PetrucciM3 | BMW E46 Alpine White

[Petrucci_M3]

PetrucciM3 | BMW E46 Alpine White



Wash:

Chemical Guys Citrus Wash & Gloss

Chemical Guys Heavy Duty Bucket

Grit Guard

Chemical Guys Super Fluffy Mitt

Autogeek Tornador Air Foamer HP





Clayed:

Meguiar’s Medium clay

Chemical Guys Synthetic Quick Detailer



Paint Correction:

Flex 3403 rotary

3M Backing Plate

Gloss-it 3 inch Backing Plate

Menzerna Powergloss

Menzerna Super Intensive Polish

Menzerna Nano Polish

CM5300

Fenix TK10

Orange LC pad

White LC pad

Grey LC pad

Detailer Domain Uber Towels

Highline Paint Gauge Meter



Protection:

Jetseal109



LSP:

Lusso Oro



Trim:

Aerospace 303



Glass:

Stoner’s Invisible Glass



Wheels:

EZ Detail Brush

Swissvax Wheel Brush

Chemical Guy’s Grime Reaper

Surfcity Tire Shine



Exhaust:

Steel wool #0000

Chemical Guy’s Metal Shine



Interior:

1Z Cockpit

303 Aerospace

Chemical Guy’s Lighting Fast Stain Extractor

Metro Vac n Blow

Lil Green Bissel



Wash:



Still have to get the hang of my Tornador Air Foamer.

Roof - Before:

Roof - After:

Rear Driver Fender - Before:

Rear Driver Fender - After:

Hood - Before:



Pulled the car out after I washed, dried and clay bar the car. As you can see it needed some love.

Hood - 50/50:

Hood - After:



Checked my work out in the sun.

Rear Bumper - Before:

Rear Bumper - After:

Trunk - Before:



The trunk required 2 passes with Powergloss, 1 pass with SIP and then finally 106FA to bring back the depth and clarity.

Trunk - 50/50:

Checking my work with my CM5300, absolutely love this light.

Here's with the Fenix, and no flash. Crystal clear :thumbsup2:

Rear - Before:

 

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Rear - After:

Driver Fender - Before:

Driver Fender - After:

Driver Door - 50/50:

Driver Door - After:

Driver Rear Fender - After:

Passenger Door - 50/50:

Passenger Door - After:

Passenger Rear Fender - Before:

Passenger Rear Fender - 50/50:

Passenger Rear Fender - After:

Exhaust - Before:

Exhaust - After:

 

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M3 Badge - Before:

M3 Badge - After:

Gotta get the little areas, one of my favorite tools and cheap too

The aftermath!

Interior:

After shots:

So we went from this:

To this

To recap on the hood, from this:

To this.

 

[Petrucci_M3]

 

[imported_artikxscout]

car looks great! my favorite of all time.

 

[imported_Todd]

Outstanding work. Thank you for posting truly "honest" before/after photos using the same lighting, angles and magnification. Your skills are great.

 

[Tru_Shine]

WOW nice turn around, sometimes its really hard to capture the defects in white. Great job!

 

[AudiOn19s]

Man that one was rough!. I have a soft spot in my heart for an AW / IR E46 M3 (have one of my own) and it's nice to see that one brought back to life.



Andy

 

[E300Diesel]

Nice Job! :goodjob

 

[a_guerrajr]

nice write up and GREAT job!

 

[RaskyR1]

Excellent work and documentation! :goodjob

 

[Petrucci_M3]

car looks great! my favorite of all time.

Thank you! Same here, an E46 is defiantly my next M3. :xyxthumbs:

Outstanding work. Thank you for posting truly "honest" before/after photos using the same lighting, angles and magnification. Your skills are great.

Thank you! I was racing against the sun for the rear trunk shots, but it went down. Gotta be honest and take pride in my work.

WOW nice turn around, sometimes its really hard to capture the defects in white. Great job!

Thank you! Totally agree, on the defects, there's times where I would waste more time trying to capture a picture than working :doh

Man that one was rough!. I have a soft spot in my heart for an AW / IR E46 M3 (have one of my own) and it's nice to see that one brought back to life.



Andy

Very nice, that and Cinnamon are such beautiful interior choices for AW. :xyxthumbs

Nice Job! :goodjob

nice write up and GREAT job!

Excellent work and documentation! :goodjob

Thank you guys!