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gmblack3
02-22-2010, 10:28 AM
It has now been 20 months since she has had a full correction. After a wash 4 weeks ago, I could see some light swirls in the brightest sun.

She was looking kind of nasty since I drove her home from work last w/e in the 5" of snow and ice. Sorry no before pics. :rolleyes:

She shows just about 125k on the odo now, Chris and I replaced the front suspension a few months ago.

Even though I work my FT job on Fri-Sun nights, I made some time to give her some great protection over the last 2 days. The weather was mid 60s yesterday and today.

Lance foamed with Z7.
Rinse
Lance foam with Z7 again.
Washed via 2MB and sheepskin mitt.
Wheels cleaned with MWB.
Tires and wells got ARO.
ZAIO via white CCS pad G110 v2 speed 4.5.

Protection:
3x of ZFX'd Zaino Z5pro with a shot of Z8 in mix bottle yesterday.
Tires got Z-16.
Interior Vac.

Today:
Z6 wipedown
Zaino Clearseal
Finished w/ Z8.
I'm looking fwd to a solid 6 months of protection, maybe longer....

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golforcars325i
02-22-2010, 10:40 AM
Nice!

jlb85
02-22-2010, 03:01 PM
Amazing color! The car still looks better than new, and will continue to.

e24mpwr
02-22-2010, 03:02 PM
I've never been a red guy, but that is a beautiful color. Nice job!

ttkid06
02-22-2010, 04:48 PM
that looks amazing. Nice job.

SEVEN40iL
02-22-2010, 10:12 PM
Very nice E38 you have there! The color is amazing.

BMWs Rule
02-23-2010, 03:01 AM
:drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: I love that colour/color (for all of you Americans out there :stickoutt)