1st August 2011 Richard, a new customer had purchased this nine year old BMW X5 recently. After initial inspection it was obvious that the car had been in and out of many thorny hedge gaps throughout its life. Down the sides of the vehicle revealed some mighty deep scratches on very, very hard paint. Although the paint gauge readings were to show quite a low level of paint on the vehicle, the cars paintwork was so hard that it still only needed between 5 and 10 microns of paint removed to almost totally remove most defects. Unfortunately the only way to remove this amount of paint, was to wet sand many panels. So instead of being booked in for three days to start with, it now had to stay with me for a whole week. Once the defects were all but gone, the whole vehicle would be sealed with G-techniq nanotec coatings for maximum protection. Paintwork, wheels, glass, trim, leather, fabric all received the G-techniq technology. The first 4 pics below are how the vehicle arrived on Sunday night.     Snow foam rinse to begin. Defects along the sides.   More close up shots of bad defects, notice deep scratches also. Pic on right shows the beginning of flat sanding.   All the next few pics show different panels being flat sanded.       After many hours of work, the cars bright blue paintwork is now back. Below shows just how different the car now looks.      This was one of the hardest and longest Details yet, and quite a back breaking job really, but it was all worth it once the results were achieved. The car is due back shortly to have the new black 20in wheels coated with G-techniq and some minor paint touch ups done. All in all though a very satisfying job. |
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