e39 530i Sport clean for once!

[dave87]

Well after not having cleaned it for a while it seemed a little overdue:



I forgot to take pictures of the rest of the car - but that picture alone probably gives you an impression of what it was like

So, with some assistance:



We set about cleaning it. That was actually before the clean, and shows what a good job silver paintwork and a phone camera do of hiding dirt

Anyway, after cleaning all the wheels to this standard (getting rid of the baked on brakedust and tar spots - these are 10 year old wheels on their original coat of paint...):



We set about the rest of the car. At this point I got rather engrossed and didn't take any further pictures until we'd finished cleaning and the use of some Autoglym super resin polish:









We also set about cleaning up the tailpipe - original exhaust, 10 years old and we (and by we, I mean one of my helpers - thanks sis!) got this out of it:



After that we applied some Collinite wax to it, so a few gratuitous reflection shots:






Hard work, but ultimately worth it I think!

[Jay]

Stunning, nice work!

What did you use on the tail pipe?

[chuckskull]

Surprised the wheels came up so well. Nice work. Do like that shape beemer.

[dave87]

Thanks - quite pleased with how it looks now

Jay - used Autosol to remove the worst and some T-Cut scratch remover to get rid of the slight scratches the autosol left. Worked surprisingly well - thought it was going to be a pain to do tbh!

Chuckskull - Yea - they did come out well. Still need a refurb unfortunately - the previous owner had kerbed the lot of them

[fezfezed]

Nice job mate. Recently applied the same treatment to my car which was in real need of a clean with some Dodo Juice and it looks the business

[Guy]

Came up quite well
Like I said before silver is awesome for hiding dirt