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| 02-12-2009, 12:19 PM | #1 |
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My New Jerez E90 M3, full detail and photoshoot!
Well, my lease was just about up on my old '06 325i, so i decided to upgrade. I was initially looking for a 335i, which they wanted quite a sum of money for a 36 month lease... so i decided to shop around, and found myself this M3 at a dealership in Ohio (Im in Florida) through autotrader.com. and then i talked to the dealer, back and fourth for a while, and ended up getting an AMAZING deal on the car.
Anyways, this car sat on the lot since early 2008, so you can imagine how many times the dealer washed it, and the acid rain etchings, and what not... Exterior -Wash -1Z Anti Insekt -CG CWC -Meg's mitt -P21s TAW -Wheels -CG CWC -P21s Gel -EZ detail brush -Swissvax wheel brush -OXO tire scrubber -ARO (tires) -Wheel Wells -Meg's APC+ -DD wheel well brush Clay -Special yellow poly clay -ONR lube Polishing -Exterior paint -Menzerna SIP via Orange Uber pad @ 1000-2000RPM (2-3 passes) -Menzerna PO85RD via blue 3M UK Ultrafina pad @ 1000-2000RPM -Makita 9227C -3M Yellow Foam Backing Plate -1000w halogen lights -ISA 50/50 wipedown -DD Uber MF towels LSP -Paint -Swissvax Cleaner Fluid -Swissvax Mystery -FK1# 425 -CG 530XL MF towels -Wheels -Swissvax Cleaner Fluid -Swissvax Autobahn -FK1# 425 -CG Barebones (wheel wells) -Swissvax Pneu Glass -Stoner's Invisible Glass Interior -CG Leather Cleaner -1Z Cockpit Premium -Zaino Z10 Airbag sticker removal: -3M Adhesive remover here's the before pictures. sorry about not perfect quality, my tripod broke :/ as you can see, the car was FULL of salt from being transported from Ohio to Miami.                    Now onto the wash and clay. i first soaked the car with P21s TAW and 1Z Anti-Insekt in order to dissolve the salt, and anything else that had settled onto the paint. then i washed the car with a high concentration of CG CWC. Pictures after wash and clay:                      and here's a 50/50     thats a big ball of tape!  now i decided to change the rear tail lights to the Black line tail lights that i had on my old E90 325i. Before:  After:  much better! and now i decided to remove the airbag warning sticker from the sun visors using 3M adhesive remover   Finished pics! There's a LOT!     now i finished at 3AM on day 4 of the detail job. i had class the next morning at 8AM, so i took a few pictures before i headed out to class.         and i had to stop and get gas on my way to school. this car guzzles gas! im getting about 13mpg right now...    so on my way back from the university, im driving on the highway, and a dump truck pulls in front of me... needless to say, my car got FULL of dirt, dust, and cement. so i rushed home and cleaned it off before it could do anything to the paint. then i went out for another photoshoot                       Much better without the airbag stickers, and hardwired V1        well, thanks for looking! i love this car!!! Dom |
| 02-12-2009, 12:49 PM | #5 |
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Damn, I need to learn how to detail like that
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| 02-12-2009, 01:46 PM | #6 |
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Congrats on the new acquisition. I'll need your details on my car soon...
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| 02-12-2009, 03:05 PM | #7 |
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Awesome detailing job! M3 looks great!
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| 02-12-2009, 04:14 PM | #9 |
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congrats on the car & nice job detailing wish I had these skills so I could save some $ for my mods
 seriously I wish there was a class you could take that thought you how to detail do's & don't ect. sorta like a basic mechanic maintenance classes that are offered @ some universities/H.S.
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| 02-12-2009, 04:39 PM | #10 |
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Nice detail job and Jerez Black is my fav color on the M
I too had a rough time when I 1st picked up my M...had been sitting in the dealers back storage lot under a bunch of messy trees...I had sap, water etch markings, etc. I have clay bar'd it twice now and waxed three times and it's almost perfect...still have a few small speck/spots in the clear coat - but they are diminshing with each subsequent wax.Enjoy your new ride and don't keep is so clean you don't drive it 
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| 02-12-2009, 09:48 PM | #14 |
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It's amazing how many swirl marks show up in the 'before' pictures. But it looks like you did an awesome job getting rid of them. Very nice job.
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| 02-13-2009, 01:19 AM | #16 |
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wow nice e90 m3! The results are amazing.. much better than how it came, night and day better!
Black lines are so much better IMO. glad you decided to do that as your first mod(s)
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| 02-13-2009, 08:51 AM | #19 |
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Great job on your gorgeous Jerez E90! That looks like some hard work. The car looks totally different and much better in the after shots.
Can you post up some details on how you removed the airbag warning stickers on the visors using 3M Adhesive remover? I really want to do this in my car also but always feared that I'd end up horribly ruining the visors.
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| 02-13-2009, 12:29 PM | #22 |
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excellent job on the detail and very nice car...It is going to be so hard to wait!
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