Gave the 320i some TLC...

[Philip Foglar]

Nothing major, just a light polish by hand, but treated all of the black trim pieces with Meguiars Gold Class Trim Detailer - amazing stuff! The plastic/rubber bit where the wipers are that goes onto the glass was a very dull light grey colour from sun damage not to mention the fact that it is fairly cracked and perished in places - going to replace this anyway once we have the very pitted windscreen replaced too. But seriously impressed with this stuff - it really brings the black plastic trim pieces back to looking virtually new again, and being silicon based it also provides a good water barrier. Will be interested to see how long it lasts though.

I am going to have to spend some proper time with the paintwork - most of it is not too bad, not great, but not terrible, so I reckon the DA polisher should be able to get rid of some of the worst scratches and swirl marks. But the bonnet is going to realistically need a respray or some touching up - lots of stone chips that are quite deep.

Now for some pics. Oh, and the windows were tinted a month or so ago. Still some polish residue and dust that a good wash will remove, but this is the results...

 

[Jakkals_F30]

:thumbs::thumbs::thumbs:


Still awesome cars.. nice one man raise:

 

[Hellas]

mmm, needs stickers. Call me up over the weekend then I can brand your car for free.

 

[Phumi]

Looking good, great work.

 

[Sabretooth tiger]

Looks good:thumbs:

 

[UpNcOmiNg!]

:bravo:
Looks fantastic

 

[Philip Foglar]

Thanks guys!! :thumbs:

mmm, needs stickers. Call me up over the weekend then I can brand your car for free.

+1!!

Hmm, must get some stickers and when my Wife is not looking stick them on!! Will eventually convince her to do this conversion - what was it again, 15 or 50 KW extra?? :rollsmile:

 

[520ebi]

Looks good .. :thumbs: must have taken you some time though :rollsmile:

 

[Philip Foglar]

Looks good .. :thumbs: must have taken you some time though :rollsmile:

Thanks! Had some time today, but started on her last night already. :rollsmile:

 

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Great work Phillip.your car looks in pristine condition raise:

 

[Philip Foglar]

Great work Phillip.your car looks in pristine condition raise:

Thanks! Well, my Wife's car - mine is actually well over-due for some TLC of her own! :fencelook:

 

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Great work Phillip.your car looks in pristine condition raise:

Thanks! Well, my Wife's car - mine is actually well over-due for some TLC of her own! :fencelook:

:rollsmile: well now you need to give your car some loving

 

[Philip Foglar]

Great work Phillip.your car looks in pristine condition raise:

Thanks! Well, my Wife's car - mine is actually well over-due for some TLC of her own! :fencelook:

:rollsmile: well now you need to give your car some loving

Don't worry! Going to put my DA polisher to good use!!! :thumbs:

 

[prado]

Beautiful! What can be more satisfying than getting your own hands involved in TLC for you BMW! Hope the wife appreciates! :thumbs:

 

[Philip Foglar]

Beautiful! What can be more satisfying than getting your own hands involved in TLC for you BMW! Hope the wife appreciates! :thumbs:

+1!!

Absolutely!! Some people look at me funny when I say that I find it therapeutic to wash the cars etc. :nonono:

 

[abmi0000]

Cos they're lazy... I am with you on that one. :thumbs:

By the way. Awesome job.

 

[Philip Foglar]

Cos they're lazy... I am with you on that one. :thumbs:

By the way. Awesome job.

Thanks!! :thumbs:

 

[moranor@axis]

those e90 wheels fit the car really nicely what size tires you running?

 

[Mike1]

Great job Phil! :thumbs:

The car looks fantastic, so smooth and so good looking with those wheels. :inlove:

 

[Philip Foglar]

those e90 wheels fit the car really nicely what size tires you running?

Thanks! They're the normal 225/45/17's - these are actually still my 330i's wheels with the terrible Conti RFT's. The set that belongs to this car has the same size tyres but the Hankooks. :thumbs:

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Great job Phil! :thumbs:

The car looks fantastic, so smooth and so good looking with those wheels. :inlove:

Thanks Mike! Most E90 wheels seem to work very very nicely on the E46's! Offset makes the car look a lot more aggressive than the standard E46 wheels' offset... :inlove: