2009 BMW E90 M3 - SeaJay's Detailing

[SeaJay's]

Yesterday, I had the pleasure of working on this 2009 BMW E90 M3. Beautiful car and color.
The customer had purchased the vehicle from Texas and there were a few concerns he wanted taken care of. His main concern was some rock chips and the exterior. We agreed upon a 1 step polish and rock chip repair.



Products used:
Duragloss 901
D300 via Megs MF system
Dr. Colorchip system
Meg’s Window Cleaner
Blackfire Total Eclipse Tire Gel
Optimum Spray Wax – used for wheels
Blackfire Wet Diamond
OPC – 3:1
303 Aerospace
ONR – Clay lube
Optimum Metal Polish
UTTG – Trim
Tarminator
Iron-x
Megs Degreaser – 10:1
Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay
Eraser

Equipment Used:

3 – 5 Gallon Buckets
Chenille Wash mitt
Various Brushes
Various MFs
Ridge Wet/Dry Vac
PC 7424xp
Megs MF Cutting Disk – 2
Pad conditioning brush
Foam Applicator
LC flat blue waxing pad
Cobra Tire Dressing applicator


Ok onto the pictures

Vehicle when I arrived

During my inspection of the vehicle I had noticed several holograms throughout the vehicle.

Tires and wheels were washed first. Wheels were rinsed then sprayed with Iron-x and left to dwell a few minutes before agitating with various wheels brushes. Tires and wheels wells were then sprayed with degreaser and agitated. Then all was rinsed well.

Car was washed via two bucket method using a chenille wash mitt and Duragloss 901.

Once the car was washed it was clayed with Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay and any tar was removed with tarminator.

After trying out a few different combos for the 1 step (optimum polyseal & Orange LC pad, Menzerna power finish &orange lc pad, D300 & white LC pad), I finally decided upon D300 on the Megs cutting disk. I didn't expect this to finish out as well as it did on the BMW paint.

I was having trouble capturing the swirls on the car and the sun kept playing hide and go seek. So, apologize for not having any 50/50's.

Did get this to come out good though.

After the car was polished , I used eraser to remove any left over oils from the paint before applying BFWD via PC and Blue LC pad.

Trim was dressed with UTTG

Tires got a coat of BF Total Eclipse Tire Gel, and wheels were spray waxed with Optimum.

And the afters

Thanks for reading!

 

[Flash Gordon]

Looks great Jason! Nice job!

 

[BobbyG]

Hey Jason,

When I looked at the before photos I thought to myself hmmm, just another BMW daily driver that needs quite a bit of care to bring it back. I like your choice in products and the after photos are just awe-inspiring.

Tremendous work Jason and thank you for sharing...rops:

 

[WRX_Adam]

:drool: I absolutely love the M3. If I could afford a BMW it would be the M3... or the M5... or at least a 1 M. M3 is my favorite of those though. Well done.

 

[HotWhipT/A]

Looks great! I did a jet black 08 BMW a month ago using the D300/MF pad. It worked great, but took me roughly 12 passes with heavy pressure to get results. What did you have to do? Being that this car was black, it was hazy after that step. I stepped down to a white LC pad and Menzera Power Finish and it made a nice difference.

 

[john b]

good stuff-must be busy,dont see on here for while

 

[LuxuryMobile]

Don't see many red M3s. Great job bringing this one back to life.

 

[Kevin Cullen]

Great job on the paint chips Jason. I hate doing those!:xyxthumbs:

 

[BostonDetails]

Nice work bud

 

[killrflake]

Very nicely done, that red paint really pops. Thanks for sharing with us.

 

[rider9195]

Nice work! I really like these cars, especially those wheels.

 

[SIXTY3]

Great review and awesome job.
I just bought some Eraser and unsure on exactly how to use it, do you use this after correcting and polishing? Did you wipe it all over the paintwork before waxing?

 

[DaGonz]

Nice work Jason...

 

[SeaJay's]

Looks great! I did a jet black 08 BMW a month ago using the D300/MF pad. It worked great, but took me roughly 12 passes with heavy pressure to get results. What did you have to do? Being that this car was black, it was hazy after that step. I stepped down to a white LC pad and Menzera Power Finish and it made a nice difference.

I did have to do more passes with heavy pressure than I typically do. I did 3 passes with heavy pressure, 2 passes with med-heavy pressure, 1 pass at med-light pressure, and then 1 pass with the weight of the machine. It finished off perfect. There were still some slight swirling left behind and the deeper imperfections were still there but for a 1 step couldn't ask for better results.

good stuff-must be busy,don't see on here for while

I have been very busy lately which is great! I use google reader a lot to try to keep up with the forums, but I know I miss a lot.

Great review and awesome job.
I just bought some Eraser and unsure on exactly how to use it, do you use this after correcting and polishing? Did you wipe it all over the paintwork before waxing?

Eraser is extremely easy to use. Spray on and wipe off. That simple. On certain colors you can see it interact with the oils from polishing. I like it cause it's very easy to use and ensures an oil free finish to apply my LSP to.

 

[vet]

Nice work as always.

 

[Morphiusrt]

Great work as usual. How do you like using the dr.colorchip?

 

[SeaJay's]

Great work as usual. How do you like using the dr.colorchip?

Dr colorchip is extremely easy to use. And they give you enough paint that I leave it with the customer for future rock chips.

 

[Klasse Act]

That red pops and BTW, its an E92 IIRC.

 

[SeaJay's]

That red pops and BTW, its an E92 IIRC.

Thanks for the clarification. I honestly have no idea between models on BMWs. The owner told me it was an E90 so that's what I went with.

 

[SIXTY3]

Eraser is extremely easy to use. Spray on and wipe off. That simple. On certain colors you can see it interact with the oils from polishing. I like it cause it's very easy to use and ensures an oil free finish to apply my LSP to.

Sorry im a little confused still about eraser do you polish the car then wipe eraser over all the paint before applying wax or sealant? Wouldn't this remove what polish has been applied?