

Auto Finesse Iron Out

Stoner's Tarminator

Auto Finesse Oblitarate

Sonax Multi Star

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

NanoSkin AutoScrub System

Menzerna FG400

Sonax Perfect Finish

Opti Coat

Optimum Bond Tire Gel

Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner

Auto Finesse Rejuvenate



Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber Quick Detail MF Towels

Uber All Purpose MF Towels

Rupes LHR75E

Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher

Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher

Uber Buffing Pads

Meg's MF Cutting Pad

Defelsko Paint Meter

Fenix TK35

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Uber Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Adam's Firehose Nozzle

Metro Air Force Blaster



Before - we received the new BMW in salty shape - believe it or not this was 7 miles of driving in salt to our shop!









































Prep - wheels, wheel wells, tires, decon, clay



Adam's APC was used to clean up the tires as well we used Adam's All Purpose Cleaner to loosen up the salt and grime in the wheels wells. Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner sprayed on wheels, once they set up, we make sure to use various brushes to ensure wheels are cleaned up well.















Since we knew the car was on a boat for 3 months and sat in a lot for a few more we knew that there would be contaminants on the paint, we applied Auto Finesse Iron Out to assist in the decon stage, we did this prior to the wash and clay.









Rinse and repeat - we saw more contaminants on the paint so we decided to repeat the process - still pulling fall out off the paint.

















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