This one came to me only a couple of weeks old. It's the first one I'd seen in the flesh and the marketing material photos don't do it justice.
The styling isn't as aggressive as say an M3 or 1M, but start it up and you can hear it means business lol.
Here's the car as presented:
A reasonable amount of contamination on the wheels:
And quite a fair bit on the body itself. Though this isn't unusual for a newly imported Euro. It's obviously seen some rail transport in its travels.
Foam decon wash
Two bucket wash, clay and then under the lights for inspection:
Light but consistent swirling across the car.
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Also some light hazing
and some missed adhesive from the protective packing
Paint depths varied across the car from high 130s
To as low as 105 microns on the roof. I certainly wasn't expecting a new BMW to be this low. A good lesson to take paint depth readings regardless of the car.
Gloss readings showing low-mid 80s GU. Not too bad.
Post-correction, gloss levels were better, but the orange peel definitely interfered.
The painted mirrors weren't bad but there was some light hazing here too. Indicating that it could be finished down a little better than its present condition
Post-correction. Hazing eliminated. Gloss improved.
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