What did you do for your ZHP/BMW today?

[webster]

thanks guys. i really want to take off my wheels and clean the wells/rotors too...but that's a lot of work lol

[HokieZHP]

Well today I:
-washed the car. No detailing since I detailed and sealed it about a couple months ago. So it's ok. Going to wax tomorrow.
-removed all door and bumper trim. Used magic eraser on them and back to black to restore the trim.
-removed front bumper which was much easier than I thought. Then I resprayed the front lower bumper grill gloss black.
-cleaned the engine bay. This was my first engine bay cleaning ever so it's decent but next time will be better.
-put the car up on 4 jackstands, removed all 4 wheels and cleaned them inside and out and dressed the tires.
-quickly cleaned wheel wells
-detailed interior. Vacuum, 303 aero, windows, etc.
-reglued my sagging pillars AGAIN with the correct 3M glue instead of the locktite I used last time which didn't work.

Here's some pics from today.
Car in the air:



My new bimmerworld stainless lines


Wheel wells



Engine:



Bumper off





Then I found this while cleaning. One of my rear wheels has different markings than the other 3. It's all the same markings, just in a different place. It was made in the same place, has all the same markings but on the others the markings are on the spokes but on this one, they're around the center.

Normal wheel inside:


Other one:



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[UdubBadger]

weird

[Hornung418]

Even the Hub is different... maybe it was a late model replacement?? i.e. new casting design.

[Sockethead]

Hmm, I had to buy a replacement rear wheel last fall... I wonder if it's different than the other three. I'll have to check next time I have the wheels off...

[HokieZHP]

That would be awesome if you could check. I'm not too worried about it since it is a BMW wheel and not a cheap knock off!

[das boots]

thanks guys. i really want to take off my wheels and clean the wells/rotors too...but that's a lot of work lol

Use Sonax. Let it do the work for you. Spray to the wheel barrels and rotors. You will see the difference.

[cakM3]

Put a coat of sealer and trim detailer for tomorrow's trip



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[webster]

Use Sonax. Let it do the work for you. Spray to the wheel barrels and rotors. You will see the difference.

hehe, if you read my whole post you'll see i applied two rounds of Sonax'nig, 2nd time with the aid of a Swissvax brush. The stuff definitely does a good job, but even after two applications there was still some dirt/dust i had to hand scrub with a microfiber.

[das boots]

hehe, if you read my whole post you'll see i applied two rounds of Sonax'nig, 2nd time with the aid of a Swissvax brush. The stuff definitely does a good job, but even after two applications there was still some dirt/dust i had to hand scrub with a microfiber.

Oooops. My bad.