What did you do for your ZHP/BMW today?

Hehe

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Originally Posted by Hornung418

And BP...I don't mean to brag, but I had my bumper off the car in 18 minutes...and I didn't even consult the Bentley.

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AND you probably didn't have three helpers and 4 unhelpful spectators.

Solo bumper take off.

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Originally Posted by Hornung418

Today I cleaned up the front end. I don't have a nice bumper grill or the proper brake ducts for my Mtech2 bumper so I just deleted the radiator scoop and one half of the brake ducts.

And BP...I don't mean to brag, but I had my bumper off the car in 18 minutes...and I didn't even consult the Bentley.

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That's cause you're a boss.

Received the BMW Performance strut bar in the mail today. Got off work early just so I could get to it :)

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Originally Posted by Hornung418

Solo bumper take off.

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Care to post a DIY thread with a few pics? I really want to get mine off when I get home so I can do some cleanup/painting... I don't have a Bentley...

Wet sanded a portion of my hood then buffed it with a Porter Cable. Boy, that was fun :) Very time consuming, but the results are amazing, no orange peel, and nor more "etchings" on my paint.. 100% swirl free :)

Here are some picturess

You can kind of see the paint here just isn't "right". It is lacking some clarity, and it just doesn't look sharp like the paintwork on the rest of my car.. This is after 3 passes of M105 on the orange pad. So, I busted out some 2k grit sand paper and went to town.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8...eb16267d_b.jpg
It is really weird, it is only the hood of my car... Not the sides or back.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8...0b3fb3a2_b.jpg
Sanded. There is no turning back now..

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8189/8...f4b72360_b.jpg
Left side is looking great, but the middle area still needs some sanding and buffing. Should take at least 3 hours to get it perfect again..

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8...8be90e55_b.jpg

I'm happy overall. This is saving me a few hundred from the body shop to get my hood and front bumper re-sprayed!

Yeah I'll write one up tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Johal E32

Wet sanded a portion of my hood then buffed it with a Porter Cable. Boy, that was fun :) Very time consuming, but the results are amazing, no orange peel, and nor more "etchings" on my paint.. 100% swirl free :)

Here are some picturess

You can kind of see the paint here just isn't "right". It is lacking some clarity, and it just doesn't look sharp like the paintwork on the rest of my car.. This is after 3 passes of M105 on the orange pad. So, I busted out some 2k grit sand paper and went to town.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8333/8...eb16267d_b.jpg
It is really weird, it is only the hood of my car... Not the sides or back.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8...0b3fb3a2_b.jpg
Sanded. There is no turning back now..

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8189/8...f4b72360_b.jpg
Left side is looking great, but the middle area still needs some sanding and buffing. Should take at least 3 hours to get it perfect again..

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8054/8...8be90e55_b.jpg

I'm happy overall. This is saving me a few hundred from the body shop to get my hood and front bumper re-sprayed!

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Sexy


~Steve
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Fantastic work! That is an awesome transformation.


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