BMW X5 4.8 Litre Hamann Update | Respraying the Hamann Kit
Well, a big update for the fanatics out there and for those following this thread.
The Hamann Kit has been completely resprayed, in fact I am a bit behind - The car has already been detailed, completed and delivered! :joy:
But for now I will giving you guys an update on the respray work carried out by my Repair Team at Dent Magic Tygervalley.
The day started with the car being pulled inside to be prepped for the spraywork.
The guys started by taping up all the gaps, taping up the lights, exhausts and wheel arches.
They then covered the car in two plastic sheets, which were cut out around the areas being sprayed protecting the rest of the paintwork from any overspray during the colour and clearcoat phases.
The mag wheels were also covered as the kit is seated quite far under the arches and that area also needed to be sprayed.
Prepwork on the go:
With the car prepped the team mixed up the paint - This was done by taking the BMW colour code for Deep Green Metallic, processing it in the computer and then confirming the right shade by use of small palettes before selecting the final colour mix.
The paint is mixed in a small cup, using a scale which picks up even the tiniest variances in the mix. An overfill of a particular colour and you start all over again.
This particular colour is made up of about 7 different colours, ranging from blue through to black through to adding a hint of pearl.
Finally after much patience and amazement from my side the colour was ready to be sprayed onto the car.
Meanwhile, the kit was primed in preparation for the colour spray.
And so, with the car prepped and primed paintwork finally began with a layer of green applied.
An inspection under a 3M spotlight was then done to check the paint for any running, uneven spray and with everyone happy the clear was then added.
We decided that because of previous experience with spraying the bumper we would allow the clear to dry naturally as apposed to using the IR Lights. The reason being that when the paint on the front bumper dried under IR Light the finish was very wavey and uneven. However when they re-sprayed it and it dried naturally the finish was drastically improved.
The Hamann Kit is fibreglass and even when primed getting a perfect finish is quite a challenge, hence us choosing not to rush the drying process - It seems this was a great move!
How is that finish? No wet-sanding, no polishing yet. Pure spraywork!
With the car "de-prepped" the team changed their focus to polishing and sanding the new finish to remove any imperfections.
To be continued...
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