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    Deep Gloss: Jet Black 2010 BMW M3 - HACKED!

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    2010 BMW M3 in Jet Black
    Saved From the Hackers





    The owner of this beautiful M3 knew all to well the difficulty in getting a Jet Black bimmer with perfect paint let alone keeping it that way. For this reason he factory ordered this beauty as well as instructed the dealership to not wash his vehicle.

    When he went to pick up his vehicle I am sure you can imagine his horror when he was greeted with a swirled up mess. Unfortunately the dealership took it upon themselves to be so kind as to treat his new machine to a “Hand Wash” as they so proudly touted.


    When the owner expressed his dissatisfaction the dealership reassured that their “Hand Wash” could not have been the culprit but, they would send this out to a detail shop and have the problem rectified.

    Want to guess how that turned out?

    Fast forward to when the owner picks up the car after being “detailed”. The vehicle looked no better that before (worst actually), as the dealer explained it the detail shop “was not able to remove the swirls”, they also informed the owner that this is “how all cars look, swirls are just inherent to paint”…..

    As you will see, not only was the detail shop not able to remove the heavy wash induced swirls but they were also kind enough to leave evidence of their shoddy work in the form of holograms throughout and left over compound/wax etc.

    So, as they say… On with the show!

    As always the cleansing process started with the wheel areas. Products used were

    Chemicals:
    AutoGlym Custom Wheel Cleaner: Used on rims and tires
    Meg’s Super Degreaser: Used on arches

    Tools:
    Raceglaze XL Brush: Used for barrels on rims and to get into small clearance to scrub arches
    Black Magic Tire Brush: used to scrub tires
    Wash Mitt: Used to clean face of rims
    Megs Wheel Brush: Used to clean face of rims


    AG CWC hard at work.


    After the wheels/arches/tires were sorted out it was time to clean the paint.
    Wash process is below:

    Entire exterior generously pressure washed
    Entire exterior generously showered with foam cannon (Chemical Guys Citrus Clear) and left to dwell for 5 minutes
    Entire exterior generously pressure washed
    Entire exterior generously showered with foam cannon (Chemical Guys Citrus Clear) and left to dwell for 5 minutes
    While foam was dwelling the emblems and crevices were cleaned with Megs slide lock brush and bucket of diluted Chemical Guys Citrus Clear
    Entire exterior generously pressure washed
    Exterior was clayed with Riccardo yellow clay and ONR as lube
    Entire exterior generously pressure washed
    Exterior was blown dry and then dried with waffle weave micro fiber towels

    Thick layer of foam working its magic


    After dwell time





    Condition of “freshly detailed” car by bimmer approved detail shop???? As can be seen there was a consistent level of scratches/marring/swirls/holograms throughout the entire paintwork of this vehicle.

    Hood Before:




    Rear Deck Lid Before:




    Drivers Side C Pillar Before:


    Drivers Door Before:


    Drivers ¼ panel before:


    Nice holograms even on the side lip of hood before:


    Drivers Rear ¼ Panel Before:


    Passenger C Pillar Before:


    Passenger Door Before:


    Mirror Housing Before:


    Roof Before:
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    Re: Deep Gloss: Jet Black 2010 BMW M3 - HACKED!

    Continued.....

    Paint Correction:

    As always, a test section was isolated in order to identify the best method for correcting the paint while removing as little clear coat as possible.

