Detailer's Domain: E46 M3 Detail

[phil@detailersdomain]

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











Plates were removed


Presoaking wheels


Washing the M



Removal of the tar and caked on road grime (3M Adhesive Remover)


Claying the car


Polishing SIP


Polishing PO85RD


After shot of the work


Sun shots after polishing, before rinsing off the dust






Dust accumulation


Rinse


installing the rear plate


Black Wow Applied to bring back the dull trim
Before


After


Close up



After shots -- Collinite and Divine












Enjoy!

[iwashmycar]

effin sexy. nice work!

[phil@detailersdomain]

thanks!

[fullcollapse40]

gotta love Laguna Seca blue. Such a sweet color. I love the mustard yellow you could get on the e46 M3's too

[K5Cruiser]

Love that color! The owner must have been extremely happy with the results.

[MrCooperS]

How much do you guys normally charge for a detailing job like that? I might drive all the way to NJ for this.

[drsilvermini]

Woah, a carbon fiber roof on an e46? Great job!

[phil@detailersdomain]

figure we are at $65 per hour most details are 8-14 hours.

[Hmmm]

Holy... your top coat wax is f'in divine! The swissvax you use... is it specific to color or paint type?

Competing with the MINI this weekend, but with a wax that's 1\1000th the cost, lol.

Very nice work though, think you are one of the few honest detailers on here!

[phil@detailersdomain]

wow thanks I really appreciate that.

divine that i made was specific to darker colors. black/red/blues etc.

good luck on your show.