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The owners of this M3 also have another '98 M3 that I recently polished and performed leather restoration on. Next up is their brand new black Z06 Vette!

This 10 year old classic has about 110K on the odometer, and was actually in pretty good shape. It had moderate swirls, but time had left it with some deeper scratches, water spot etching (some severe), and bird poop etching as well. The interior just required a thorough cleaning (gotta love black interior!).

When I worked on their silver M3 a few weeks ago, I found it to have pretty hard clear coat, so I allowed for more time on this one since I was going for a higher level of correction, and because it is a darker color. After doing a test section, I found the M105/PFW combo to work the best for correction. It was doing a tremendous job correcting, and I was able to get an amazing finish afterwards for such a strong combination. The finish was so good in fact; that I was able to skip an intermediate polish as would be required with many compounds, and go straight to PO85RD/blue. After cleaning, IPA wipe downs, and sun inspections I was very happy with the combination, and confident that it was finishing down completely and not masking any potential marring and/or holograms.

Now on to the details:

Interior:
Clean all surfaces with Woolite/water
Treat leather with Zaino Z10
Megs Interior Detailer on console/controls
Optimum Protectant Plus on all vinyl & plastic surfaces
Vacuum
Clean rubber mats with Megs APC+
Windows cleaned with Stoner's Invisible Glass
Door shuts cleaned with Optimum No Rinse

Exterior:
Wash with Chemical Guys Citrus Wash & Clear at paint prep ratio (2oz/gal)
Wheels cleaned with P21S Wheel Gel
Megs APC+ on wheel wells
Clay with ONR lube
Wash #2 to remove residue from claying process
Stoner's Invisible Glass
Sonus Tire Gel
Chemical Guys VRP on plastic trim

Paint correction:
Carbon fiber hood: SIP/white followed by PO85RD/red
The rest of car:
Megs M105/PFW on compounding stage
Menzerna PO85RD/blue for finishing polish

Protection/LSP:
Optimum Opti-Seal
Optimum Car Wax

Tools Used:
Makita 9227c rotary
Porter Cable D/A (used with 3

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Okay, now I

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I forgot to change the white balance on the camera when I pulled the car outside and took the first few photos, so they show up blue instead of purple

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And that quickly, the sky went completely cloudy on me

MuttGrunt

another great job!

slanguage

looks great

I like that color. looks awesome

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Thanks guys!!

Canadian_2K

Holy crap. Is that shine due to the Opti-Seal? I've never really thought that a paint sealant could make it pop so well. Wow.

EDIT: Obviously the car is also shiny due to the paint correction, but the gloss just seems extreme even compared to some of the other details on the board.

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Thanks!

Most of the gloss you're seeing is simply from the leveling of the paint during the polishing process. Many of the after shots are before I even applied any LSP.

G

awesome job, looks great