[pwfoster]

Hey Everyone,

I just ordered a 2024 X5 M Comp with BMW Individual Frozen Deep Grey paint. I've seen on here that everyone seems to recommend Dr. Beasley's for Matte paint care. How does this compare to using the BMW products sold on the BMW website?

Any help and suggestions would be much appreciated.

[x622]

Originally Posted by pwfoster

Hey Everyone,

I just ordered a 2024 X5 M Comp with BMW Individual Frozen Deep Grey paint. I've seen on here that everyone seems to recommend Dr. Beasley's for Matte paint care. How does this compare to using the BMW products sold on the BMW website?

Any help and suggestions would be much appreciated.

If you're not planning on PPFing the entire car, you're gonna have a bad time. Go ahead and add at least 5k to your budget for xpel matte PPF film. Combine this with a good ceramic coating for good effect and you won't have to worry about the finish except for egregious debris.

If you plan on doing anything less than this... well. It's not gonna last and it's going to look like hell in about 3-9 months depending on how bad the roads are.

[vpegany]

I have frozen deep grey. I use dr Beasley shampoo + d3fy topper. Car is full ppf + ceramic coated

[Jeff J]

Assuming the car is full PPF'd, does it even require any special care at that point? The matte paint is completely covered, so I'd think any wash product and technique you prefer would be fine. If it's not full PPF'd, then I agree that it's going to be a handful if you drive it as a daily.

One of my coworkers has a frozen Mini as a daily (same paint process as on the X5, essentially), and it never looks "right" - just always looks unwashed. Another coworker has a frozen Merc AMG GT that gets driven occasionally and has PPF. It looks pretty nice, but I doubt it's ever been wet except to be washed.

[AirLaird]

Geez note to self..."NEVER get a matte finish on my next BMW"...all I hear is the headaches of having that type of finish..

[Alan l.]

Any frozen color you NEED to get full PPF. Almost defeats the purpose cause you can just get any regular color them wrap it with matte PPF. With matte paint ANY flaw can not be polished out because it will turn it glossy. Basically the way it comes the factory is the way it will be. You can't mess with it at all and I heard its really hard to paint match if you have any damage.

[rundeyvoo]

Originally Posted by Alan l.

Any frozen color you NEED to get full PPF. Almost defeats the purpose cause you can just get any regular color them wrap it with matte PPF. With matte paint ANY flaw can not be polished out because it will turn it glossy. Basically the way it comes the factory is the way it will be. You can't mess with it at all and I heard its really hard to paint match if you have any damage.

THIS. I have a buddy that wrapped his BSM M3 in stealth PPF and it looks almost identical to the frozen black metallic that another buddy has on his M5 which he has to take special care of because of the frozen paint. He has since did a full stealth PPF on it but has regrets of paying the premium for the individual paint when he could've gotten the same look with stealth PPF in the first place

[Brandt51]

Originally Posted by rundeyvoo

THIS. I have a buddy that wrapped his BSM M3 in stealth PPF and it looks almost identical to the frozen black metallic that another buddy has on his M5 which he has to take special care of because of the frozen paint. He has since did a full stealth PPF on it but has regrets of paying the premium for the individual paint when he could've gotten the same look with stealth PPF in the first place

Right? But the door jams are also frozen at least.

[nZtiZia]

Originally Posted by Brandt51

Right? But the door jams are also frozen at least.

that’s good for consistency, but not really an issue if some areas still have glossy paint showing

I got my Arctic Grey fully wrapped in stealth ppf. other than the door jambs (obviously), there are two 1x5” areas in the corners where the lower tailgate meets the top of the rear bumper that could not get covered with the wrap. so far, nobody has noticed unless I point them out, and they have to get close to see it

[Brandt51]

Ours is wrapped with Suntek Ultra Matte ppf (same thing) except for the jams too. They did a bad ass job. Tanzanite Blue II.

Stealth jobs look good.

[rundeyvoo]

Originally Posted by nZtiZia

that’s good for consistency, but not really an issue if some areas still have glossy paint showing

I got my Arctic Grey fully wrapped in stealth ppf. other than the door jambs (obviously), there are two 1x5” areas in the corners where the lower tailgate meets the top of the rear bumper that could not get covered with the wrap. so far, nobody has noticed unless I point them out, and they have to get close to see it

Agreed! If you get a good installer, they'll make it so that you won't be able to notice it.