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This beautiful BMW M3 e92 Competition Package car came to us for the full works on the exterior prior to leaving the NY/NJ for a new life in the southwestern part of the country.
The best part is the car came to us cleaned up so there isn’t much for us to show in the prep except for the quick wash and decon. We tested out the Sonax Fallout Remover for the decon step, a new product we hope to have in 2014. Since the car spent all of its life in the tristate we expected the usual: fallout, rail dust, and various contaminants.
We also used the Sonax Multi Star on this car, on the motor, bug and tar, as well as cleaning up the tires.
Exterior
– Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
– Tires were spritzed down with Sonax MultiStar and washed down
– Wheel wells were cleaned up
– Washed with Adam’s Car Wash
– Decon with Sonax Fallout Remover
– Wash down and rinsed
– Door jambs were cleaned up
– Nano Scrub AutoScrub
– Dried
– Tires dressed
– Masking
– Paint Measurement
– Compound – Menzerna FG400
– Final Polish – Sonax Nano Polish
– Last step – Sonax Polymer Net Shield
– Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight
– Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
– Rubber and Plastics Treated
– Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
– Exhaust tips cleaned
– Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed
Products used
Links to products used –
Adam’s Car Wash
Sonax Fallout Remover coming soon.
Stoner’s Tarminator
Sonax MultiStar All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna FG400
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
Sonax Polymer Net Shield
Adam’s Super VRT
Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner
Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish
Engine Detail
Sonax MultiStar All Purpose Cleaner
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot’s 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes LHR75
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Uber Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Adam’s Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Prep including – Wash, Decon, Nano Skin Auto Scrub, Wheels, Tires
Foam
Rinse
Decon trying out some Sonax Fallout Remover
Before shots of paint
The typical imperfections on the shadowline trim
Other imperfections around that paint
Action shot
After shots
Judging by the photos this M3 looks better than most that were sold new from the dealer. I can’t see one imperfection… even in the direct sunlight shot on the trunk. Nothing. Simply amazing.