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Found out something interesting/concerning yesterday when my buddy took out his paint dep meter to measure how thick the paint is in my car which is Marina bay blue. The paint is really really thin. He measured 2.8 across every panel except the trunk where it read 4.5 which he said is about normal thickness.
Then we measured a new F96 X6M that is alpine white and his was about 3.8 - 4.5 across the entire car. You would think a mentalic paint color would require more layers to achieve the look over a flat paint like alpine white. After living with my car over the winter I do think the paint on this platform being more easily scratched. I even have ceramic protection on mine and still notice marks from proper two bucket washing by me and marks from anything touching the paint. Alan |
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Yep - no amount of babying this paint will prevent the swirls. Sad
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I've got BSM. PPF on 60% of the car, including rear fenders, Gyeon Ceramic coating on the whole car. Just washed it for the third time, each time I have washed it myself with a power washer and two bucket method. After washing this weekend, I notice these crazy scratches on the back right fender. Really bummed me out. The rest of the car looks immaculate, no scratches whatsoever. Sent the pics to my PPF guy wondering if it was improper washing. He says it would take something really rough to make these marks. I just have no idea what else could have caused it. If someone hit me, I feel there would've been a dent. Maybe some sort of animal scratching? Maybe someone tried to wipe something off the car and scratched the shit out of it??
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Your car is dope in pictures, but far more impressive in-person
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04-19-2021, 01:32 PM | #94 |
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Ppf all around is what I did. Can't trust any of these washes unfortunately, most of the guys working at these places don't care if it's a Honda or a Ferrari and they're using the same towels all day. Unless you're going super high end, a private mobile wash service, or doing it yourself, no way to guarantee people are washing with fresh products or clean towels to dry.
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Is that section covered by PPF? That looks like swirled out unprotected paint imo.
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That looks like someone took a freaking brillo pad to the paint.
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I'm sorry. Do we know if just the front cover / lens is replaceable?
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I have the Adams blower and it woks pretty good. I find if I use a silicon blade on the flat areas and then the blower it works the best.
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