WaxWerks Detailed: E46 M3 Carbon Black Paint Correction

[bretster]

Customer contacted me, was local, and asked for a full paint correction and interior reconditioning, wheel polish, exhaust polish. It took 5 days and the car came out great!

What was done:
- Before pictures
- Wheels hit with Sonax full effect and iron x
- Tires treated with Adams APC and prima nero
- Engine sprayed down and treated with in and out spray
- De-Bugged with 1Z Bug and Tar Remover
- Exterior wash using lusso auto bathe and foam gun w/ CG Citrus Wash
- Door, hood and trunk jambs cleaned
- Prima nero, 303 Aerospace and CG QD Spray on undercarriage
- Aquartz Iron Cut to decontaminate
- Clayed entire exterior including windows
- Taped up
- 3 step - m105 -> menz sip -> opti poli-seal
- Rubber and vinyl cleaned w/ In and Out, Prima nero
- Exhaust tips polished
- Suspension polished w/ Optimum Metal Polish and Poliseal
- Windows clayed again and cleaned with prima clarity
- Wheels waxed with Prima Wheel Armour
- Exterior Wax -> 1Z Glanz Wax

Interior:
- Vacuum
- Trims treated with Prima Nero, Adams in and out and 1Z Cockpit Premium
- Interior glass cleaned with clarity
- Leather reconditioned with an assortment of leather masters products

Products used:
Exterior wash:
- Lusso auto bathe + CG Citrus Wash
- Gilmour Foam gun w/ CG Citrus Wash
- Uber Sponge
- Uber super drying microfiber towel
- Great White Drying Towel
- Prima nero and 303 Aerospace on undercarriage
- Aquartz Iron Cut
- 1Z Bug and Tar Remover

Engine:
- Adams APC
- Adams In n out spray

Interior:
- 1z Cockpit Premium
- In n out and Prima Clarity and Nero to clean the trims
- Assortment of Leather Masters

Paint correction:
- Porter Cable PC 7424XP
- Flex 3401
- Flex PE-14
- Uber green and blue 4/5.5 pads
- Surbuf pads 5.5
- Megs 105
- Menz SIP
- Opti Poli-seal
- 1z Glanz Wax

Onto the pictures














Initial Wash

[bretster]

Clay was absolutely disgusting

Exposed paint condition








Action shot

After compounding



After compound





After Menz 1500

[bretster]

More compounding


Menz 2500 on roof


Crazy Reflection

More Menz 2500


Post polish wash

With no sealant or wax!

[bretster]

Before wax shots



Interior

Hand pad i used was nasty


Had a few buddies over to take pictures at night

Obligatory pull out the R8 to take even better pictures shot


Tucked in for the night

After shots

















Delivered to customer's house!



Thanks for looking

[creckless3]

Beautiful work, made eating dinner more enjoyable

[bretster]

Beautiful work, made eating dinner more enjoyable

Haha thanks man

[creckless3]

Haha thanks man

Your welcome!

[bretster]

Your welcome!