E30 M3 Detailed

[AutoFinesse]

Been meaning to post this up for some time but not had a chance, this stunning example of an E30 M3 was brought to us to get that little extra from it before the summer months, in total i spent the best part of a week on this car..........................

Before :














First job was to get the wheels off as cleaning the inners on these is near on impossible on the car, using G101 and various brushes to clean the wheels and a stronger mix of G101 for the wheel arches before claying and sealing each wheel with poorboys wheel sealant:


























The next stage was to clean and degrease the grubby areas such as door shuts, engine bay and under side skirts, again trusty old G101 and a bit of elbow grease dose a fine job :




















Then on to cleaning the rest of the bodywork, good through rinse down and BH AutoFoam/PM3 mix applied, whilst left to dwell panel gaps and trim gaps where cleaned using detailing brushes before a rinse re foam and wash TBM with Dodo SP and a LW mit:






















Rinsed off and brought inside for the claying stage, Dodo Grey clay was used with Megs LT/AS AW mix as lube:














So with the exterior and paint work as clean as can be, it was time to have a good look around the paint with the lamps (brinky Sun gun and a halogen) take PTG readings and get a feel for what im dealing with, the paint was health PTG reading wise and med/soft for correction:














So weapon of choice, Rotary, Megs polishing pad and Menz IP (it is IP not power finish just a dodgy bottle for PB ) Then 3M Ultrafina on a 3M pad to finish down :










Takes this:




To this:








This:




To This:










Rear quarter:










Roof:








Boot:
















Door:












Deep RDS on the bonnet needed a drop of FCP to shift :








Indicators cleaned and dressed:












Trim Cleaned and polished:




















Wiper arms where a bit tatty and the owner asked if i could repaint them, so cleaned, keyed and painted in matt black:










Wheels and tyres attended to with Megs all metal and WW, Endurance gloss and poor boys wheel sealant :










One wheel had some bad staining on the lip, so a little extra elbow grease and autosol & WW used:








Finished:




Exhaust:



Engine bay:



Door shuts:



Tool Kit:







Interior:






LSP was Dodo SN three coat where applied in total:



And a final wipe down with red mist:






Then stand back and enjoy :thumb:



























So there you have it i hope you enjoyed the write up and the car, all your comments or questions on products and methods used are more than welcome.

All the best

James B (Auto Finesse)

[Tonybest]

Amazing! I Like all the pics and all the detail in the work you have done. GREAT JOB!

So how many hours did this job take to accomplish?
Who's car is it?

[AutoFinesse]

Thanks, the car was worked on over a period of five days, around 30-40 hours treatment time.

[syncros]

Wow. Amazing car and detailing job.
Thanks for the nice pictures.

[RRGOO7]

Came out amazing...Love the attention to detail

[ansch]

that is simply amazing.

[SlammedR8]

I used to do detailing as well, Id be curious to know how much you charge for something like this? PM me if you prefer

[kmarei]

i think i just came in my pants
i miss my E30

[ACZakka325i]

I'd like to know how much a process like this costs. Can you PM me? THX

[Neil McRae]

superb!

[stylinexpat]

Originally Posted by Neil McRae

superb!

+1

[Singletrack]

Looks showroom new. Great job!

[!Xoible]

how come you took everything apart but not the engine? huh??! half assed job, boooo...

jk amazing job man, wow..

[signes]

Epic... Beautiful E30, very nicely done.

[RFFG]

Nice work!

[bobbyd1961]

awsome

[datbimmerdoe]

Excellent job! She's like new.