1987 BMW 3 Series with M3 Engine Swap

[psynx]

So a customer of mine had his car repainted, and of course the paint was covered in rotary buffing trails. Here is what the car looked like when he dropped it off...














I Dont have any pictures of the washing stage but list of products used
Wash:
Foam cannon
CG Citrus wash n clear
carpro merino wool mitt
CR spotless
2 BM+ Grit guards
Sidekick air blaster to air dry


Prepped and ready to go




Weapons of Choice for correction phase

Flex pe 14
Flex 3401
Rupes 21
buff n shine MF pads
BnS 5.5 foam pads
LC hybrid pads
Meguiars 101 and 105
Menz FG400

Some 50/50 shots









Polish stage:
Sonax Perfect Finish (not pictured)







Wheels and Tires:
Sonax Full Effect
TUF Shine brush
various wheel woolies
Megs APC+
Mothers Fender Brush
Ultima Tire and Trim for both the trim and tires
Bouncers Looking sweet wheel wax





Exhaust:
Megs super degreaser
Daytona Speed brush Jr
Steel Wool 0000
Optimum metal polish

Engine:
Wasnt too bad so i decided to go with megs APC+ and various brushes
Megs ASD

LSP:
CG Black wax



Couple of pictures during the process












And finally here are the Glamour shots

 

[psynx]

 

[jtford95]

Great job! what a difference. How long did it take?

 

[Ronkh]

Beautiful job on a formerly and now great looking car

 

[psynx]

Great job! what a difference. How long did it take?

i believe it was around 12 to 14 hours on just the exterior. thanks for the compliments!

 

[psynx]

Beautiful job on a formerly and now great looking car

thank you wax king!

 

[Pats300zx]

Great work. I bet he didn't even recognize the car when he picked it up

 

[DKumarm3]

Excellent work and thanks for sharing.

 

[juliom2]

WOW......return from the dead.....nice job!!!

 

[RaysWay]

From respectable to CLEAN! Great job!

 

[512detail]

nice work. I bet that's a pretty quick little car with that engine swap.

 

[chet31]

Nice turn around.

 

[Stokdgs]

Wow - Stunning work on the Paint and Engine !!!

It was so, so, awful !!!

Love everything you did !!

Absolutely Hate the too big wheels and tires combination....

Thanks for all the hard work, dedication, pictures and write up -

DanF

 

[TacoHerder]

what a beauty!

 

[psynx]

Great work. I bet he didn't even recognize the car when he picked it up

HAHAHA with those god awful rims he did lol JK
yea he was blown away by the turnaround thank you!

Excellent work and thanks for sharing.

Thank you for taking the time to read and see my work

WOW......return from the dead.....nice job!!!

Thank you! definitely a big turn around

From respectable to CLEAN! Great job!

:rockon Thank you kind sir!

nice work. I bet that's a pretty quick little car with that engine swap.

Yes it is! I was trying to race him in my S2000 to double my tip lol

Nice turn around.

Gracias!

Wow - Stunning work on the Paint and Engine !!!

It was so, so, awful !!!

Love everything you did !!

Absolutely Hate the too big wheels and tires combination....

Thanks for all the hard work, dedication, pictures and write up -

DanF

Yup rims and tire combos are hideous! I hate tire stretching. Thank you for taking the time to respond and stop to look at those ugly wheels lol

what a beauty!

thanks!