scheerspeed: Detailed my own BMW E90 M3

So it had been a year since the last time i polished the car! and it held up very well. that year included two track days, and many miles of highway and city daily driving. I decided to give the car a two step polish to make it like new again.

Wash
-Chemical Guys Citrus Wash
-P21s TAW

Wheels
-P21s Gel
-Ace Powerstick
-EZ Detail Brush
-SV brushes

Clay
-Special yellow poly clay
-ONR lube


Polishing
-Exterior paint
-Menzerna SIP / Orange Uber pad
-Menzerna PO85RD Micro Polish / blue Uber pad
-Makita 9227C
-3M Yellow Foam Backing Plate
-1000w halogen lights
-Menzerna Top Inspection
-DD über MF towels
-Racatac

LSP

-Paint
-Zymol HD Cleanse
-Zymol Royale applied by hand (using the palms of my hand, not an applicator)


-Wheels
-Poorboy's wheel sealant

Glass
-Adam's Glass Cleaner

Interior
-1Z Cockpit
-Chemical Guy's Leather cleaner
-Leather Masters Vital / Protection
-Adam's Glass Cleaner
-1Z Gummi Pflege

metal
-Optimum Metal Polish
-#0000 steel wool


here's how she looked before; all dusty and some minor swilrs and scratches here ant there.












During the wash





pictures of the scratches that accumulated over a year
























i had to touch up a lot of rock chips all over the car. including the hood, bumper, and under the side skirts




a work in progress...




Finished!
























thanks for looking,
Dom

 

sweeeeet! fantastic work!

 

Thing is sick. What exhaust...and rims??

 

That is stunning !

 

damn! nice ride man. Business must be good LoL. I have been wanting to pick up a M3 Sedan. So sick! Simple yet clean.

Pics are crisp and the work done was top notch. Have you had any issues with the car?

 

Very nice work, you have excellent taste in cars/mods as well!

 

Looks awesome, amazing looking car.

 

awesome work - nice pics.

 

U bought Royale!! How, why! What? Thats 10k MAN!!!

On a serious note, what made you buy it over Vintage?

 

That m3 is CLEAN!! I feel like Ive seen the car, are you over on 6speed?

 

Nice work and nice car!

 

now that is just wicked, beautiful!

 

F'n sweet dude, love the look of the wheels on your car!

Hopefully you can provide some better sun pics for us later, the car looks so sad in that light.

 

Nice car, nice work. Black is the bomb, those wheels are awesome.

 

Nice Job! I LOVE that exhaust. I buddy had a similar looking exhaust on his E46 M3.... :mounty:

 

lol i didnt buy it, i got a sample


thanks for the comments everyone!

 

so uh . . . . . quick question. What did that thing cost? Lease? or Financed to own?

 

great job!

 

great work, love this M3!

 

Very well done! I'm a Pi Kapp as well :thumb: