E90Post
 


 
BMW 3-Series (E90 E92) Forum > E90 / E92 / E93 3-series Technical Forums > Wash, Wax, Detailing and Cosmetic protection/repairs > LOW2000 Detail - E46 330Ci



Reply
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
      05-17-2009, 09:05 PM   #1
LOW2000
Private First Class
United_States
3
Rep
120
Posts

Drives: 00 Silverado 08 G35S 62 CJ5
Join Date: May 2008
Location: SoCal

iTrader: (0)

LOW2000 Detail - E46 330Ci

Yesterday, my best friend brought over his 330Ci for a full detail. The car is an 01 with 75,000 miles, and had its fair share of etchings in the paint from bird droppings, swirls and scratches from poor cleaning technique, some damage from an unknown impact on the bumper along with the usual interior issues of dust/dirt and leather in dire need of conditioning.

Unfortunately, I didn't think to start taking photos during the whole process, so there aren't a lot of before photos, but I did the following:

Wash
Gilmour w/ Meguiars Gold Class
Castrol Super Clean on engine
P21S Gel on wheels

Dressing
303 Aerospace
Black Magic tire dressing (he brought it and wanted to use it)

Interior incl trunk
303 on all plastic
Zaino Z-9 and Z-10 on all leather

Paint
PC 7424
Menzerna Power Gloss on Orange LC 6.5 (Needed for the entire hood, 2 spots I had to hit twice, plus a scratch on the passenger door, and the rear bumper damage)
Tropicare TC-8 on White LC 6.5
Tropicare TC-3 on Blue LC 6.5

Stoners for glass and mirrors

Mothers Power Metal on the exhaust tips











Appreciate 0
      05-17-2009, 09:15 PM   #2
vgame64
Colonel
vgame64's Avatar
United_States
141
Rep
2,479
Posts

Drives: BMW 335i
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: USA

iTrader: (9)

Awesome car! (and nice detail!)
Appreciate 0
      05-17-2009, 09:45 PM   #3
kei169
Captain
23
Rep
735
Posts

Drives: e90 325i
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Bay Area

iTrader: (5)

great!
Should take more pics for the finish!
Appreciate 0
      05-17-2009, 10:03 PM   #4
LOW2000
Private First Class
United_States
3
Rep
120
Posts

Drives: 00 Silverado 08 G35S 62 CJ5
Join Date: May 2008
Location: SoCal

iTrader: (0)

Quote:
Originally Posted by kei169 View Post
great!
Should take more pics for the finish!
Thanks, but I started at 6am and finished at 10pm. I wish he would have been able to stay till today so that I could get some good daylight shots, but he had to hit the road. It was a great turnaround however and I was very happy I was able to get out the imperfections in his paint.
Appreciate 0
      05-17-2009, 10:41 PM   #5
NoMods
Colonel
NoMods's Avatar
No_Country
1108
Rep
2,325
Posts

Drives: 2022 M5
Join Date: May 2006
Location: USA

iTrader: (10)

Garage List
2022 M5  [10.00]
DUPE!!! IBTL

SVTFAST post here also - where's your AR shot?
Appreciate 0
      05-17-2009, 11:49 PM   #6
Craig@SupremePower
G.O.A.T.!
Craig@SupremePower's Avatar
United_States
1000
Rep
74,998
Posts

Drives: '18 GMC Yukon XL
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: New Jersey

iTrader: (14)

nice job..
Appreciate 0
Reply

Bookmarks


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:55 PM.




e90post
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.11
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions Inc.
1Addicts.com, BIMMERPOST.com, E90Post.com, F30Post.com, M3Post.com, ZPost.com, 5Post.com, 6Post.com, 7Post.com, XBimmers.com logo and trademark are properties of BIMMERPOST