E46 M3 Silver Grey Metallic Detailed

[blue-sun]

NASIOC Member AttaQ bought an 04 M3 a few months back and called me out to detail it for him.



I`ve done his WRX and his CTS-V for him before, and his wife`s Jetta. Time to get my hands on the M3.



The car was in very good shape when I got there, the swirling was minor, a few minor scuffs on the lower pass side skirts that mosty buffed out.



Here`s the process I used on it:



Wash with foam gun

clay

wash again

Hi-Temp wheel cleaner

Meguiars Hyperdressing 3:1 on tires and all exterior vinyl trim (cowl, black plastic on the hood, window trim)

Stoners Invisible Glass on exterior glass

DACP with a Meguiars cutting pad on the few scuffs/scratches

Menzerna Final Polish

Meguiars NXT 2.0

Exhaust cleaned with #0000 Steele wool & generic glass cleaner, polished with Mothers Metal Polish



Here are the pics:



After the wash/clay/wash/dry





Exhaust before (sorry for the blurry pic)





Exhaust afters





some leftover polish on the pain above the tips









All done:

[vtec92civic]

looks good man. Those exhaust tips prior to the detail looked horrible. Not sure how anyone could possibly drive around like that when they are aware of how they should look.



Nice photography as well.

[blue-sun]

looks good man. Those exhaust tips prior to the detail looked horrible. Not sure how anyone could possibly drive around like that when they are aware of how they should look.



Nice photography as well.

Thanks! They went on a highway road trip the night before (about 120 miles round trip give or take) so that is why they were nasty before. The car looked nearly identical before the wash vrs after the wash, so it wasn`t dirty by any means.



Thanks! I struggle to try and get nice artsy pics when I`m done, I usually fail horribly at it. I really dig this side pic of the spoiler that I took though.