Xoutpost.com - Detailer's Domain: E46 M3 Pain Correction

This car came from a customer on one of the BMW forums we sponsor. She was great extremely friendly and a hardcore car enthusiast!

She actually stayed pretty much thru 90% of the paint correction process.

The car was pretty beat up unfortunately it is parked outside and was not taken care of by the previous owner.

The customer wanted to make it perfect so we gave it some love.....take a look.

Products Used:
Exterior:
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner in the Cam Spray Foam Canon
Swissvax Paint Rubber and Optimum Instant Detail Spray and Gloss Enhancer for clay lube
Menzerna Super Intensive with the Uber Green Pad and Uber Yellow Pad
Menzerna PO85RD with the Uber Blue Pad
Menzerna Top Inspection
Collinite Insulator Wax
Swissvax Divine
Einszett Spray Wax

Wheels and Tires
Uber Wheel/Tire/Wheel Well Kit

Tools:
Infratech 5300
Brinkmann MaxFire
Metabo PE12-175
Flex 3403
Makita 9227 Hi Speed Rotary
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Cam Spray 1500A with Cam Spray Foam Gun

Before shots:
Etching, Swirls, Bug and Tar, Buffer Splatter, etc
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3287.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3288.jpg
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http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3302.jpg

Plates were removed
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3298.jpg

Presoaking wheels
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3301.jpg

Washing the M
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3304.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3305.jpg

Removal of the tar and caked on road grime (3M Adhesive Remover)
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3309.jpg

Claying the car
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3310.jpg

Polishing SIP
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3312.jpg

Polishing PO85RD
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3315.jpg

After shot of the work
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3317.jpg

Sun shots after polishing, before rinsing off the dust
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3319.jpg
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Dust accumulation
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3336.jpg

Rinse
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3306.jpg

installing the rear plate
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3339.jpg

Black Wow Applied to bring back the dull trim
Before
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3349.jpg

After
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3350.jpg

Close up
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3351.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3348.jpg

After shots -- Collinite and Divine
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3345.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f1...a/IMG_3352.jpg
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Enjoy!