Car waxes

I used Zymol carbon wax on my wife's black 525i. Actually, I use the whole Zymol process consisting of Clear car wash, HD-Cleanse polish and the wax. The car has a deep mirror like shine that holds up well with minimal care (weekly washing). You can get it from

Black cars in particular show off every water spot that gets left behind. One thing I found that really helps with water spots is to make up a filter for the hose that you rinse the car with. Home Depot sells one for about $30. The pipe thread to hose fittings are about $7 and if you need another short hose to run from your house to the filter another $5. So all together under $50. Removing the sediment from the water before it gets to the car makes a world of difference in preventing the spots from forming and as a result makes drying the car easy.

Kyle.

As per what Kyle says but I use Meguirs and have had great results. Personally I find the cloth used can make quite a difference. I tend to use generic microfibre cloths and have no complaints but then my cars are met. silver and met. blue. Black is a whole new world of (rewarding) problems ;-)

For yet another view, I tried Meguiars Cleaner-Wax on my Black Z3 and did not have good results. Both Zymol Carbon and Creame worked very well so my vote is with Kyle.

Tom K.

Check out Lane's Products, I really like his stuff. I used Meguiars for years until I found Lane's products.

I like Zymol as well, and have since my Porsche days. Expensive, but worth it - give it a try. As for the keying, buffing won't help if they went through the paint - you'll need it touched up. Try a mild polish and see where it gets you - lots of times is just the metal of the key on your paint. epbrown

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