BMW E60 New Car 'Prep'

The owner had waited for quite a while before he receive the bimmer months later. He scheduled a new car preparation with us when he finally received the car. When i first saw the car from far, the paintwork looked beautify. It was very glossy and shinning and i was hoping that it would remain in that condition. The moment when the working lights were switched on, the paint work revealed other defects which the word "beautiful" is not substantial anymore.

Buffer swirl and swirl mark were found over the new car.

Paint coating level readings were took before any commencement of machining on the new car paintwork. This coating level was noted to be high at 300+ microns at the bonnet area, too high for a normal bimmer. Well, it's definitely better to have a thicker paint coating than thin ones but i felt that there's more to it than meets the eye.

Paint coating level were took for the rest of the panels.

The average paint coating level was around 240+ microns and the bonnet was giving exceptionally higher reading at 300+ microns, here's another picture of the bonnet at 322 microns. The difference between the mean and the highest reading was about 70+ microns, my thoughts was the bonnet may have been resprayed. What do you think? A penny for your thoughts.

The car was prepared for paint correction before the protection detail session.

After the 4 hr paint correction session, we gave the paint another 2 layer of protection coating. The bimmer was left for curing while we sort out the interior cabin.



Finally after 8 hours of new car preparation detail, we were pleased with the results.

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