BluKoo
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Here is the latest work from Polished Bliss.
Once again, its lifted straight from Detailingworld.com.
Enjoy 
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Due to a crazy busy workload at the moment we haven't managed to get the Ne Plus Ultra pics and footage put together yet so I figured I'd post up this one that was done last month just to make sure you don’t forget about us!
I didn’t actually realise how rare this car was until the owner e-mailed through some stats on it, some of which I'll list below:
- 78 Coupes were made, all LHD.
- 4.6 V8
- 0-60 5.5 secs
- 0-100 12.7 secs
- 333bhp (hence the number plate!)
- 347 lb ft
- Price when new - £63,000.
This particular one, finished in Alpina Blue was the 1996 Frankfurt Motor Show Car which makes it that little more special
Upon arrival it was obvious that it had maybe sat around for a while and gathered a bit of dust etc...
So, to try and loosen some of this I foamed the car with APC...
...Left for 5 mins...
...Then thoroughly rinsed off at high pressure...
The wheels were starting to pit quite badly...
...after various strengths of Wheel Brightener I eventually had to use it neat on a microfibre towel (whilst wearing gloves!) then Tardis which just left a few areas that needed to be clayed...
Tyres and arches were then sprayed with Meguiars Super Degreaser and scrubbed:
All shuts, exterior trim, badges etc were then sprayed and agitated with APC before being rinsed:
Tar spots were then removed with Tardis:
I then moved the car inside for claying, megs mild was used:
Surprisingly little contamination came off...
A final rinse followed and I then dried the car off with the Black Baron drier:
The 1st of 3 coats of Gloss-It Signature Tyre Dressing was applied:
I then took detailed paint readings on all metal and plastic panels:
Most metal panels were healthy enough with some areas having seen paint in the past...
...although some areas were rather thin...
Plastics were all nice and healthy, although this isn’t an overly accurate reading (as the graph shows the signal bounced a few times):
Defect shots:
Due to the rock hard Alpina paint polish and pad of choice for this one was Meguiars 105 and Gloss-It Fast Cut Pads. The polish was spread at 900rpm's, worked for one pass at 1200rpm's then bumped up to around 1800-2000rpm's with medium pressure and then backed down to 1200rpm's with very light pressure which gave a 99% LSP ready finish with a total of 2-3 microns of paint removed after 2 hits (removal rate measured with the laser pen method and all readings were taken when the paint had fully cooled down).
Sometimes I've found the Fast Cut pads can generate alot of heat very quickly so I occasionally swap to a Gloss-It Light Cut pad on plastics:
Quite a deep scratch on the O/S rear quarter:
After 2 hits:
Buffer trails before:
After:
One of the most time consuming things on this car was the gold pin striping along the sides. These were made from Vinyl (why oh why couldn’t they have been painted!?!? ). Obviously I couldn’t machine over them so I had to mask them off in various ways to get in about all the sections with a 4" pad:
Taped one way:
Then the other:
This seemed to take forever and I went through 4 rolls of tape on this car!
It was worth it though as the level of correction was very pleasing...
Once all the correction work was done I refined the finish with Gloss-It Finishing Pads and Menzerna 85RE:
Followed by a wipe down to remove all oils:
The area on the bootlid where the paint was measuring around the 70 micron level was given 1 hit with Menzerna 203S and a Polishing Pad. Obviously this didn’t give great levels of correction as there were too many random scratches but sometimes you can only work with the paint you're given...
LSP was Project Awesome, machined into the paint at Speed 5:
Then left to cure for an hour:
While the Sealant cured I sealed the wheels with Blackfire Metal Sealant and gave the Tyres a final buff:
Interior was fully detailed...
...As was the Engine...
Before:
After 303 Protectant and Prime Strong:
And after a final wipe down with Gloss-It Gloss Enhancing QD this is how the rest of the car looked
Total Work Time: 32 Hours.
Thanks for looking
Clark
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CorsAsh
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Awesome.
Looked better than that F40 by this point:
Proper result.
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sand-eel
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FUCKING HELL, I want that car 
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Wrighty
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BluKoo
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The one thing I've been meaning to ask my brother about is the alloys...
I've always been under the impression that real Alpina alloys have the valves behind the centre caps, but the ones on this car has the valves on the outer rim.
I wonder if the original wheels have been replaced with replicas? 
I hope not, because that would let the car down a bit.
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Jamie-C
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Awesome as usual! 
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Bullet Proof SRi
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another super detail,
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DannyB
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A propper detail, that monaco guy should take notes tbh.
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BluKoo
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I'm dying to see the Ne Plus Ultra detail and all the footage they shot.
It should be interesting, but they're so busy they hardly have time to do small write-ups like this.
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j10E W
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wow ledgend car never seen a b8 in real life always wanted too
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Colin
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Good to see an old BM getting the works
Quite surprised at how well certain bits came up!!
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pow
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quote:
Originally posted by BluKoo
The one thing I've been meaning to ask my brother about is the alloys...
I've always been under the impression that real Alpina alloys have the valves behind the centre caps, but the ones on this car has the valves on the outer rim.
I wonder if the original wheels have been replaced with replicas?
I hope not, because that would let the car down a bit.
How would the air get into the tyre
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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That shows why cars need detailing, was in a right state and now looks like it just rolled out the factory, bet the owner is pleased
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
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Jambo
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Wow.
That came up a treat
Makes me think mines not beyond repair
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taylorboosh
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hollow spoke?
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Ellis
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I know where his place is now from this photo, next time I'm out that way I'm going to accidently drive past 
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jr
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brillaint car, and IMO shows what quality work is done
no wonder a few people have mentioned your bro beeing one of if not the best in the UK
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Rich H
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What?! He didn't spray anything with black aerosols? WTF? 
Nah great work as always
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jr
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there murray, wheres the satin paint ffs 
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BluKoo
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
quote:
Originally posted by BluKoo
The one thing I've been meaning to ask my brother about is the alloys...
I've always been under the impression that real Alpina alloys have the valves behind the centre caps, but the ones on this car has the valves on the outer rim.
I wonder if the original wheels have been replaced with replicas?
I hope not, because that would let the car down a bit.
How would the air get into the tyre
quote:
Originally posted by john-d
hollow spoke?
Although, i've just been doing some reading on an Alpina forum, and it looks like some of the earlier wheels didn't have the valves in the centre, so it looks like these ones are real.
quote:
Originally posted by Rich H
What?! He didn't spray anything with black aerosols? WTF?
quote:
Originally posted by jr
there murray, wheres the satin paint ffs
They're not quite up to that sort of standards yet...
Maybe in a few years time
[Edited on 29-07-2009 by BluKoo]
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Rich H
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I'm going to be offering paint correction Monaco Detailer / Henry Ford style soon - every car will be sprayed with aerosols, you can have any colour as long as it's satin black
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Liam
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Always read these posts, but don't think i've ever posted. The finished result is amazing. Wish I had the paitience to clean my car properly.
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alli Ronald
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one thing ive wondered is - does he remove the wheels and clean the inside rim of the alloy?
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Jambo
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Just noticed its a manual
This posted has inspired me to go and drive my dads B3
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Smiffie
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Awesome!
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