Pat's Z4 Roadster detailed.

R2eys

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 Thurrock/Essex
Firstly, a big thank-you to Pat for entrusting me with his Z4 R, much appreciated.
Booked in for a minor correctional detail over 2 days,

Upon arrival Weds evening,

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Plenty of polish in the panel gaps,

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Engine bay in need of some attention,

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1st application of BH Autofoam dwelling,

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Apc and foam worked into the fabric roof,

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Alloys cleaned in vain, inner rims are heavily pitted and corroded and are due to be refurbed at a later date, Tardis doing it's stuff,

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Washed and dried in the normal manner, then clayed using Megs mild and heavilly diluted shampoo+ as lube,

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Typical swirling and defects,

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After trying various combinations, Fastcut+ and a drop of Ultrafina on a Pro-detailing combination pad was settled upon,

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50/50's,

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2-3 sets later and the wing was defect free other than the trademark BMW OP, pre-refinement,

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Downside to using FC+, the dusting.:rolleyes:

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Indicator lenses and badges polished using a German applicator & G-Techniq P1,

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Paintwork refined using Menzerna 203s on a Megs polishing pad, bonnet and wings complete, then called it a day.

Day 2,

The rest of the paintwork refined, an IPA wipedown given and then followed up with Britemax #4 pad glaze applied via the PC on a 3m finishing pad,

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Engine bay cleaned and dressed,

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Fabric hood treated to CG fabric protectant in 2 coats and left to dry naturally,

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Last dregs of Swissvax Best of Show applied,

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Shuts and painted trim protected with Prime and Opti-seal,

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Interior given the once over and leather cleaned and fed using Z-9 & Z-10,
Plastic trim and tyres treated with Blackfire gel,
Glassed cleaned throughout and sealed,
Chromework polished using Autosol,
A final dust down with the tickling stick and a wipedown with Z-8.

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Thanks for looking as always.:thumb:
 
Looks good, fancy doing an almost identicle Z4 up at Darlington? :thumbsup:
Not sure about what you did on the hood, it looks a little bobbly in some pics. But my paintwork definetly needs the same polishing treatment, it's really starting to irritate me :cry:
 
Herminator said:
Looks good, fancy doing an almost identicle Z4 up at Darlington? :thumbsup:
Not sure about what you did on the hood, it looks a little bobbly in some pics. But my paintwork definetly needs the same polishing treatment, it's really starting to irritate me :cry:

As much as I would love to it's little bit far for me to go, happily recommend someone in your area though.

The hood bobbly? if you mean this pic below it's because the hood protectant has just been applied and left to dry. :)

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GAZA62 said:
Nice job :thumbsup: how do you find the Blackfire tyre gel ? I use CGNLTG at the mo

I used to use the Megs Endurance Tyre Gel and thought it was excellent ...

... until I switched to Blackfire ... different league IMHO :)
 
Rob did a cracking job on the Z4 - looks like new, and had a lot of comments at work about how shiny it looks !

And chuffed he managed to polish out the minor scratches from bird poo and a careless bus driver - thanks !

My advice - if you're thinknig of getting your car detailed - well worth the investment - you won't be able to help but smile when you see the finished job - and Rob is a perfectionist, getting the tools out even when I picked up the car to further perfect the finish - recommended ! :D
 
Bradders said:
GAZA62 said:
Nice job :thumbsup: how do you find the Blackfire tyre gel ? I use CGNLTG at the mo

I used to use the Megs Endurance Tyre Gel and thought it was excellent ...

... until I switched to Blackfire ... different league IMHO :)


Megs was the first gel i used after switching from Aerosol type dressings but to much fling and not a great durability so much happier with CG Gel
 
GAZA62 said:
Nice job :thumbsup: how do you find the Blackfire tyre gel ? I use CGNLTG at the mo

Would say that the CG gel is far better value for money, not keen on the oily dressings and normally prefer something waterbased, the dressing I like the best is Zaino Z-16, the finish can be controlled dependant on coats, ie, 1 coat satin, 2 coats gloss.
 
Great finish! :thumbsup:

My car could do with the same treatment, any recommendations around Newcastle? And a rough cost estimate?
 
Rudd_2002 said:
Great finish! :thumbsup:

My car could do with the same treatment, any recommendations around Newcastle? And a rough cost estimate?

Matt below produces first class work, price wise it is something you would need to take up with him, but depending upon the level of service expect it to be from about £250.00 for an enhancement service (light machine polish).

Off Your Marks - Detailing
www.offyourmarks.com / 07881934788
Detailing studio in NW plus National coverage
 
dan_i said:
great job. Again, what's the rough sort of cost of this?

From £275.00 for an enhancement detail which involves a light machine polish to enhance and add clarity, full paint correction to remove swirling and defects from £400.00
 
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