02-13-2021, 07:22 PM | #23 |
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Dirty towels, dirty scrubbers. You can't trust run of the mill car washes. You think everybody's Cars before you didn't have massive amounts of dirt on them before you didn't contaminate all the supplies they use to touch your car with?
Unless they're using fresh towels every wash and people who know what they're doing (not using the bottom towels dirtier by the bottom of the car than up top) your paints going to get swirled. Dudes getting paid 9$ an hour don't care. Either wash it yourself, use a high end mobile/private detailer, or supply your own towels(who's gonna do that right?). I get my car full PPF wrapped and use my mobile guy, at least I know he knows what he's doing and his towels don't have the remnants of 400 other cars before me.
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02-13-2021, 08:09 PM | #24 |
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It's all about how the car is washed. I'm speaking from experience, as I have two Black Sapphire's G05 & G07. It's not Tanzanite, but it's an equally unforgiving color. Both cars have been properly paint corrected and ceramic coated. For weekly maintenance washing, the same company that did my paint correction and ceramic also does the washing. Its not always easy doing it the right way, and it certainly costs more, but the end result is always worth it. Of course it's much easier to just stop in at the local car wash, even the "high end" ones, but the reality is that your car is being washed and dried with sandpaper towels, and that's why the results are terrible.
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02-21-2021, 11:37 AM | #25 |
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I have exactly the same experience with a new X5M (F95) in Tanzaniteblue metallic. Swirls come as soon as you touch the paint. This has absolutely nothing to do with how you wash your car. I always wash my cars by hand. These swirls are even made of premium polishing paper. Maybe treatment with ceramic paint will make things better. I'm trying now. However, this is only to resolve the symptoms, not the real cause. Here there must be a problem with the paint itself and the clearcoat used. Tanzaniteblue matalic is a disgrace to BMW. It simply seems unsuitable for use on a car. So what do we and BMW do with this problem? I have never experienced anything like this. And I've had a lot of BMWs over the years.
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02-21-2021, 11:58 AM | #27 |
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I’m curious how this turns out after applying ceramic, so please do keep it updated. I have a TB BMW X5 M50i on order, and I plan on getting it coated straight away. Others seem to love this color, and it looks beautiful (even on not new cars), so I do suspect that the coating / wash technique has ALOT to do with it.
BTW, I managed to personally scratch my Donnington Grey X5M when it was a couple of months old by using an improper towel, so the greys also can get swirls. My detailer corrected it for me. |
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My color has been Silverstone II for many years. Also the last two X5Ms I have had (F70 and F85). This time it was - for some reason - not possible for BMW to deliver in this color. Therefore, I had to make another choice, and fell for Tanzaniteblue metalic. And what a disappointment this has been. Beautiful color, but in terms of quality a scandal.
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I will keep you guys updated. The car will return in early March. According to this paint, washing is only a small fragment of the case. It usually is the problem, but in this case, everything that affects the paint is a problem.
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Dont get me wrong, TBII is one of the most gorgeous colors I ever seen on a car, but its obviously a pain to upkeep. I am not that passionate, so at this point I basically given up on trying to keep it perfect, if I get swirls it is what it is.
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Had it paint corrected and ceramic coated last week and it looks better now but who knows how long that will last. Bottom line, I believe the clear coat used in this generation sucks.
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I don't know what I'll end up doing but I am very against putting PPF on a lease given I may not even keep this thing 36 months. Dunno! I'll see how this plays out.
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I know right?!?
Mine was beat up straight off the truck. Wet sanding, PPF and ceramic cures all of any issues. But dark paint doesn't give you any breaks.
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looking at those pics pulls at my heart strings. I love the darker color blues. I have two cars like that now and I suffer. I finally did a total paint correction and buff. Following that I had the 3M film guys wrap my car in clear gloss. No more paint swirls and I can go to any wash... so long as they dont gouge it.
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My car is now coated with CPG CeramicPro. No significant improvement of the paint as I see it. Maybe a little bit more durable, but any use of polishing paper (after use of vax) or chamois leather (after gentle handwash) still makes small scratches /swivels. Totally unacceptable! BMW's Tanzanite blue metallic appears to be totally unsuitable as car paint. I'm just more frustrated than before.
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(1) Clearcoat (2) Ceramic coat whatever marks you see now is on the ceramic I coated my car using IGL Kenzo, wash it myself, 0 swirls. |
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