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Hi,
The window frames on my E60 look like this:
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It seems to be more prominent after the car has been washed, but maybe I just pay attention more then.
Anyone ever come across this before or know how I might rectify it?
Thanks!
Not sure if it can be machine polished out but it’s the same on 2 of our E46’s with the shadow line trim
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Interesting. Any idea what the cause is?
The chemicals in the detergents that are being used to wash your car cause it. I don’t get it “much” anymore since I got mine polished and then I’ve only hand washed it since with decent products.
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I’ve polished it out in the past using megs plastic restorer - it’s the polish they sell with the headlight cleaning kit.
Oh I have that, must try it! Did you polish by hand or a DA Polisher?Quote:
Originally Posted by kdevitt
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Was the exact same on my E60, and also on the shadowline trim. I tried everything and nothing worked, I ended up wrapping the trim and it looks class nowAttachment 9265
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Used the porter cable - technically should be possible by hand since you’re not looking to put too much heat into it, but I wouldn’t fancy it. Can give you a hand with it if you’re around Saturday.Quote:
Originally Posted by 318 iS Cosmos
I was polishing the headlights this evening and decided to try the window trim too…it came out very well, will finish that side tomorrow!
You can see on the right where it got one pass with the headlight polish and drill attachment
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Looks good, I will try the same.
This is what I used! I bought it when restoring the lights on the E60Quote:
Originally Posted by CitizenKane
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Hi mate, just a quick Q: I just bought the same kit as that. When doing the window frames I assume you just used the polish with the soft white pad, but not any of the more coarser sanding pads first as you would if doing the headlights?Quote:
Originally Posted by 318 iS Cosmos
Exactly, just a few blobs of polish on the polishing pad (soft white pad) and then applied to the window frameQuote:
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Thanks! Will try it this weekend and see how I get on.
I finally got around to doing this and it looks much better, nearly perfect. My only problem is I was only really able to do the uprights on each window before I ran out of both polishing pad and polish, so the frame going all the way around the windows still needs to be done. I also found it much harder to do that part because it's a much narrower surface.