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      03-25-2015, 03:04 PM   #15
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Drives: 2015 335xi - M-Performance
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Originally Posted by RADRACR View Post
Good question. They were NOT sanded first -- it would have added $1000. Yet it is a perfectly smooth and mirror finish. He told me that after the first clear coat, the plastic "absorbed" it or something so they sanded it (the clear coat) and coated it again. Whether this specific procedure is what made it smooth or not, I do not know. But I wasn't charged for the second coat. I think I got really lucky on this.
Thanks for the info!

Every shop I go to takes one look at it and says "oh, I don't know about this texture..."

They said that the paint will not be exactly the same as the rest of the car.

I have an extra fender flare that I will tell the shop to test on once I decide which shop to go with.
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