BMW E46 M3 Detail- Premier Shine

[premiershine9]

Hey all,
Back at school means back to working with Mid Atlantic. I was able to spend a good five days working here and there between classes on this Jet Black M3. We had bought the car in hopes to sell it on our lot however after much discussion we are moving it through auction instead.
Some facts:
2003 BMW M3
97,000 on the clock
SMG tranny

Needs:
New top
New Roundel emblem
Front bumper to be re-painted
New windshield

We decided to replace the majority of the list of course before moving it to auction as well as allowing myself to work my magic on it to correct the serious paint defects it had and bring it back to life! :twisted:

Products used

Wash
- Chemical Guys Citrus Wash
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- Sonax Full Effect
- Two MF mitts / lambs wool mitts
- Swissvax Wheel brush
- Uber Wheel brush
- Zep Citrus
- Opt. Power Clean
- Opt. No Rinse
- Uber Blue Clay

Correctional Process
- Flex DA
- Porter Cable DA
- Various Uber/ LC flat pads- Orange/ green/ white
- Megs 105
- Menzerna SIP
- Menzerna 106FA
- IPA

LSP- Menzerna Powerlock

Interior:
- Swissvax boars hair brush
- SG diluted 3:1
- Compressed air
- Leatherique Rejuvenator left on for 2 days
- Carpet/ mats all extracted with hot water and Folex
- Swissvax leather brush

Motor:
-designated motor brush
- Zep Citrus
- compressed air
- Opt. Power clean for heavier spots
- Dressed with 303 AP

The headlight lenses were also wetsanded with 2k grit and finished down with M105 and Menz SIP

Some before pics:

















Wash process:

Sonax doing its thing:










Opt. No rinse heavily sprayed on entire car.....helping loosen and debris



The 2 bucket method was repeated twice, with a decontamination step inbetween which included a lengthy clay bar cleansing as the car probably had NEVER been clayed before
Aquartz FE cut was also applied to the rear section of the car as there were obvious iron deposits all over the rear bumper and deck lid

Dried and put under the lights in the garage for inspection:







After a pass with M105, Menz SIP and Menz 106......






Reminder.....yes the roundel was replaced



Pass. Fender before:


Mmmmm mmmm good:

50/50 after:







Pass. door before:





Mirror before:

After:


Pass. door after:






Drivers side door after:

Drivers side fender before:


After:




Teaser: ........final stretch!

A full IPA wipedown was performed inbetween each correctional step.......Menzerna PL applied and curing:




While the Sealant was curring I moved my focus onto finishing up the interior.
Leatherique Oil removed......Lexol pH cleansing.......all interior carpets/mats extracted......all interior trim cleaned and degreased


Afters:
*I apologize for the lens blur in some of the pics, it did not fully open......this was a friends camera and not my SLR which I left at home!






















































All in all this M3 was the softest of any of the JB BMW's I have ever worked on.......after finishing this puppy I was pretty excited to see it finally finished.
Thanks for looking!
- Dan

[caa337]

You're a miracle worker.

[ScottyB]

LOL. how you can do that with black paint is incredible.

[premiershine9]

LOL. how you can do that with black paint is incredible.

No metallic= MIRROR results every time....if done right. Jet Black is INSANELY soft, wipe downs in between polishing/compounding stages car re-marr and scratch the surface you just corrected. I had to use a brand new MF towel on each and every panel to avoid scratching. But the results are worth it!!

Thanks for looking :thumbup:

Btw- the launch control still works after 97k :twisted:

[Sully]

That is rediculous sir,
I would probably believe you if you told me you could buff rock chips that are through the paint out.
:thumbup:

[WRXtranceformed]

Dang I need you to come down and breathe some life into my Acura