    MANY different polish/pad combos were used. This paint was different than the soft Jet Black bimmer paint of yesteryear which is not necessarily a bad thing considering how ridiculously soft it used to be but, this paint presented its own set of obstacles such as:

    I used several different combos with my Makita 9227 and I was not getting the results I wanted… Medium pad/polish combo did not correct the paint so I decided to try wool.. The wool just tore the paint up and created more work just to clean up after the wool. Anything I tried with my Makita delivered sub standard results

    What I realized was that this paint responded better to a DA machine so, out came my new Megs V2 DA… Viola, we are in the money

    The process I dialed in was as follows:

    Megs 105 with orange LC pad (two times)
    Menzerna SIP with white LC pad
    Menzerna 106ff with black LC pad
    Menzerna 85rd with red LC pad
    91% IPA wipedowns (multiple) to ensure true correction

    Some in process shots

    Test Spot Before:


    Sun validation of my process on the test spot (prior to 106/85rd):


    Half and Half shot after all compounding / polishing steps (please excuse polish residue at bottom of panel):


    After all paint correction was completed the vehicle was given a final wash to ensure all polishing oils/dust etc was removed.

    Exhaust Tips: Never Dull & Surf City metal polish




    Used 303 wipes for the 1st time


    Tires/Wheels/Arches
    Tires: Surf City Beyond Black Dressing
    Have to get the full tire dressed right…OCD much?

    Rims: Optiseal

    Arches: Chemical Guys Bare Bones
    Rubber Seals: 1Z Gummi Pfledge
    Windows: Surf City Clearly Better
    Engine: ONR wipe down/ dressed with CD2 engine dressing
    Chrome bagding, appliqués, trim: Duragloss 501
    Exterior plastic trim: Ultima or Duragloss 253
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    Re: Deep Gloss: Jet Black 2010 BMW M3 - HACKED!

    Continued......

    LSP was Rubbish Boys OE.

    Sun Shots:




    This is a fun sun shot…

    From this:


    To this:



    Beauty Shots:

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    Indoor gloss shot


    HDR beauty shots:







    Always Leave a Card (or two)




    Thanks for looking!
    Last edited by Meghan; 04-05-2010 at 11:09 AM.
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    Re: Deep Gloss: Jet Black 2010 BMW M3 - HACKED!

    Outstanding! Nice save
    John
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    Re: Deep Gloss: Jet Black 2010 BMW M3 - HACKED!



    To both the work and that beautiful car (after you were done with it )!!!!

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    Re: Deep Gloss: Jet Black 2010 BMW M3 - HACKED!

    Nice job, now where are the pictures of the Scuderia behind it?!

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    Re: Deep Gloss: Jet Black 2010 BMW M3 - HACKED!

    Jason..I would have blown chunks on his hood after seeing that! Great save, buddy, great save! Hopefully he takes your bill and shoves it up the dealer's ass!

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    Re: Deep Gloss: Jet Black 2010 BMW M3 - HACKED!

    Wow.... what a disgrace. Maybe send some pics to the dealer and so called detailer showing what a real detailer can do. I've only machine polished a car once and I didn't even leave swirls or holograms.

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    Re: Deep Gloss: Jet Black 2010 BMW M3 - HACKED!

    Nice turn around
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    Re: Deep Gloss: Jet Black 2010 BMW M3 - HACKED!

    Quote Originally Posted by Adam View Post
    Wow.... what a disgrace. Maybe send some pics to the dealer and so called detailer showing what a real detailer can do. I've only machine polished a car once and I didn't even leave swirls or holograms.
    Agreed... Totally unnaceptable

    That is the plan....

    Quote Originally Posted by richy View Post
    Jason..I would have blown chunks on his hood after seeing that! Great save, buddy, great save! Hopefully he takes your bill and shoves it up the dealer's ass!
    Hey Richy!

    Thanks man.... That is the plan.. (well not exactly)...lol. Which is why the defects were documented (aka lotsa pictures)...

    Quote Originally Posted by JonM View Post
    Nice job, now where are the pictures of the Scuderia behind it?!
    Thanks Jon...

    I need to sort through the pictures on the Scuderia.. should be up in several days..

    Quote Originally Posted by jmp09fg2 View Post


    To both the work and that beautiful car (after you were done with it )!!!!
    Thank you!

    Quote Originally Posted by jpegs13 View Post
    Outstanding! Nice save
    Thanks jpegs
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