e39 M5 Detail (pic heavy)

Detailing Shed

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I couldnt agree more with this smiley :needpics: so heres plenty of pics :clap3:

We have plenty of these threads on other forums so will put a few up here, if people like them we will add some more :thumbsup:

This was done few months back the owner has the car number of years and rebuilt the engine last year and had refreshed numerous parts of suspension, interior, trim etc etc

How it arrived up from Cork

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Bit dull looking here

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Car wash pre rinsed using some citrus pre clean and then washed using 2 bucket method. Usual process then of iron cleansing, de-tarring, claying and getting it inside for inspection.

So what we were faced with, 130000 miles and 13 years of driving.

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Big thing on Philips mind was preventing the body from rusting in the future so wanted the arches protected, it sounds like a very easy job but it took about 4 hours per arch to be done right.

Basically the arch liners cleaned, detarred and removed and fully cleaned then off the car. Behind the liners is the main area to be clean and degreased prior to the body underseal been applied.

Detarring liners:

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Behind the liners before:

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Here is where you can see the problem, DAMP build up of road grime and muck sitting penetrating the metal from the inside causing rust to come through, this is on every car by the way not just e39's or not just BMW's :eek:

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Cleaned down using Surfex HD, for anyone who hasnt used this its by far the best degreaser out there. Cutting into 13 years worth of dirt....

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After been undersealed:

Didnt get many pic :eek:

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Performance brakes:

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Some 50/50's

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Reflections...

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Prior to refining ;)

(Excuse the mess in the backround place is undergoing a make over)

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Then one of the lads from TheLowLife turned up and got some PROPER pictures, he is an excellent photographer has his own little facebook set up aswell https://www.facebook.com/IllMotionPictures

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Was too bad wetaher wise outside so interior shots only im afraid :(

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Unreal
What's the cost of something like this most take days to do
Great stuff
And a great car I love that shape m5
 
good thread , enjoyed the photo's

unreal results with the swirl removal and general transformation

bar the arch work , would also be intrested in rough cost of such work as my own could use similar
 
beautiful...I don't know what it is about the E39 it's very hard to find a really clean one,much like type r's.. probably cos they are so good to drive most got a good trashing...I went looking at a few of these recently all had lead a hard life..this one came up really really nice
 
Those 50/50 pictures are simply jaw dropping. Amazing what can be done to tired and dull paint.
 
unbelievable job on one of my favourite saloons :thumbsup: where abouts are yous based the impreza is crying out for a good detail
 
Thanks all :yellowthumb:

We are based in North Co Dublin its a temp set up but its working for now and we are kept busy thankfully!

Will hopefully get another thread up soon, been fairly busy this week and Dave has been busy too with a new arrival so sorry we havent been online but we aim to get on here as much as possible and join in the community :thumbsup:
 
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