2007 Alpine White BMW 335i

[imported_artikxscout]

Luckily it was a sunny day but the area where I was at didn't get much sun. Got as much as I can. This car was purchased around 8 months ago, but was full of contaminants. However, the paint was relatively hard, especially for the 335i. I had to use 106FF to finish off swirl free.

Condition Before: Very mild swirls. Tested: OP/White 1800 (nothing). HT-69/White 1800 (nothing). 106FF (Megs Finishing Pad, perfect).



Rotary Hint: spread with 900, 2nd pass up it to 1500 add pressure x 2, 1800 ease up on pressure x 2, ease up on pressure to almost none 900rpm x 2.



ONR

Clay (~1.5 Hours) - Car was full of brown/black spots, probably rail dust.

PO106FF 1800rpm (~2 hours)

Meguiars #21 Sealant



Before:

Afters:

Enjoy! Jet Black = Soft Clear Coat... Alpine White = Ceramiclear?

 

[mr.ikon]

Nice work Sam. I need to try out 106. Hard to believe after all this talk and discussion on this board about 106, I still haven't tried it.



And that looks really wet for white paint too. :wow:

 

[Brian_Brice]

Very slick finish, thanks for the explanation on the work being done!

 

[P1et]

Beautiful work, love that Alpine White!

 

[red4.8]

Very nice, the BMW's are growing on me. Looks very wet.

 

[Old Pirate]

Very wet looking Alpine white BMW, great write-up on your process!:2thumbs:

 

[imported_ChrisNJ]

very nice!

 

[ptaylor_9849]

BMW certainly has cornered the market on aggressive headlights. They look so mean.:scared:

 

[DetailsByDennis]

I am tempted to switch to the 335. Awesome gains from some minor modifications!



Love it, thumbs up man

 

[sixty7mustang22]

White has never looked so good.:wow:

 

[imported_Picus]

Yummy, 335i.

 

[imported_artikxscout]

Thanks John, let me know I'll send you some. I have about 20 oz of my 1 gallon jug left. I just love that stuff. I should just buy that and not waste my time on other products.



Thanks for the comment guys. Picus, I know how much you LOVE to work on the 3 series as you get most of the ones here. How do you think the paint differs on every color? There was an explanation of how Jet Black and some other colors were soft, but the other colors with metallics were pretty hard.



Just to warn you guys, the orange peel is there from the factory. But don't let that deter you from buying a 300 lb/ft twin turbo 335i ! If you live in a city like SF, it's great. The power band kicks in immediately and not like the N/A coming in at around 5k. You start feeling the torque on this car at around 2.5.



Ok the three standard non metallic colors are: Crimson Red, Jet Black, Alpine White...

 

[Takumi587]

Outstanding Results. I work on the E46 models and these cars i have to say are pretty difficult sometimes to work with.

 

[baltik]

Just popping in - Wanted to thank Sam for the excellent Job on my car, he came by on short notice and worked at a breakneck pace for hours to get my car ready. He was also extremly knowledgeable and needless to say I am extremely happy with the outcome

 

[Tachyon]

Great looking machine!



The 335i is a beast ... and the tuners are having fun with it. Check out this post about a 335i chipped with a Vishnu PROcede engine computer - kicking a** on M5s, M3s, 911s, Audi RS4s, AMGs ... WOW.



M5board Airfield Race Event (w/ procede v2 335i) - Aftermath - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum - E90Post.com

 

[baltik]

'

Great looking machine!\r\n\r\nThe 335i is a beast ... and the tuners are having fun with it. Check out this post about a 335i chipped with a Vishnu PROcede engine computer - kicking a** on M5s, M3s, 911s, Audi RS4s, AMGs ... WOW.\r\n\r\nM5board Airfield Race Event (w/ procede v2 335i) - Aftermath - BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum - E90Post.com

\r\n\r\nI should be getting my V2 at the end of the week, I am already running the prior version'

 

[BigAl3]

i can't say it enough, i love those 3 series coupes... nice job!

 

[baseballlover1]

Just beautiful! Looking at the alpine paint makes me like white again, i can never get our white cars to POP like that, but ive got some 106 coming soon so il'e have to try it out. Also you said ceramiclear... does that mean that it was very soft paint? If it is i might have to add that to 1 of my choices to paint my car. But it def. looks great, you should be proud!

 

[gmblack3]

Great work on the white paint. It really has a nice gloss.

 

[imported_artikxscout]

Takumi ~ e46 paints are hard also, just almost as bad as the e92. Something about these BMW paints, gotta love them if you own them...



Baseball ~ ceramiclear means that the paint is scratch resistant, so it's really hard to finish without 106ff or any other line made for it. I'd definitely ask for the ceramiclear option if it was a choice.



Tachon ~ Yeah! one great thing about turbo is that all you need to do is modify the ECU to get substantial improvements...