My Carbon Black 640d after paint correction
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After BMW’s woeful attempts to ‘polish’ the car and on both occasions leaving really bad trails & swirls, I took the plunge and paid vivid detailing to sort it out.
You can see the swirls on the rear quarter and bumper on the former photo.
It had two stage mopping, ceramic coating & tinted rear windows I thought I’d share the results and my satisfaction.
You can see the swirls on the rear quarter and bumper on the former photo.
It had two stage mopping, ceramic coating & tinted rear windows I thought I’d share the results and my satisfaction.
Interesting as I too have a 640i in Carbon Black and was despairing at the condition of its paint. Did you have any deep scratches that needed to be repaired? And if so how did they come out? Something was dropped on my bootlid a while back and it chipped the paint back to the primer - tiny spot (only half a pinky finger across) but noticeable. Been thinking on getting paint correction done for a while now but fearful it'll be back to the same condition not long after as it's a daily and lives outside.
Invest in a pressure washer and a foam cannon, then two buckets with grit guards with a decent wash mitt and some mirofibre drying towels and learn how to use them properly, minimising swirls. And stay away from your local 'wash with a brillo pad' places.
I bought all the kit and corrected my cars paint myself.
I bought all the kit and corrected my cars paint myself.
looks good OP!
I bought my carbon black 530i f10 at 3.5years old and there were virtually no swirls. I think the garage detailed it and machine polish but not corrected chips in front apron. Am super careful washing and the car lives in a garage and after two years the paint work is still pretty good in terms of swirls in bonnet and main panels etc so it is possible. Where the car is let down is on the side skirts which look like crap from people's esp kids getting in and out.
I do also notice in places that the lacquer has chipped and taken the colour coat exposing the primer. In some cases I've touched it with a drop of lacquer and polished it down after. Would look better if I'd remembered the colour coat first lol but was easy to get a decent finish.
BMW service guy was recently lamenting the soft BMW paint which surprised me as i'd understood BMW paint generally considered hard.
I bought my carbon black 530i f10 at 3.5years old and there were virtually no swirls. I think the garage detailed it and machine polish but not corrected chips in front apron. Am super careful washing and the car lives in a garage and after two years the paint work is still pretty good in terms of swirls in bonnet and main panels etc so it is possible. Where the car is let down is on the side skirts which look like crap from people's esp kids getting in and out.
I do also notice in places that the lacquer has chipped and taken the colour coat exposing the primer. In some cases I've touched it with a drop of lacquer and polished it down after. Would look better if I'd remembered the colour coat first lol but was easy to get a decent finish.
BMW service guy was recently lamenting the soft BMW paint which surprised me as i'd understood BMW paint generally considered hard.
Edited by bmwmike on Thursday 10th August 16:09
Edited by bmwmike on Thursday 10th August 16:11
parabolica said:
Interesting as I too have a 640i in Carbon Black and was despairing at the condition of its paint. Did you have any deep scratches that needed to be repaired? And if so how did they come out? Something was dropped on my bootlid a while back and it chipped the paint back to the primer - tiny spot (only half a pinky finger across) but noticeable. Been thinking on getting paint correction done for a while now but fearful it'll be back to the same condition not long after as it's a daily and lives outside.
I would just go for it, I had a ceramic coating as opposed to wax, it lasts years as opposed to weeks. It looks like a different car
Silverbullet767 said:
Invest in a pressure washer and a foam cannon, then two buckets with grit guards with a decent wash mitt and some mirofibre drying towels and learn how to use them properly, minimising swirls. And stay away from your local 'wash with a brillo pad' places.
Yup got all the stuff; alas having no option but to wash the car on the street kind of hampers things. We also seem to suffer seriously from dirty rain in this part of the country and it totally negates all your hard work after just a day or two. I've also had the nimbys round telling me off for washing my car during the summer months 
there wasn't even any drought or shortage, they just hate people washing their cars in the street.I miss the days of being able to properly wash my car at my parent's place with lovely soft Scottish water and no-one around to complain.
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