BMW M3 Modified Detail & Aston Martin Vantage

Another modified M3 from my neighbor next door (Alekshop), paint had some marring and the wheels and wheel wells/suspension were dirty due to recent track sessions. Interior needed some time spent as well with a little "Gum on the carpet issue".

Dirty wheels.







The "Silverstone finish" is very forgiving, but the marring was there evidenced by the black trim in this pic.




Off came the wheels, in this pic evidence of "Hack wheel shop" wire brush used to clean barrel for some unknown reason.




Copius amount of weights used, and this was on the inboard plane only!!!.




Wheels cleaned up.




Dirty wheel wells.




Same area after cleaning before wheel well shrouds were dressed.




Before.




After.




Brembo BBK looking better.




Steaming the brake assembly.




Rear right passenger side mat with stains and "Gum issue".







Froze the gum to aid in removing it with "Gum remover" what else..............(lol).







Loose threads were "Trimmed away".




Mat now free of gum and stains.




Alek installed a Supercharger on this vehicle as well.




Carbon fiber shined up.

 

Underside of the hood was cleaned as well.




Akrapovic titanium tightness obscured by dirt.




After.........................."Cleaness".




Clearfilm now defect free on the hood.




A few interior pics.










All finished.
















ASTON MARTIN VANTAGE


As this was a quick clean up and the car was not bad no before pics, the color and lines of the car are just to nice not to share.

 

Nice work, yet again Bob. I like how nice the mats turned out after removing the gum.

-Kody-

 

great job Bob!

 

Nice work on the mats, always learning especially from you. Good job bob

 

As titanium doesn't shine, did you still use a metal polish? Does it react to solvents any differently? Great stuff bob.

 

Great work! And WOW I LOVE that garage that you work in. The lighting is amazing... and well so is everything else.

 

I'm in awe of your attention to detail!

Do you use the movable fluorescent lights often?

 

Nicely done sir.

 

Who said I used metal polish....................... :giggle:

 

Both cars came out great Bob, I see you had another wheel well moment hopefully this time it wasn't as bad as the Porsche

 

The way the license plate area bends in on the back of the Aston should be stock lol!!

The BMW looks incredible, but definitely not a fan of those wheels.

 

I distort the image on Photobucket to blur out the plate that is why it looks funny, as for the wheel wells Jimmy not near as bad as the 993 C4S I did.

 

thanks bob, i have to say I have yet to encounter titanium exhausts around here. Not enough blingage around here

 

Your work never fails to impress.

 

Very nice work Bob. That Aston is pure eye candy.

 

I love Bob's write-ups. Some of my fav parts are your wheel well work.

 

Update on this car, customer came in and pulled the trigger on some new "Uber tight" BBS Fi wheels which are incredible along with swapping out his supercharger for a Dinan built stroker engine. No correction on this job just a maintenance detail but the car looks so good with the new wheels I had to share the pics.

During wash.




Akra tips needed some attention




Wheels coming off to protect the finish with Wolf's body wrap.




Since the wheels were off, i cleaned up the rotors/wheel wells/caliper.




Wheels now "Locked down" with protection.




BBS Fi mounted back on..................love this set up Brembos/BBS Fi.




Dinan built motor.




Tips cleaned up.













Car came back yesterday from Dinan after oil change etc...... now with "Dinan emblem" so it is official (lol).

 

Great work Bob, the wheels match the M3 quite well.

By the way, I just checked what that built engine costs: $28K!!!

 

Check what those BBS wheels cost