Bilt Hamber Treatment
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SidewaysSi

Original Poster:

10,742 posts

263 months

Friday 25th September 2015
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Looking for someone to give my old BMW a full treatment - can anyone recommend a suitable bodyshop/specialist in the SE area?

DeanR32

1,840 posts

212 months

Friday 25th September 2015
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You mean detailing? Can we see the car in question Si?

SidewaysSi

Original Poster:

10,742 posts

263 months

Friday 25th September 2015
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No I am thinking a full cavity waxing. Car is a rust free E36 BMW which I will be keeping for a long time...!

garagewidow

1,502 posts

199 months

Sunday 27th September 2015
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easy enough to diy,
bilt hamber stuff is good and each can comes with a long nylon tube to get right in those hard to reach places.

alolympic

700 posts

226 months

Sunday 27th September 2015
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I would definitely tackle it yourself if you can.
There are two main themes to it I would say. The box sections you can't see into, that you quite copious amounts of Dynax S50 into. Thank, there are the areas you can see, wheel arches, floor etc. depending on what you see, you may end up stripping what is there and even going back to bare metal, but in the least, you want things clean and dry.
I did it myself on my Triumph last winter. The whole process took a long time for me, but I literally sanded back to bare metal for the whole underneath. The actual application itself is pretty quick.
At least if you do it yourself, you have peace of mind with what has been done. It is messy but simple so I wouldn't bother paying someone else for the labour.....as long as you have a private space, which you can cover, to protect from drips, and get the car up on axle stands.