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My G05 is two months old. I didn’t notice at first, but I have swirly really fine lines in the paint, almost wispy spider web looking, mostly noticeable in certain light. I have been through my car wash a few times and was suspecting them of being the culprit with the wax they use, because I had seen that before on a previous car, but that would just rub out, this won’t. I just waxed my hood and the rear tailgate section and it did not help. Finally, I took off my license plate to see if those lines were also where the car wash couldn’t have possibly hit, and sure enough, they were there. So.... is this something that likely came from the factory this way, or is it more likely that my dealer did it in his prep job. Anybody have any expert opinion on this? Also, I have seen comments about paint correction on here, is this something that paint correction could likely fix?
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Siwirling is from those nasty auto car washes you're using. I don't have that issue on mine after a year because I hand wash only but you can't prevent all light marks without a proper coating (ceramic) or ppf
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No, not the car wash. It’s swirly underneath my license plate. The lines continue under there. I took it off to see. The car wash can’t get under my license plate.
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What’s your color? I would try polishing it out. I did a full concours detail polish of my carbon black and found lots of adhesive left from the plastic film. After my polish my paint is damn near perfect even by my ocd standards. Give it a quality polish. Automatic car washes are evil. I had to polish out marks on my wife’s black Audi from her going through a “touchless” car wash. She won’t doing that again.
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That is bad polishing or polishing with contaminated towels. If not that then someone used their butt or arm rubbing across it when there was dirt on the paint or dried it off with a dirty chamois. You can get them out with P21 paint cleaner. As you know black is hypersensative to any contaminants or agressive polishing compounds.
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My wife’s black Audi was much worse than that and I got it looking perfect. You have outstanding paint on your X5. You might want to show it to your dealer next time you are there and ask if they have a pro in detail department that can buff it out. Shouldn’t take longer than 15 minutes. I did a entire car that looked like that and it took me 2 hours with my buffer. I have a standing order at my dealer not to wash my car unless a particular pro I know is working. I am a PCA concours judge and teach a class every year for my chapter. I wish I lived closer cause I would have you bring it by my house and I would take care of it. These dealers have kids washing $100k vehicles and I have seen horrible results from their “free” washes at service. Try this: https://www.amazon.com/P21S-12350B-P...paint+cleanser Last edited by MystroX5; 01-06-2019 at 04:31 PM.. |
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I know people are passionate on this forum, but people seriously still hand wash their cars? I can’t even imagine having the time to do that.
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From what you've posted, I'd suspect the dealer. The factory goes to great lengths to ensure the paint is protected. Sounds like your dealer's detailer was using crap/dirty drying towels.
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The day we brought our Phytonic Blue 50i home last month I noticed the same type of micro scratches and swirls. Agree with all the opinions here on how it happened with a dry towel, etc. I typically do my own polishing but since we were having Xpel wrap installed I had them do a full paint correction prior to install of Xpel. It looks amazing now. All the swirls are gone. I know you’re asking opinions - But you should never use an auto car wash. The brushes, waxes and soaps they use. They scrub someone else’s grub and grime into your paint. When I hand wash with two buckets I know I’m not scrubbing dirt into the finish causing scratches, etc. plus I know the soap I’m using is quality without leaving film behind, etc. it’s the only way to know for sure.
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