I've always had a thing for E30 M3's, so when we had the opportunity to do this one, we were quite excited! It had been in the hands of a local detailer in down the year previous, but Im not sure exactly what she did with it. It still had a quite a few defects, and (without bashing the other detailer) has a tendancy to crack out the wool to many times, so I wasnt' sure how much paint I would have to work with. Given this I was very carefull.
The car had some pretty brutal oxidation all over it. It's not very apparent from the pics you'll see (except in some) it was quite bad.
Here we go!
BEFORES - You can see what we were working with on the paint. Brutal oxidation all over.
BEFORE - INTERIOR
Started washing and working on the wheels!
The wheels are an aftermarket BBS rim, but are a "brushed finish" as opposed to a polished finish, so they aren't' a super high luster wheels (ie why it doesn't' look super polished)
We did the interior next. It was in moderate condition for it's age. It was decently dirty, but we've done WAY worse, but this just took more time than anything as some of the stains were stubborn. We use a MyteeLite HP60 extractor with an emulsion fluid, and steamer. We then used Lexol cleaner and condtions on the all the leather, with a woolite mix in certain spots.
Here's how it turned out(see before shots above).
Interior drying attachement with the HP60 in action. Getting hte interior dried up!
Next was the paint. I tried a few different combinations to see what would give me a decent cut, but remove the oxidation as well. I tried AIO to start (as it's great for removing oxidation) but obviously no correction there. It did an alright job of removing the oxidation, but knew I'd need to step it up.
I settled on Megs DACP via Rotory on a LC VC Green Pad @ 1500 RPM. This really knocked out the oxidation and gave me good results as far as cut.
After that I followed up with a pass of OP via rotary on LC VC White pad via 1200 RPM. The lastly a pass of Menzerna FPII on a LC White pad via PC.
Here we are doing the rear bumper (use use a PC spot pad to get in the small spots).
Finally I topped with a coat of Meguiars #16.
Here are the finals!
Was a long day to say the least
The car had some pretty brutal oxidation all over it. It's not very apparent from the pics you'll see (except in some) it was quite bad.
Here we go!
BEFORES - You can see what we were working with on the paint. Brutal oxidation all over.
BEFORE - INTERIOR
Started washing and working on the wheels!
The wheels are an aftermarket BBS rim, but are a "brushed finish" as opposed to a polished finish, so they aren't' a super high luster wheels (ie why it doesn't' look super polished)
We did the interior next. It was in moderate condition for it's age. It was decently dirty, but we've done WAY worse, but this just took more time than anything as some of the stains were stubborn. We use a MyteeLite HP60 extractor with an emulsion fluid, and steamer. We then used Lexol cleaner and condtions on the all the leather, with a woolite mix in certain spots.
Here's how it turned out(see before shots above).
Interior drying attachement with the HP60 in action. Getting hte interior dried up!
Next was the paint. I tried a few different combinations to see what would give me a decent cut, but remove the oxidation as well. I tried AIO to start (as it's great for removing oxidation) but obviously no correction there. It did an alright job of removing the oxidation, but knew I'd need to step it up.
I settled on Megs DACP via Rotory on a LC VC Green Pad @ 1500 RPM. This really knocked out the oxidation and gave me good results as far as cut.
After that I followed up with a pass of OP via rotary on LC VC White pad via 1200 RPM. The lastly a pass of Menzerna FPII on a LC White pad via PC.
Here we are doing the rear bumper (use use a PC spot pad to get in the small spots).
Finally I topped with a coat of Meguiars #16.
Here are the finals!
Was a long day to say the least
