Detailed: BMW E90 Alphine White - Glass Coated for Maximum Protection

Had a great opportunity to meet with an awesome client. Recently bought the E90 but wanted to remove the swirls and more protection on the vehicle especially on the paint so send it to me to do some exterior work.

Did not managed to take huge number of pictures as pressed for time and also focused more on doing paint correction.


Some snippets on delivery day:

















Graffiti on the roof









Swirls on the driver side front fender - funny as it was just detailed by another shop.







Engine bay: Before















General Cleanup on the engine bay via waterless method. Vinyl/rubber were treated with Meguiars M40. Paint surface received light polish (remove minor stains) and Meguiars Body Solvent to remove grease stains.


Here are the afters:















Much better than before once its all grease/dirt/gunk free.






Interior Before













Interior received a thorough vacuum (leather seams, nooks & crannies, etc).
Leather, vinyl and pedals cleaned with light dilution of APC+.
Finished down with Meguiars Quik Interior Detailer.
Interior glass was cleaned with Meguairs Glass Cleaner Concentrate.

Sorry dont have any afters.












Anyhow, shots during the exterior work.


B pillar a bit oxidized.



After M205. Much darker hue of Black without the oxidized look.




Rear bumper



Driver fender



Driver door



Driver Door After Paint Correction




Rear Quarter (driver side) after correction


Test spot on hood



5050 shot - combo managed to remove light swirls.





Rear Quarter passenger side





Hood Reflection after correction





Some remote stains on the front hood. Minimized after correction.




Driver door top panel before correction




After single pass of combo. A bit better but still not satisfactory.




Roof Before





Roof After









Rear Passenger Door - Driver side after correction












Lights Before Correction:











Lights After Correction:


After a single pass. Took out majority of the swirls.




Much better then before




Front headlights' oxidization is now gone. Clearer optics.







Wheels were a bit grubby looking. General cleanup was done on all four corners.





Sonax Full Effect Working its thing.






Finished doing the LSP at around 2.30am to 3.40am.






A simple summary on what has been done to the exterior part.

Foamed with APC+ and washed with NXT.
Wheels were cleaned with Sonax Full Effect
Tires on SuperDegreaser
Wheel Wells on APC+
Clayed with Meguiars Blue Clay+ONR on clay dilution.
IPA wipedown
Various test spots were made.
M105+Cut Pad on the G220 showed best results.
Followed by M205+Polishing Pad via G220. All on Kevin Brown Method.
This paint was a bit hard than the normal locally made cars here.
Paint reading was scary. Some very thin spots (<80microns) on various parts of the car therefore only minimal correction was done on those parts.
Windscreen received similar treatment on paint.

LSP - whole car (windscreen, paint, lights, wheels) were Glass Coated to ensure maximum protection and resist/reduce occurrence of more scratches.
Tires were dressed with Meguiars M40
Wells on HyperDressing
Chrome Tail Pipes on NXT AMP


After 2 days working on the exterior - here are the after shots. Enjoy!

Wheels after correction and sealed with glass coating.







Roof































Glossy indeed.




Thanks for viewing.


Tim