Black Supercharged M3 Paint Correction

Here's my nearly 200 picture write-up on a 1997 Stage 2 Supercharged E36. Nick and I exchanged messages over bf.c over a couple of weeks before this detail and between hurricanes and earthquakes we finally got it done. He requested to really work on the wheels and get the hood perfect as it had no reflection or clarity at all after getting a "clear" done. Onto the write-up

What was done:
- Before pictures
- Wheels hit with Sonax full effect and meguiars wheel brightener
- Tires treated with Adams APC and prima nero
- Engine treated with in and out spray
- exterior wash using lusso auto bathe and foam gun w/ CG MSii
- door jambs cleaned as well as hood and trunk jambs
- Prima nero on undercarriage
- clayed entire exterior including windows
- taped up
- 3 step - m105 -> menz sip -> menz super finish -> menz powerlock
- rubber and vinyl cleaned w/ In and Out, Prima nero
- exhaust tips cleaned and polished
- windows clayed again and cleaned with prima clarity
- wheels polished with meguiars wheel polish

Interior:
- leather cleaned with lexol
- vacuum
- trims treated with prima nero and in n out spray
- interior glass cleaned with clarity

Products used:
Exterior wash:
- Lusso auto bath
- Gilmour Foam gun w/ CG MaxiSuds
- Uber wool wash mitt
- Blue microfiber wash mitt
- Uber super drying microfiber towel
- Prima nero on undercarriage

Engine:
- Adams In n out spray

Interior:
- Lexol Cleaner and Conditioner
- Uber leather cleaning brush
- In n out and Prima Clarity and Nero to clean the trims

Paint correction:
- Porter Cable PC 7424XP
- Flex PE-14
- Uber green and orange 5.5 pads
- Surbuf pads 5.5
- Megs 105
- Menz superfinish
- Menz SIP
- Menz Powerlock

Now for the pictures










adams apc on the tires did a real good job cleaning them up




note the stained barrel

sheeting the car with open ended hose to make drying easier




clay

 

polishing out with menz sip

SoGood

before interior pictures










afters in the interior

 

back to paint correction

 

testing wheel polish

bootleg wheel polish 5050, can really see the difference here though




microfiber was nasty after this

onto the hood, which had no clarity and needed alot of help. took about 3 compounding swings with 105 and surbuf but i eventually got a real good shine out of it


before


after


finishing the hood the next morning



new PC polisher comes mid detail, breaks it out following my compounding marks




post polish wash

 

foam washed to strip polishing oils



pre-sealant/wax shine and reflection








menz powerlock ftmfw


finishing up the rest of the wheels while the car cures


cooling the engine before applying in and out

before





after

 

finished, waiting for delivery

finally, sun pictures












another happy customer


Thanks for looking

 

nice work! fiske wheels are the biggest pain in the arse.

 

thanks phil and I know man. Hit with sonax and every wheel brush i had, swissvax brush, boars head, uber spoke, wheel well brush and no give on the corners. Had to polish out inperfections by hand and it took about 30 minutes per wheel to get them 60%. Ran out of in and out too so I sneaked the 3+1 into my order today. are they going to be delayed shipping?

 

Good stuff man

 

Great work! Car turned out looking great.

You've got quite the collection of detailing products there.

 

Thanks for the kind words guys!

And Tim, my collection isn't nearly as large as other detailers haha and thats only half of my collection

 

Great turnaround, I still want an E36 M3

 

Nice job!

 

thanks guys, it was a lot of work

 

Lovely, just lovely.

A few things I enjoyed:

1) the 50/50 on the wheel
2) the usage of Power Lock

How are you liking the new PC?