WaxWerks Detailed: 2008 Sparkling Graphite M3 Detail

[bretster]

Forum member Cam22 came from the Hudson Valley parts of NY and with all the destruction from Irene it took almost two hours to get here He endured the just about 9 hour detail in the garage while it was being done but it came out real nice. Onto the write up

What was done:
- Before pictures
- Wheels hit with Sonax full effect
- Tires treated with Adams APC and prima nero
- Engine treated with in and out spray
- exterior wash using lusso auto bathe and foam gun w/ CG MSii
- door jambs cleaned as well as hood and trunk jambs
- Prima nero on undercarriage
- clayed entire exterior including windows
- taped up
- 3 step - m105 -> menz sip -> blackfire wet diamond
- rubber and vinyl cleaned w/ In and Out, Prima nero
- exhaust tips cleaned and polished
- windows clayed again and cleaned with prima clarity

Interior:
- leather cleaned with lexol
- vacuum
- trims treated with prima clarity and in n out spray
- interior glass cleaned

Products used:
Exterior wash:
- Lusso auto bath
- Gilmour Foam gun w/ CG MaxiSuds
- Uber wool wash mitt
- Blue microfiber wash mitt
- Uber super drying microfiber towel
- Prima nero on undercarriage

Engine:
- Adams In n out spray

Interior:
- Lexol Cleaner and Conditioner
- Uber leather cleaning brush
- In n out and Prima Clarity and Nero to clean the trims

Paint correction:
- Porter Cable PC 7424XP
- Flex PE-14
- Uber green and orange 5.5 pads
- Surbuf pads 5.5
- Megs 105
- Optimum polish
- Menz SIP

LSP
- Blackfire Wet Diamond Sealant

Now for the pictures

The individual 540i that was previously detailed, waiting for pickup

claying the glass

action shot of polishing with uber orange pad and menz sip

taping up the hood

compounding hood with surbuf and m105

cleaning the beautiful fox red interior

540i picked up by happy owner

plastic front fenders ftl

 

[bretster]

polishing up the carbon roof was a first and was quite rewarding

protecting the door sills while doing the roof

reflections after menz sip

ready for post polish wash to clean dust and polishing oils

 

[bretster]

applying blackfire wet diamond

hazing

after reflections

carbon roof reflection

trunk reflection. craig went of his way to get this shot hahaha

wheel fully dressed

not much sun but trying to maximize reflections

cleeean

leaving

Thanks for looking

 

[rider9195]

Awesome job! Seeing the NY plate on the M3 I was wondering where you are located?

 

[bretster]

Awesome job! Seeing the NY plate on the M3 I was wondering where you are located?

North Jersey, Craig came down from Poughkeepsie to get it done. :dblthumb2:

 

[rider9195]

North Jersey, Craig came down from Poughkeepsie to get it done. :dblthumb2:

I see! Maybe I will see this car since I live right near Poughkeepsie.

 

[bretster]

I see! Maybe I will see this car since I live right near Poughkeepsie.

Yeah no doubt man. It's a real clean car

 

[V3AutoDetailing]

good job