DJC's e46 1 stage detail a Wheel refurb

This belongs to Declan DJC1980, one of my favourite colours from BMW :cool:

Didnt get a whole load of pics, the car was done over 2 days as the wheels had to go off for refurb with Wheel Wizards.

Wheels Before:

Declan told me the previous owner was a valetor, look at the insides of the wheels, he obviously used ACID cleaner :mad::mad::mad:

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Wheels After Wheel Wizards worked their magic :D

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So onto the car itself...

Prewashing getting into shuts and gaps


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After: (before polishing of that arch ;))

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Before

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After

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50/50

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Before (black thing is my lense, theres dust on it :mad:)

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After

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Random reflection shots... :cool:

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There was a heavy mark here, can still be seen by the light at the top but noticeably better then before

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After shots:

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Wow that's a serious transformation Chris. Looks savage now.
What are you using on the shuts etc?

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Originally Posted by DaveG

Wow that's a serious transformation Chris. Looks savage now.
What are you using on the shuts etc?

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To clean them down Dave? Bilthamber Surfex HD its the best degreaser out there imo, cheap too, 1ltr is about 8euro and dilute 200:1 for interiors and about 20:1 on engine bays is still very strong, water based too so very safe.

Mint Lad!! Car looked great on the MV'1s.If I had another id leave it as is.

Big difference alright - Dec would you go for anther Imola red?

Probably not Shane seen as I already had one.If I buy another BMW it will be an ///M of some sort.

great job as always lads, and those MV1 look amazing after the refurb :cool:

Remember this car well, the lads did great work on it. MV1's were very good, the wizards did a great job on mine previous to that too.