e39 530i Clean at last....

[dave87]

Well after not having cleaned it for a while it seemed a little overdue:



I forgot to take pictures of the rest of the car - but that picture alone probably gives you an impression of what it was like

So, with some assistance:



We set about cleaning it. That was actually before the clean, and shows what a good job silver paintwork and a phone camera do of hiding dirt

Anyway, after cleaning all the wheels to this standard (getting rid of the baked on brakedust and tar spots - these are 10 year old wheels on their original coat of paint...):



We set about the rest of the car. At this point I got rather engrossed and didn't take any further pictures until we'd finished cleaning and the use of some Autoglym super resin polish:









We also set about cleaning up the tailpipe - original exhaust, 10 years old and we (and by we, I mean one of my helpers - thanks sis!) got this out of it:



After that we applied some Collinite wax to it, so a few gratuitous reflection shots:






Hard work, but ultimately worth it I think!

[dave87]

Thanks - I definitely have a soft spot for the e39 - it has aged rather well I feel.

bmthnick1981 - its the M54B30 3 litre - good for 231 bhp