2015 Yas Marina Blue F80 M3 - New Car Prep w/ CQuartz Finest

KMG

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The owner of this vehicle contacted me while wait to take delivery. He was looking to have the vehicle properly protected from the start. He was also worried about keeping the light colored interior clean so we decided to use CQuartz Leather to keep the seats, door panel and dash protected. For the exterior we used CQuartz Finest on the paint and wheels, CQuartz Fly By Forte on the glass and CQuartz DLUX on the calipers. The car was picked up unprepped by the dealer.


Here is how the car arrived. He had the car for two days before bringing it to me, and it had rained one of those days.


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To start the process I put the car up on the lift to remove the wheels


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Some minor dirt built up on the passenger side fender and rocker


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Spotting on the front from rain the previous day


Wash & Decon Process
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After pulling the wheels I proceeded to start the foam pre-soak





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The wheel wells, brakes and suspension components were then thoroughly cleaned


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Some sort of yellow foam or glue which were in quite a few areas on the car


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This was then cleaned up


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Once the wheel wells were finished up the 2 bucket method wash was started.


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I followed up the 2 BM wash with a chemical decon using IronX. and yet another wash.


Polishing Process
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After finishing up the wash and decon the wheels were put back on and the car wash pulled into the garage and placed back on the lift for the remainder of the service.


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We then proceeded to go over the car and find any flaws in the paint. This was located on the driver side fender.


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A slight scratch on the driver side of the hood.


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Some scuff marks on the driver side fender


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More scuff marks on the driver side


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This scratch/scuff was on the trunk lid.


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The only area on the car that had quite a bit of swirling was on the rockers panels on both sides.









Wheel Clean Up
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After finishing up the polishing process I then started on the wheels. The brakes on this car give off a lot of brake dust as can be seen in this picture.


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The barrels of the wheels and back of the tires were thoroughly cleaned.


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After being cleaned with Megs APC and Tuf-Shine tire cleaner.


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The front of the wheel then received the same treatment.


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Once the wheels were cleaned I moved onto cleaning the wheel wells


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Coating Application




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The car was then thoroughly wiped down with Eraser to prepare the surface for the coating


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After finishing up the application of Finest on the body, I then applied 2 coats on the wheels via airbrush.


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While I was applying the coating on the wheels the rest of the car was being cured by the IR lamp.


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Once the coating was cured on the paint 3 layers of Forte were applied on the windshield and 1 coat on the remaining glass and left to sit overnight. The car was pulled out the following morning to inspect.


Paint, Wheels & Glass Finished
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This is a color that pictures don't do justice.


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Finished Interior Pics
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CQuartz Leather was applied on the door panels, seats and dash


Engine Bay Cleaning
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The engine compartment received a quick wipe down as it was already pretty clean.


New car prep done right the first time with premium products, no low quality dealership prep and products.
 
Talk about the works! Vehicle looks great. I appreciate you sharing your work.

How do you like the airbrush method of applying coatings? I have a Paasche Dual action that I use for touchup work and applying dressings but have not tried coatings.
 
Once you start using the airbrush for coating on wheels you will never want to do it by hand again. It goes on so much quicker, however it is a bit of a trade off as you use more product.
 
Once you start using the airbrush for coating on wheels you will never want to do it by hand again. It goes on so much quicker, however it is a bit of a trade off as you use more product.

I find the same is true with dressing trim/tires. I will give it a shot on my next wheel coating job. Thanks for the response!
 
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