2009 BMW E90 M3 - SeaJay's Detailing

SeaJays

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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of working on this 2009 BMW E90 M3. Beautiful car and color.

The customer had purchased the vehicle from Texas and there were a few concerns he wanted taken care of. His main concern was some rock chips and the exterior. We agreed upon a 1 step polish and rock chip repair.



Products used:


Duragloss 901

D300 via Megs MF system

Dr. Colorchip system

Meg’s Window Cleaner

Blackfire Total Eclipse Tire Gel

Optimum Spray Wax – used for wheels

Blackfire Wet Diamond

OPC – 3:1

303 Aerospace

ONR – Clay lube

Optimum Metal Polish

UTTG – Trim

Tarminator

Iron-x

Megs Degreaser – 10:1

Eraser

Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay



Equipment Used:



3 – 5 Gallon Buckets

Chenille wash mitt

Various Brushes

Various MFs

Ridge Wet/Dry Vac

PC 7424xp

Megs MF Cutting Disk – 2

Pad conditioning brush

Foam Applicator

LC flat blue waxing pad

Cobra Tire Dressing applicator





Ok onto the pictures



Vehicle when I arrived

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During my inspection of the vehicle I had noticed several holograms throughout the vehicle.



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Tires and wheels were washed first. Wheels were rinsed then sprayed with Iron-x and left to dwell a few minutes before agitating with various wheels brushes. Tires and wheels wells were then sprayed with degreaser and agitated. Then all was rinsed well.



Car was washed via two bucket method using a chenille wash mitt and Duragloss 901.



Once the car was washed it was clayed with Pinnacle Ultra Poly Clay and any tar was removed with tarminator.



After trying out a few different combos for the 1 step (optimum polyseal & Orange LC pad, Menzerna power finish &orange lc pad, D300 & white LC pad), I finally decided upon D300 on the Megs cutting disk. I didn't expect this to finish out as well as it did on the BMW paint.



I was having trouble capturing the swirls on the car and the sun kept playing hide and go seek. So, apologize for not having any 50/50's.



Did get this to come out good though.



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After the car was polished , I used eraser to remove any left over oils from the paint before applying BFWD via PC and Blue LC pad.



Trim was dressed with UTTG



Tires got a coat of BF Total Eclipse Tire Gel, and wheels were spray waxed with Optimum.



And the afters



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Thanks for viewing!
 
Nicely done. That last 2 shots look wet!



Is Eraser from Carpro that much better than IPA? I was thinking about including some in my next order but the $15- $20 for a bottle vs. $.99 cents .
 
MX823 said:
Nicely done. That last 2 shots look wet!



Is Eraser from Carpro that much better than IPA? I was thinking about including some in my next order but the $15- $20 for a bottle vs. $.99 cents .



Yes it's made by Carpro. I love the stuff. It is more expensive, but IMO works much better than your standard IPA wipe down. The smell is awesome, and you can see it working with the oils. And a little bit goes a long way. I only use maybe 2 sprays per panel.
 
Thanks for the feedback. Since it is for my personal cars I didn't know if it was overkill. (If you asked my wife she would say most of my detailing supplies are overkill :D )



Keep up the good work.
 
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