Today we are working on the brand new Mazda CX-5, already impressed with the looks and all, we are excited as we are going to make her into a mirror! The coating we are using today is a custom formula developed by us over the years of experience in this industry. For more info, you can simply PM, E-mail or Whatsapp to us direct as this is not a sale post but a article featuring this ride’s process.

Upon arrival, we can instantly notice how dirty the car wash. Because of its colour, dirt may not be so visible.
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Rain stains with a mixture of dust and sand.

The side panels were covered!

On to the paint condition, we were greeted by hologram marks.

Swirl marks were also visible all around the car.

More visible holograms.

Deep swirls spotted.

Some areas had lighter swirls

More severe swirls  on some sections


Remember the deep swirls we spotted earlier.

After some much needed paint restoration, this was the outcome.

On the rear boot area, we can visibly see the swirls.

Restored.

All sections of the paint was corrected into this level of finishing.


Some sun shots to double check on the finishing.

Final inspection on the swirls.

And we were ready to apply the High Gloss Coat.

The High Gloss Coat is a 6H custom formula that with our constant R&D and follow up with clients, 2 years old and the first client that applied this coat still have zero issues with watermark and swirls!


Wheels were as usual covered in brake dust.

With the help from some pH neutral iron remover, we dissolved the brake dust for a cleaner finish.



The finishing was a mirror finish, giving the car a even more redefined shape and lines.

For this BMW, the owner schedule the time with us to send us the car. Giving us plenty of time to work on it to really bring out the best surface condition on it. Silver is one the hardest colour to gain the glossy wet look but we had done it many times already, this is just another example of our work.

Upon arrival, we did a detailed wash on the car, removing all contamination and tar spots. A brief clay bar treatment was done to the surface as well.

After drying off the car, we were immediately able to identify and spot some light hologram damage on the front hood.

Glossy piano black pillars were quite scratched up mostly due to bad washing mitts or road side wash.


The glossy piano black pillars are quite badly swirled up. Not forgetting the watermark stains.

With some masking tape to seal up the trims and rubber, we manage to restore the piano black surface to as if new.

On the light hologram marks we mentioned earlier.

After paint correcting the hologram mark.

To further make sure the surface had no longer any swirls or hologram damage, we checked again on major and tight surfaces.

Final conclusion of swirl free surface.

The wheels are as usual covered in brake dust as most European cars.

Lug nut areas are also slightly stained from brake dust build up

After detailing and Opti-Coat Pro application.

As usual, we leave the best results for your viewing without any text interruption.

Some may feel disgusted on this ride as its based on a BMW F30 3 series while having no “butt”. Being a hatchback, it might not be as popular as the sedan BMWs, but in our eyes, all cars had their beauty and we do not have any prejudice on any cars, except maybe a Fiat Multipla XD. On the coming series, we will be covering a few on these BMW 1 series. So stay tuned.

Early in the morning, the client actually drove his ride to our place, after a brief engine cool down until the bonnet was not hot and the brakes were cooled down we moved on to doing the regular walk around to spot for obvious damages.

First impressions on the painted surface, there was this weird smudge which looked like oil but could not be rubbed off.

The rear had some “leaks”. Overflowing anti rust materials might be the cause of these, its rather common on BMWs.

Some watermarks stains was spotted on the windscreen.

Coming onto the the condition of the paint, we found hologram marks.

The sun was out so its a great opportunity to get some sun shots, obviously there were swirls on the paint too.

We suspected a cheap polish job was done since there was holograms on the paint, but this was next level. We call this pigtail damage. These form of damage is from having sand or hardened polishing compound on the pads. When used on the paint, it will cause damages like this.

Copming back to the smudge, there were also swirls.


On the rear bumper we spot some rather severe scratches and holograms. A poor attempt to polish off damage it seems.


First we tackled the lighter damages on the bonnet, which in this case was the swirls and smudge.

The sun actually confirmed our flawless finish.

On another section of the bonnet. Swirls corrected.

Remember we mentioned the pigtail damages. We were only able to reduce it to a less visible state.

On other sections, swirls are no more.

If you look closely, there is 1 light scratch just on top of the sun towards the right, that was 1 tough scratch to remove, hence we wouldn’t risk burning thought the paint for that.

The poor attempt to remove damage on the rear bumper was sorted.

As night fell, we got some closer shots on the paint to double confirm the paint condition.

Final finishing on the paint and we’re ready for the coating to be applied.

Before we finish, due to the heavy amount of dust residue from the cutting and paint restoration, another detailed wash, done.


Final shots we as usual, from a 12MP phone camera. No edits, no adobe lightroom to adjust, just a pure point and shoot. Enjoy the gloss, correctly done paint restoration, surface preperation and coating application.