Had my work cut out here. Helping a mate try and clean up a 523i he bought. Was not sure what year it would be before I arrived but was faced with a swirly 1997 black beast. Couple of bad rust spots as well, and a rather manky bootlid that I never touched as it was a repaint job only!

Nasty rear nearside C pillar

The manky peeling nasty bootlid

Had done the far side of the bonnet

A shot from lower down showing the other part of the bonnet I'd not touched yet

Bit of roof reflection

The overall car at the end

Not bad for the money it cost, at all!!

All in all this took only 4.5 hours or so and in that time I :-

• clayed the car
  
• washed again
  
• dried off again
  
• machine polished (obviously not 100% job due to time)
  
• Washed again
  
• Dried again
  
• Polished inside of glass
  
• Trim gel on all the plastics
  
• touched up small chips with black touch up paint
  

So all-in-all, not a bad way to spend a morning/lunchtime. Hope it sells on again for a good profit now.

That car looks really nice Jason, what's the asking price???

That car looks really nice Jason, what's the asking price???

As much as possible I would imagine and hope.

How about £605