D3 F30 BiTurbo Sapphire Black Now Detailed
D3 F30 BiTurbo Sapphire Black Now Detailed
Obviously a lot of time on our hands so in preparation for summer a complete detailing has been done. The only thing needed maybe is a new set of number plates, some decal replacement, could also polish the inside of the exhaust tips. Alloy wheels refurbished, front valance (jeez I sound old should have called it a front splitter) sprayed from road rash, but overall a decent job on the 2016 facelift version of the F30. No swirl marks which are notorious on Metallic Black paints. A beautiful drive every day of the week and a fantastic piece of engineering.
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Re: D3 F30 BiTurbo Sapphire Black Now Detailed
Lovely job that. I'm a sucker for hoovered carpet stripes too (or should that be 'vacuumed' - I'm old too and nothing wrong with calling it a valance )
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Re: D3 F30 BiTurbo Sapphire Black Now Detailed
Jules Sunleu wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 12:56 pmLovely job that. I'm a sucker for hoovered carpet stripes too (or should that be 'vacuumed' - I'm old too and nothing wrong with calling it a valance )
Thanks Jules, I guess even further back in time we used to call it a "front bumper", but things have progressed a bit over the years. Having looked at the new G20 D3 we have the usage of the word valance for the rear at https://www.alpina-automobiles.com/en/m ... equipment/ so maybe it is back in fashion
I like the "front spoiler" term which is very befitting an ALPINA
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I think they should rename the boot badges as 'rear spoilers' as they spoil the day of anyone who tries to keep up with an Alpina as that is all they see disappearing into the distance
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Insides of of the tail pipes now done, I did these myself and they were not done by the detailer. My thoughts on this are that they should look at doing this for the complete detail as part of the package, but it was no problem doing this after the event. I just needed to use the right materials as the chrome element on the outside needs to be retained.
2021 D3S G20 #014
2016 D3BT F30 #339
2013 D3BT F30 #028
2010 D3BT E90 #068
2007 D3MT E90 #289
2016 D3BT F30 #339
2013 D3BT F30 #028
2010 D3BT E90 #068
2007 D3MT E90 #289
Re: D3 F30 BiTurbo Sapphire Black Now Detailed
Much better those internal tips
Re: D3 F30 BiTurbo Sapphire Black Now Detailed
Very nice! What approach did you take to get this result?big blue wrote: ↑Sun May 31, 2020 9:06 pmInsides of of the tail pipes now done, I did these myself and they were not done by the detailer. My thoughts on this are that they should look at doing this for the complete detail as part of the package, but it was no problem doing this after the event. I just needed to use the right materials as the chrome element on the outside needs to be retained.
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Re: D3 F30 BiTurbo Sapphire Black Now Detailed
I wanted to avoid chemicals as much as possible inside, I have never found an off the shelf Exhaust pipe cleaner fluid that you would just spray on and it magically makes the chrome/stainless "pop" and remove carbon build up. So the approach was:
- On the inside I used a Spontex Handy Tough Scourer from Tesco (sorry for the plug) and paid over the odds, but it was a Sunday and I wanted to get all four done. This is for the inside area only but it will polish the stainless O ring element also as part of the process (which is okay). You will need elbow grease and no need for chemicals. Just keep going until all soot/carbon/crap is all gone. It gives a nice consistent sheen as you can see in my image above. Dont use this on the outside of the chrome as it will be too harsh and remove the ALPINA & Akrapovič Lettering.
- Using the stainless steel cleaner spray a little but on outside and inside each tailpipe and buff. You dont need much and if it drips on the floor that is just excess that is not required. Buff until dry.
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2016 D3BT F30 #339
2013 D3BT F30 #028
2010 D3BT E90 #068
2007 D3MT E90 #289
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Thanks big blue, nice work and appreciate the tips - pardon the pun
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