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PS: mine in still "in the paint booth" so they must be putting 50 million layers of paint on this darn thing. or they are waiting for the paint to freeze..... doing my best to be patient but my last BMW order in 2007 took 3 months to get my M Coupe Z4 exactly as I wanted it in the color I had to have. Worth the wait (or so I tell myself!) |
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09-01-2019, 11:19 AM | #46 |
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Anyone still managing to order frozen gray in August? (In Canada).
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09-06-2019, 06:24 PM | #48 | |
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I have to confess to just using a decent car wash on my previous 4 series, so this felt like a whole lot of work haha. I bought a pressure washer, gave it a good clean with the Dr. Beasley's soap, then did the ceramic coating. Took a while to get it smear free, but the effort was worth it. Have since used the finisher too. The ceramic coating did seem to add a subtle touch more satin to the finish, but I think that will fade as the coating ages a bit. It doesn't seem to hold dust quite as much as before, and water just beads and rolls off, so I'm really happy with it overall. I do recommend getting very good quality applicator sponges, and microfiber cloths for the coating, unless you get the starter kit instead, which comes with everything else as well. I have a really small surface scratch by the driver side door handle already. If it was a gloss finish it would polish out in 20 seconds, but with this finish, there's no way to remove it. So my only concern with this finish is trying to keep it scratch and nick free...Stone chips are going to be a complete nightmare. I do not recommend this paint finish to anyone with OCD haha |
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Just picked up my 2020 Frozen Grey Friday.
Reading about the touchy techniques to wash the car. "NO MICROFIBER TOWELS", " NO WAXES". Already have oily stains on front of side mirrors and they won't come off ?? |
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09-08-2019, 11:45 AM | #51 | |
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Have always garaged my cars and will be putting fewer miles on this car and will likely stop work in a year or two so took the plunge with this color as absolutely love the look. I was at a concert at a local winery Friday night and Mercedes who is a sponsor had a beautiful sedan in a frozen blue that was really cool but think the frozen grey is the perfect color for any frozen look. Enjoy the awesome new car! |
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Microfiber towels are fine, they provide them in the kit. |
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But the mirrors aren't frozen grey - they are cerium.
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09-13-2019, 05:48 PM | #54 |
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thanks to others on this forum for the advice on caring for it and how to track on ship. frozen grey car ordered a while back finally showed up on the ship today and can now track it - on the Garnet Leader and in the English Channel. Long wait until I get it on West Coast... now hoping no icebergs on the way - glad it is summer.
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Just did my first wash since applying the Dr. Beasley’s coating a few weeks ago. Did an interim dust and clean last week with the finisher.
I have to say that was the easiest wash I’ve ever done. Just a quick dry off with a huge microfiber drying cloth, and it was done. No streaks, perfect looking finish. So much easier than having to polish/wax. I’m wrapping the A pillars (outer) tomorrow with mat textured carbon fiber wrap. Planning on doing the inside A pillars soon too, if I like the outcome of the outers. I’ll post pics when it’s done. |
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Actually, on this one I wouldn’t mind keeping the mirrors as is. Is the color significantly different (I can’t tell from the photos, plus I am slightly color blind...)?
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Not sure if the side vents will work in carbon due to it being tough to keep the lines straight when it requires uneven stretching. Going to take it to a wrap shop and see what they think, as it’s way beyond my capability. |
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I passed on Frozen Grey and went with Alpine White, black rims and black trim package. The interior is Magma Red (looks more orange to me). It's too bad they don't offer Mineral White or that would have been an easy choice over Alpine White. I think Alpine White maybe needs a high gloss to look good though since it's not a metallic color to begin with. Still waiting for delivery, maybe late this week or next. Mine is an M40i with all options. It's still winter here of course, but the roads are mostly free of snow, water or dirt. I'm going to be real tempted to take it out for a spin. FYI, I really did like frozen grey, but couldn't get past conditions of owning the color. Rob |
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echo that. I have frozen grey as daily driver and am using Beasleys and find it very easy to maintain - surprisingly so. in fact the frozen paint does not show dirt so when dirty it does not show as much as other cars I have had by a wide margin. scratches and nicks when they do eventually happen however will likely be an entirely different story!
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