Space Grey E92 M3 - pic heavy

[speedfreak81]

Had the pleasure of meeting up with a member from M3post this past Sunday to do some work on his gorgeous Space Grey M3. He had some areas in mind he wanted me to address, specifically some scratching on the rear bumper from contact with a concrete wall. I also found some scratching, which you will see in the pics, in the carbon fiber on the roof.



He didn't want to go full on paint correction because the car is a DD and we've still got nasty weather coming. After going over options, we decided on a wash/clay/spot correction/sealant exterior detail.



Products Used:

• Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner
  
• Dawn super concentrated dish soap
  
• Pinnacle XMT Speed Clay
  
• Poorboy's World QD as clay lubricant
  
• HD Uno on LC CCS Orange pad
  
• HD Uno on LC CCS White pad
  
• HD Poxy
  
• Stoner's Invisible Glass
  
• Armor All tire gel
  

The M3 as it sat when I arrived. Space Grey is nice because it hides dirt quite well.

Wheels, caked with brake dust

Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner sprayed on liberally and allowed to sit for a few minutes

Clean!

Clay was pretty filthy

The M3 getting taped up

Scratching and clear coat dulling/defects along the rear bumper from contact with a concrete wall.

After correction

Upon washing and drying th roof I noticed a couple deep scratches. I was able to remove them with multiple passes.

After correction

Here is a 50/50 shot from the passenger side. I tried as best I could to capture the swirling, but I need a better camera. You can see swirling on the left side, and right side has been corrected

AFTERS:

Best Regards,



Brian Lewis

703-945-0629

 

[Casey388]

Looks great. I love that color on an m3 with the carbon fiber roof.



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[2005GTPinMD]

You did a great job. My car is that color and it is hard to really make the color sparkle.

 

[Thomas Dekany]

HD UNO sucks!!! Just kidding of course. Fantastic job!

 

[Hey Moe!]

I'm a Space Grey fan, and this one looks pretty nice. Can't wait to see the spring detail on this one!



I visited my brother in NoVa last weekend, and I noticed how the road crews there seem to throw lots of gritty, coarse sand on the streets as an alternative to salt. Of course, the stuff is on the streets until the street sweepers deal with it in the spring. Do you find any issues with it being tossed around from one vehicle to another? In some places, it seemed like I was driving on the beach!

 

[speedfreak81]

Thank you Thomas, means a lot coming from you, as you were my inspiration for all of this! After the work you did on mine and fathers Vette a few years back, as well as his BMW and Tahoe, I really started getting into it myself.



-Brian

 

[Junebug]

Wow man, you did that outside with snow on the ground! Great job!

 

[speedfreak81]

Wow man, you did that outside with snow on the ground! Great job!

That's how we roll in NoVa! Actually, it was quite warm on Sunday, probably 45* or so. At one point I almost took my sweatshirt off, beautiful day to say the least!



-Brian