SpeedFreak Detailed: MOAR E30 M3 Porn. '88 Henna Red correction!

[SpeedFreak81]

Forum member "GoBlue" and I first met about 3 years ago when I corrected his S52 M Roadster. Since then Todd and I have stayed in touch, and when he picked up this '88 HennaRot M3, it was scheduled for a bit of TLC. This car is almost 26 years old, and is nearing 200,000 miles on the odometer. It's spent it's recent life as a track car, and sports a Euro S50B32 motor. The exterior had seen better days and was heavily oxidized. After going over our options, Todd decided on a single stage paint correction to rid the surface of oxidation, clean up some of the swirling, and substantially punch up the gloss! I also fully degreased and cleaned up the engine bay while the car was in.



Products used:



Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner
ZEP Citrus Degreaser
CG Citrus Wash
Clay Magic blue clay
DoDo Juice Born Slippery clay lube
Pinnacle Advanced finishing polish on LC CCS White pad via FLEX 3401
Meguiar's #7 Show Car Polish
Detailer's Pro Max Wax
Adam's Super VRT tire dressing
Optimum metal polish
Sonax glass cleaner
Wolfgang Rubber/Vinyl protectant




50/50s on the hood, for some reason the light didn't turn out well. The in person results were DRAMATIC, though the photos don't exactly show it


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Hood after correction


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DSC_0523 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10808009923/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr



The rear bumper was heavily oxidized, 50/50


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DSC_0526 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10808008303/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr



Moving along to the trunk lid. 50/50s and afters


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Wing after correction


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DSC_0538 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/speedfreak81/10807998263/) by SpeedFreak81 (http://www.flickr.com/people/speedfreak81/), on Flickr


Engine bay post clean up



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AFTERS:



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Thanks for looking!


-Brian
SpeedFreak Detailing (http://www.speedfreakdetailing.com)

[zmcgovern45]

Beautiful! Nice work.

[rjd598]

Any chance you know what type of recaros those are?

[JSou]

Win...

[Desertnate]

Such a nice car. I love those first gen M3's.

It looks great, and you can see the 50/50's pretty well. Amazing difference.

[Patjacobs]

The respect your elders sticker is great! Especially with the euro s50, must be a monster. You made that car into more of a gem.

[SpeedFreak81]

Thanks fellas! Just asked the owner about the seats, they are SR3s.

[artofdetailing]

wow that m3 is one of the freshest I've ever seen. love those older models

[530inv]

Amazing. That red looks awesome. Great looking M3 as well.

[Scott@IncrediblyDetailed]

Great job. Beautiful M3.

[Sicoupe]

Great work!!

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Beautiful work Brian, that original M3 looks proper now!

Thanks for sharing.

[DetailedTaco]

:drool: Oh Ma Lawd that thing looks AMAZING! And with an S50 swap. Practically my dream e30.

Amazing job! The owner is one lucky guy! If he finds it gone one day it wasn't me…. :D

[GenesisCoupe]

The older M3's are very nice.. great work!

[vet]

Super job!