E92 M3 Paint correction

suke

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This thing is pretty BA. The aftermarket exhaust on it sounds phenomenal. Anywho it's been babied its whole life and only has 22k on it. However, still plenty of swirls and love marks.




Typical swirls


Someone ran over some white paint. Fortunately I was able to get it all off.

Wheels were taken off I believe and even still the little mileage they had on them they were just bleeding out.

Paint really didn't have much in the way of swirls. The washing scratches and love marks you can't see in the sun were a plenty.

Hood is finished.



Got to work on the carbon fiber roof. It looked good in the sun, but was riddled with lots of wash marks. Much like the rest of the paint.
Before




Deep acid rain etching. Wasn't going to get those out 100% as they are pretty deep in there.



After

No more scratches










Carbon fiber lip spoiler polished to perfection. Oddly enough this was in the best shape of the whole car.




No before shots of the trunk lid as I'm short on time. The after shots are pretty amazing since i'm not even to the finish polish yet. This is just the cut portion.



Making sure to keep the wheels/tires protected from polish sling/dust.

32 hours in and the cutting stage has been completed.


Spot checking here to make sure all is gone. This car is now pretty close to 99% corrected( which for means ALL defects but maybe some deeper ones that would take wet sanding are out). Finish polish I'll start this afternoon. Likely 4-5 hours of that. Then sealant followed by wax and she'll go home.


 
Finishing polish going down. Love the way it looks over carbon fiber.


Looking good! Bulk of yesterday was focused on taking my light and going over every inch of the car to make sure everything was corrected properly. Some spots needed to be fixed or hit one more time. Was able to get the roof, trunk lid, and the front panel complete.


 
Looks great - what products did you use?
I used M105 and the DMC6 microfiber cutting pad for the cutting portion. I'm using a finishing polish, sealant, and wax that isn't sold here so figure that's against the rules to list.
 
Excellent work!

Did you use the Flex for the lip as well? That came out great.

Looks like you have some fun toys in the garage. Is that your S2K? Love the New Indy Yellow.
 
I read under one of the nearly completed picture that you had 32 hours into the job and had more to go. How long did the entire job require?

I am guessing that this was a full week or longer correction? Sure looks like it was worth it too.:dblthumb2:

Would have taken me three weeks at the rate I go.:cry:
 
Finally all done. Owner came and got her yesterday. All said and done I had 40 hours into it. Some of the during pics I didn't post.

Before

20160421_205044 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160422_211033 by Christian Scott, on Flickr


After
20160422_212842 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160422_212917 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160422_212923 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
Tail lights now polished to perfection
20160423_095118 by Christian Scott, on Flickr

Final pics
20160423_121405 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160423_121439 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160423_121515 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160423_121633 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160423_125729 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_134155 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_134205 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_134556 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_134617 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_134758 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_134818 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_134841 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_134857 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_135037 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_135743 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_143239 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
20160424_145511 by Christian Scott, on Flickr
 
I read under one of the nearly completed picture that you had 32 hours into the job and had more to go. How long did the entire job require?

I am guessing that this was a full week or longer correction? Sure looks like it was worth it too.:dblthumb2:

Would have taken me three weeks at the rate I go.:cry:

It took me 2 weeks of working every spare hour after my day job and on weekends. Normally when I have this involved of a correction/restoration I take time off my real job, but I had very patient owner that let me keep it as long as I needed to get it to my standards.
 
Excellent work!

Did you use the Flex for the lip as well? That came out great.

Looks like you have some fun toys in the garage. Is that your S2K? Love the New Indy Yellow.

That is my S2K, she's my baby. She's now filthy with polish dust....and pollen. So she needs some attention now.

I used my flex where I could and porter cable with 4" pads where I couldn't. I'm not really a fan of my PC as it just doesn't have the cutting power I need/want. It works OK on most paints, but hard ones like this BMW it just laughs at it. Need to bite the bullet and just get something better. My flex, however, I love. I've done countless cars with it. I couldn't even begin to imagine the hours it has on it. Runs like a champ, still!
 
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