2011.5 Monte Carlo Blue E92 M3 Detailed

eclipsisNA · 05-14-2011, 08:41 PM

Back in February, it was time to hand in my first E92 M3 (http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=448627) and pickup my second one. The cars are largely the same, excluding the change from 6MT to DCT and not wet sanding this car.

I told the dealer not to wash the car prior to delivery, and thankfully the paint turned out to be in near-perfect shape. The following process was used:

Paint decontamination w/ P21S TAW
Light polishing w/ Chemical Guys Paint Correction 1 and white pad
Wax prep w/ Chemical Guys Vertua Bond 408 and black pad
Chemical Guys 50/50 wax

If anyone has any questions, let me know.

After months of waiting, ready for delivery!

Painting the OEM European bumper:

Testing magnet mount for license plate:

Rear wheel removed for cleaning:

Wheel after waxing:

Side mirror housing before and after hand polishing:

Column cover before and after hand polishing:

Black Chrome aluminum pedals installed:

Finished; Chemical Guys 50/50 Wax applied:

Motastic · 05-14-2011, 09:44 PM

looks amazing what did u use to get those swirls of those panels?

digital01 · 05-14-2011, 10:34 PM

Great job on the swirls! Really diggin the pedals too!

spanner1751 · 05-14-2011, 10:48 PM

That's really a beautiful car. I'm surprised that the front license plate doesn't fall off when you hit a bump or pothole.

Tom

NiVeDh · 05-14-2011, 10:58 PM

Beauty!

ladius · 05-15-2011, 12:52 AM

I like your plate.

lpphreakx06 · 05-15-2011, 01:41 AM

Nice color!

ddogg35 · 05-15-2011, 02:39 PM

i remember reading that wet sanding job, it took bloody ages

the new car looks just as good

lopealle · 05-15-2011, 08:27 PM

looks awesome

autoaesthetica · 05-15-2011, 11:31 PM

Lovely color. Very nice work, and congrats on not having to reverse the potential carelessness of the dealer.

bmw-nj · 05-15-2011, 11:33 PM

+1 on the nice plate

mv57 · 05-16-2011, 10:17 AM

very funny plate.

Loving the car. those alloys look immaculate.

IancoleTX · 05-16-2011, 01:27 PM

Oh am I ever jealous. Awesome car, awesome work, awesome plate. Nice!!

eyescream · 05-16-2011, 01:30 PM

what did you use to hand polish the panel?

ShowTime12 · 05-16-2011, 02:35 PM

Looks great. Love the color.

chrisE92 · 05-16-2011, 06:35 PM

What did you use to hand polish the column cover? Came out very nice.

catch · 05-17-2011, 01:31 PM

great job! looks soooo clean

ADV.1 Matt · 05-17-2011, 02:31 PM

Good lord thats gorgeous. I need a blue car.

eclipsisNA · 05-18-2011, 12:30 PM

Thanks for the kind comments everyone.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Motastic

looks amazing what did u use to get those swirls of those panels?

Chemical Guys Paint Correction 2 by hand.

Quote:

Originally Posted by spanner1751

That's really a beautiful car. I'm surprised that the front license plate doesn't fall off when you hit a bump or pothole.

Tom

Thank you, and the front plate isn't meant to be used while driving; only to be used against getting front plate tickets while parked.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ddogg35

i remember reading that wet sanding job, it took bloody ages

the new car looks just as good

lol which is the reason I didn't wet sand this car: just don't have the spare time.

BlackMagic · 05-18-2011, 07:42 PM

wow

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