[pwner4once]

Hey guys,

So I am trying to detail the exterior of my newly purchased used 07 328i
I somehow missed the Detail 101 sticky and ended up with the following products ;/

1) Meguiar Complete Car care kit
- Gold Class Car Wash Shampoo & Conditioner
- Gold Class Liquid Wax
- Gold Class Endurance High Gloss tire Gel
- Quik Detailer
- Quik Interior Detailer
- 50grm Clay Bars
- PlastX
- ScratchX
- 1 Microfiber Towel
- 1 Foam Applicator Pad
- Microfiber Wash Mitt
2) Armor All Extreme wheel & tire cleaner (kinda weak...)
3) PakShak fluffy MF
4) Lexol Vinylex
Lexol leather cleaner / conditioner ( dries the crap out of my black leather >_>!)
If I use the listed product with matching instruction from Detail 101 post, I should be fine right? This will be my first time..
1) washing - gold class car shampoo&conditioner (2bucket method)
2) clay - meguiar clay bar
Can I use diluted Quik Detailer as lube?
3) polish - don't have PC, maybe skip...
4) wax - meguiar liquid wax

Question:
This car seems like it has never been detailed inside/outside.
Should I wash twice?
Also I found these rough to the finger spots on my hood... I guess I should just clay it and wax? Not sure what happened since previous owner has no idea. See attachment for pic!

[TOGWT]

You're on the right track. These articles may be of some help-

Detailing 101: Washing a Paint Surface - http://www.autopia.org/forum/guide-d...t-surface.html

Detailing 101; Introduction to Detailing - http://www.autopia.org/forum/guide-d...ml#post1451986

[Detailed Image]

Another good resource is our detailing guide and our Ask a Pro Blog. These should be a great tool for you and I'd be happy to help you with any specific questions you might have.

Greg @ DI

[Envious Eric]

you need to have it polished if its been 5 years no polishing done. Wax is just a temporary shine booster, polishing is where you get the real gloss!

there is no doubt oxidation build up on the car. Thats what compounding/polishing will get rid of.

To be honest, you have some good maintenance stuff going on, but no correction products to really handle the car effectively. i would get a pro to go over the car with a decon wash, clay, polishing, sealant application first, and then you just maintain it from there

[pwner4once]

Hey guys,

Thanks for the reply and I'll read up more from the linked sites.

Eric - I kinda figured the polishing steps is needed since the clearcoat is probably not smooth or even close to it after 5 yrs. Since I am more of a DIY geek; I might purchase all the necessary tools for polishing if the result from simply washing is not good enough for me.

[RevC]

clay the hell out of that, for all my advice and needs i go to detailed image. awesome guys