Swissvax'ed: Hartge/DINAN 4.6L Interlagos Blue M3

Wow... What a car...

2008 BMW E92 M3 Interlagos Blue Dinan 4.6L, Hartge body

This car recieved a complete exterior only Surface Cleansing and protection package with Swissvax Blau Weiss wax. We also did a full cleansing+ Protection on the engine bay.

Total Time: ~7 hours

Products:

-P21s TAW
-1Z Blitz
-1Z W99
-1Z Windscreen
-Sonax Full Effect
-#0000 Steel Wool


Swissvax:
-Car Bath
-Protecton
-Seal Feed
-Paint Rubber (Yellow)
-Quick Finish
-Cleaner Fluid Medium via PC @ 6 with a Black Swissvax Gloss pad
-Blau-Weiss Wax for BMW Paint
-Nano Express
-Cleaner Fluid Regular
-Autobahn PTFE Wax (Wheels)
-Pneu Glossy
-Waschpudel
-Black Puck Applicator
-Black wax applicator
-Micro-Absorb (Red)
-Micro-Polish (Blue)
-Micro-Fluffy
-Pneu Brush
-Detail Brush
-Wheel Brush
-Metal Polish

Here's how she looked before











Dirty exhaust tips...









Bugs




The owner never really cleaned the wheel barrel. It was incredibly caked with brake dust, and took 3 cleanings with SONAX Full Effect to get clean.







Road Grime accumulated on side skirts...





These carbon-fiber peices were becoming faded due to oxidation





The rubber seals were very dry and in need of Swissvax Seal Feed






Dirty door jambs...





Exhaust residue + dirt buildup on trunklid. Taken care of by P21s TAW and Cleaner Fluid



More residue build up in the crevices



Hartge sticker






The plastic mesh inserts were very dry and dull. Remedied with Swissvax Protecton after a thorough cleansing with P21s TAW.




Onto the engine bay... a piece of art on it's own... We cleaned the entire engine bay using P21s TAW and 1Z Blitz, and later protected the components with Swissvax Nano Express, Seal Feed,and Protecton.















I started with first cleaning the engine bay before washing the exterior



Agitating 1Z Blitz



SONAX Full Effect in action





Cleaning all the hard-to-get areas







Soaking the entire rear end in P21s TAW to loosen the exhaust residue







A little surprise underneath the license plate...



Agitating P21s TAW on the license plate to remove the exhaust residue





1Z W99 on the exhaust tips and canister



Here's how the clay bar looked!



Applying Swissvax Autobahn to the wheels



Applying Swissvax Protecton



Exhaust tips before / after









Finished















































That's all for that one! Thanks For Looking!!!!!

 

That looks great! I thought the before pictures already had good reflection shots but you made the car look even better after. The paint was just extremely glossy and wet.

 

So what is the history behind the Hartge? I have never heard of that build of a BMW.

It looks great btw!

 

Great afters!

 

Their a German tuning company. Mainly naturally aspirated tuning- boring out the engine, brake kits, wheels and so forth.

Nice car though! Must of paid big bucks for all that work.

 

engine was 25K alone

 

Amazing work!

What was your tire shine product?

 

Great work, the blue looks amazing in the afternoon light

 

I saw a Dinan today as well

 

Hartage has been around as long as Dinan, and many of the other tuners.......... they make top shelf products and tuning set ups

 

What a beautiful car. Great job!

 

Very nice Dom.

 

Car looks cracking, guys! Awesome work is done here, too. I do miss some interior shots...
But one thing kind of made the finish shots not perfect and that was the bootlid...is it not closed ?

 

Great job guys! That paint is dripping wet.

 

Nice work. Car looks great!

 

I believe that is a CSL trunk so it has a bit of a gap.

 

thanks everyone!

 

That looks damn amazing, wow!

 

the paint looks great! awesome job! not a fan of the bodywork tho...

well made CSL trunks should line up like OEM. my friends vorsteiner trunk fit like a glove.

 

Nice work Dom.

The trunk lid maybe just needs to be adjusted.