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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The rear bumper was heavily oxidized, 50/50



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



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Wing after correction



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Engine bay post clean up




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AFTERS:




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Thanks for looking!


-Brian
SpeedFreak Detailing

[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.