m2287 Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Well ive spent afew hours cleanin it, pics arent amazin abut ill do some another time lol... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Looking good mate! Bet it feels so much smoother now to the touch. I noticed your paints got a bit of an orange peel effect to it. I'm beginning to think all BMW's paint is like this, my last 3 have all had it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m2287 Posted May 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 cheers mate, yea its so smooth its rediculus, not sure what u mean about the orange peel effect?! If you saw the clay bar ud think it had some sort of a brown effect originally haha... Dont know but in the second photo, there is some light blue stuf on the trim, ive tried tcutting it for ages and it wont come off, apparently you should use some sort of rubbing compuond, anyone got any idea where you can get this from, my local car place didnt have anything and could only suggest tcut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrimja Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Mine has an orange peel effect too. You can only see it when it's uber clean though. Car looks great pal. Good effort on the cleaning! Orient blue yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aly Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Looking great mate! Loving the Dishy alloys on the SLK also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Looks the nuts will have to give this clay stuff a go and nice to see another with black rims. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge- Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Another one for the orange peel, boot is covered in it. Slack sprayers. Love how the paint feels after claying it... so smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Glad it's not just me then. Had a look at a colleagues brand new 1 series that they collected last week, and I definitely wouldn't have accepted the car in that condition! If the car had orange paint you literally could mistake it for an orange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flat6 Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 All the new BMWs have horrendous orange peel. There's a long standing thread on PH about it. Dark colours show it worse and it doesn't seem to matter if you've bought a £50k M3 or a £18k 1er, the finish is shocking. Nice clay work btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted May 6, 2010 Report Share Posted May 6, 2010 Seems like a fundamental flaw really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
