Attention To Detail - My Personal BMW E46 M3

[Andrew H]

With the nonstop construction + cleaner work, my car's paint has been taking a beating on campus. More water spots than anything, but over the course of two days, I returned my car to it's glory.

Apologies for not having much sun for the after pictures, will be updated when I get the chance to take some in various lightings. Just decided to get some decent pictures when I got off campus this evening.

What was done to the exterior :
- Wheels hit with Sonax full effect and iron x
- De-Bugged with TW Bug and Tar Remover
- Exterior wash using foam gun w/ CG Citrus Wash
- Door, hood and trunk jambs cleaned
- Aquartz Iron Cut to decontaminate
- Clayed entire exterior including windows
- Taped up
- 3 step - m105 -> menz sip -> menz SF
- Rubber and vinyl cleaned w/ ReNu
- Exhaust tips polished
- Windows clayed again and cleaned with prima clarity
- Wheels waxed with Prima Wheel Armour
- Exterior Wax -> Megs Ultimate Liquid Wax

Enjoy!

Driver's side before

After

Trunk before

Trunk after

Roof before

After

Rear passenger side before

After

Right front before

After

Hood before

After

50/50 of the hood (awkward angle because I need to replace some of the overhead light bulbs in my garage)

50/50 of the passenger door after one pass of M105

Random interior before + afters

I'll end with this..

Happy detailing, everybody!

 

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Hi Andrew, welcome to AGO.

Very nice work on bringing back the glory of the M3. Car looks great.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Nice work getting the M3 back on point. Very nice looking car BTW.

 

[Justin M.]

Sweet car! Definitely on my list of cars to own someday (among many others)

Nice work on the clean up rops:

 

[Scott@IncrediblyDetailed]

Great job

 

[allenk4]

What were your methods and materials for cleaning the mats? Looks like a Little Green Machine in the shot. What chemicals?

Is that Sonus Motor Kote on the engine bay?

 

[billboard2001]

Nice work on those carpets!

 

[Ray@Autogeek]

1st post? Welcome to AGO! I like the sticker on the front bumper lol.

 

[LatinFG2]

Awesome work! and very sweet ride!

 

[TopThatDetail]

Welcome and great work!!!!

 

[GenesisCoupe]

Nice! I never saw the e46 in that color

 

[Andrew H]

Thanks for all the kind words guys. Been doing auto details since early high school, always been a major passion of mine.

To compare the final results of the front fenders I reversed a picture to put on top of a picture of the other side, and I just realized I accidentally posted the reversed picture, so I when I update with newer pictures I will add some from both sides so that I don't mix it up again.

Currently working on an Acura RSX Type-S, so expect another thread for that and other future jobs. Thanks again guys, best wishes.

- Andrew


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[Andrew H]

Here's a sneak peak at my current jobs, expect full + pic heavy threads on both.

Before

After

Before. Will definitely take some work, severe swirls/water spots/oxidation covering 95% of the body.

Not even close to the worst of the imperfections.

After - Test panel compared to undone hood. This is the only area of the SSR corrected right now, still currently working on the RSX Type-S.

SSR tucked in, RSX preparing for the correction ahead.