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Getting some gas before a CCA event...
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During the trip to and from the event, and while there, the car got quite dirty even though I had given it a good wash earlier in the week. I am sure all BSM owners can understand, the dirt almost shines on BSM.
Instead of washing it again, I applied Speed Shine. Took me 20-25 mins with just two towels, no water or other. It is an amazing product, makes life so much easier I think. And the garage now also smells nicer. In the first picture, you can see the wavy line between where I applied Speed Shine and the dirty lower portion. The second picture is after 25 mins
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They have the ceramic version of it too. Once I apply ceramic coating onto the car, I will switch to that one. There are moderate levels of swirl marks on the hood. They were there when I received the car. So, my next step is to take out the buffer and wax. Once I do that I will apply the ceramic coating.
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I do not. I always wanted a black M3, so no regrets. However, I would caution that BSM looks superb when it is clean. 30+ years since I purchased my first car, and this is the only black one. I never washed cars before, at all. Always had it washed or detailed. Now with BSM, that would be way too expensive and inconvenient. So, I am learning to properly wash and detail it. A new hobby for me
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No regrets at all. Like the previous poster mentioned, you'll need to up your car wash game though.
My previous car was a BSM F82. I did Ceramic Pro Gold on that and it looked amazing. Ceramic makes a HUGE difference in the level of effort to maintain the paint, and Ceramic Pro Gold is one of the best IMO. With my BSM G82 I went a different route and went XPel Stealth PPF with XPel ceramic over that. The ceramic was only to help with washing the car. I have the exact same cleaning protocol for both cars, except for one difference. With Ceramic Pro Gold, you go back in once a year for maintenance and you get a fresh coat of Ceramic Pro Sport to make it like new again. With the ceramic coating on the PPF about once a quarter I use Reload to refresh the ceramic coating and the hydrophobicity of the surface.
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Rear dropped another 10mm to match the front fitment, 5mm rear spacers, and dinan axle back installed at EAS today.
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But look at the beads!!!!
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I’m curious, do you know what film they are using? I have STEK and love it. Really clear and has a built in ceramic coat. I got a discount for bundling ceramic coated wheels, full PPF, and window tint but no where near 25%! That’s awesome! My PPF show also mentioned how hard it was to do the carbon package also but I liked they told me in advance what the could and couldn’t do when giving me a quote. I’ve had some companies make all the promises, I put a deposit and when picking up the car, I hear all these things they couldn’t do. |
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The film they use was also the reason why I went to him since every other shop in my area uses Xpel. They use Stek & Llumar I choose Llumar valor due to the warrany & it seemed to perform better from the test I saw. However they tinted my car with Stek nano ceramic flim. They also ceramic coated the glass, wheels and interior. Also smoked out my taillights & installed my spacers lol. They did a lot but the wait has brutal. |
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