Detailed: 2003 BMW 330i

I was waiting to detail this car as it is one of my favorites. The car is well maintained and it runs great even after 150k on the odometer, throttle is responsive and the handling is absolutely awesome to say the least. Some of you my recognize this car as I detailed it before back in 2011 but I only did the exterior. This time I was happy to be doing the exterior and the interior and even happier to see that the paint did not get ruined is much as I expected. Now, moving on to the detail and before and after pictures.

I'll start with some before picture to give an idea of the subject

I first started off with a full wash, I used my pressure washer to knock off the dirt and stains and my foam gun to foam the vehicle to help reduce the number of scratches that may occur as a result of washing the car. I use the two bucket method to wash cars so that should reduce if not eliminate the chances of introducing scratches to the car but the foam gun help remove residue and stains and lubricate the paint.

The surface was rough on the car as it was last clayed two years ago. I clayed it and the picture below is after doing only a little more than a quarter of the hood!

I then took care of the wheels. German vehicles are notorious for their brake dust and this one is no exception. The wheels are exactly the design I like but require a lot of patience to clean. All these spokes make them hard and time consuming to clean. I had to scrub hard and use powerful chemicals to get them back to how they should look like

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Then, it was time to take care of the exhaust tips

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It was now time to dress the car and make sure all the plastics, including the engine bay are restored to the nice black look instead of the grayish color it was, this is a 50/50 shot showing the difference between the plastic before and after dressing

Engine bay before:

Engine bay after:

Masking the car to make sure that polishes and wax won't touch the plastic and won't get in the nooks and crannies:

I then went ahead and started polishing, I used three step process on this car to make sure the finish is restored to what it should be and I added a coat of Buttery Wax. These are some after shots:

Reflection......nice!

Finally it was time to tackle the interior. The interior was the one thing I didn't do on this car the first time I detailed it, so I expected it to be messy and it was, here are some shots before and after.

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I also took care of the floor mats and especially the M logo, here before and after shots

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Trunk before and after:

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Side of the steering wheel before and after shots

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Console and trans. before and after shots:

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This is an added bonus, while I was working on the back of the car I found that the keyhole of the trunk was dirty and has some sort of a sticky residue so I decided to take care of it. They call it "detailing" for a reason folks.

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Hope you guys have enjoyed this mini write up, the detailing season is here and hopefully I will have many cars to detail and I will have many more write ups. If you have any questions or comments about my process, please let me know. For appointments, please email me directly at hazzi15@hotmail.com