Thread: MONSTA's E92 M3 correction detail

Forum members MONSTA's M3

Interlagos Blue M3, 15k on it.

Drop off..



Wheel cleaned using P&S brakebuster with various brushes, tires+wells cleaned with ARO



Washed with FK1 concentrated wash out of their decon kit, which is just "okay", but the wash shampoo is actually very good.

Clayed with poly clay using ONR lubeness

The entire hood, front bumper and rear bumper had 3M clear film. It needed some extensive work to clean it up and restore some clarity, yes you can restore clarity to film:shead:

Some of the issues, stains, streaks and RIDS and hazing





Used the flex DA with M105, followed up with 106FA again on the DA and came back to finish it out with 85rd on the metabo, using the rotary after a DA may seem counterproductive but it works and thats all there is.

50/50 after first pass using 105





The FA helped clean up some of the haze M105 left behind, although it did actually finish down well on the DA



After the M105 and 106FA, video using the fenix LED 50/50



Film before..



After..



The front fenders had film as well and were treated to the same process as above.

The finish wasnt in terrible shape but the clear was very hard, started out with heavy polishing foam and P203s and ended up using the new LC cyan cutting pad with M105 for several passes.

Followed with 203s to refine the finish via rotary and then jeweled it out using Megs 205 on the DA... I think a DA is where M205 shines

testing out the new LC orange foam, leaves a great finish and cuts well but this clear needed a more agressive foam, the new blue LC pad worked far better on this car



After first pass using M105, about 90%





Finished down after the IPA





B pillar before..





After

Before correction haze under the infratech



After correction



Took a lot of combos to get what worked best for this car.... I ended up using all of these at some point during the detail



The side mirrors were tough to correct so I used a polishing pad with a 203s and came back with a finishing pad with 106FA... I kept the rpms around 1000 or less

before



during



after, with the grooves in the black plastic plastic and it being right near clear film I didnt chase the last few RIDS with a cutting pad (cutting foam = more heat)







working the 105



after finishing under the phene-ix

The trunk has some more severe defects which needed wetsanding







Sanded with 2000 unigrit followed by 3000 unigrit



After the 2000



I corrected the sand scratches with a 3" tufbuf wool pad, followed by M105 again on the DA with cutting foam (2x for the whole trunk)







Under LED



There are still some shadows from the scrathes left over, they were cut deep unfortunately.

After correcting the rest of the trunk I went back over it with the DA and 205



After the wipedown

finishing out the carbonian roof



after



Interior was kept very well, the leather needed the most attention if anything.

After...







Some finishing touches. Wheels sealed with Jetseal for protection. Tires dressed with SV Pneu, front lower and rear lower grills dressed with "the sauce" etc.

Hood vents dressed



touching up on the wheels



I applied blackfire wet diamond sealant for LSP. First coat was machined on with the DA using a gold lc pad at speed 4 which I let cure for 40mins or so, it buffed off super easy.

BF hazed and being buffed off... how can this part not be the most enjoyable part of a detail?



The car was supposed to go back yesterday but religion and rain had other plans, lol. So I took it outside this afternoon in hopes of some sun but there was none.

Pulled it back inside to apply another coat of the BF WD and do the final wipedown.

All finished, snapped some pics tonite before it left















Thanks for looking

Jeez. You do some amazing work. How long did it take to do this correction.

Monsta: Bill. WTH!?!! Looks like you've been washing your car with bag of rocks Where did that horrendous scratch on the trunk come from?

Looks great, which day would you like to deliver it to me?

awesome work as usual detaildave....the m3 is lookin fresshhh. i see you got a basketball hoop in your driveway...ill play you 1 on 1 for a complete detail job . name the time and date.

looks awesome, good job

Dave you did amazing work...I actually thought it wasn't soooo bad but I guess you proved me wrong...amazing work!!

Originally Posted by bonehead

Jeez. You do some amazing work. How long did it take to do this correction.

Monsta: Bill. WTH!?!! Looks like you've been washing your car with bag of rocks Where did that horrendous scratch on the trunk come from?

Bones believe or not I get it washed at a HAND car wash since I usually don't have time to do it myself, will try & take out more time to wash myself from time to time more often...what do I do in the winter though? Also scratch came from my idiot cousin who was scratching away some bird poo, I swear I wanted to kill choke him right there!!! Dave was able to fix it with very very minor small damages left over...


DAVE YOU ARE THE MAN...next week the Pcar who really needs some of your TLC now thats a thread that is going to get a lot of pics