Jerez Black M3 Restoration Detail - Fun cold day!

[Woob]

2008 Jerez Black M3 with dealer induced swirls. Thankfully only from the carwash and dealer neglect. Sun kept peaking in & out during the day but the cold didn't stop me from finishing this car before sundown.

Initial D300/M105 cut really cut through 90% of the swirls, although some deeper scratches and swirls remained. Went with D300 Finishing Disc just to see what would happen and got almost to 5% better although the finish was dramatic. Decided to PoliSeal it for the sake of the age of the paint. Still playing with the Meg's MF system, but I love it. All I need now is some 3 inch setups to address deep etching/marring in small areas.

Process & Products:
Wheels - Sonax Wheel Cleaner, Optimum Power Clean, various brushes. Sealed with OptiSeal Tires – Power Clean & Optibond
Wash – Foam bath with Poorboy’s SSS, Power Clean – Pre Wash.
Clay – Yellow Erazer for decontamination.
Polish/Compound – D300 Correction Compound & M105 with Cutting MF Pad, D300 with Finishing MF Pad.
Finish – Poliseal, Optiseal, Optimum Car Wax. Finish Kare 425 Wipedown.
Interior – Optimum Protectant Plus

Before

In Process

After

 

[NoleFan]

Wow that turned out great. How long did this one take? I really have to get some microfiber pads to see what all of the fuss is about. Waiting for the optimum pads though.

 

[mwtaco]

nice. that paint looked pretty bad on the befores. great car.

 

[CT3]

Those were some mean swirls. It came out great, nice turnaround.

 

[classofshine]

Great job! You turned a swirled out mess turned into a fantastic looking Bimmer! Good work.

 

[dfbjr1]

From Dealer Rash to Mean Sheen!
It is beautiful - Great Work!

 

[Woob]

Wow that turned out great. How long did this one take? I really have to get some microfiber pads to see what all of the fuss is about. Waiting for the optimum pads though.

9ish hours going at a steady rate. I mainly ran out of sunlight. MF pads are awesome, but very very technique oriented. They don't buff like foam pads whatsoever.

Thanks all.

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Great job! Jerez Black looks SO GOOD when done right and you definitely did it right. :bigups:rockon

 

[Pats300zx]

Wow...what a turnaround. Great job !!!

 

[jtford95]

That does look great! Awesome job.

 

[Marc08EX]

Wow that car was trashed!!! Great job reviving it and making it look the way it should.

 

[holland_patrick]

Love those dealers....nice job on the black car

 

[mjlinane]

Beautiful work.

Seeing cars like this make me count my lucky stars and thank Hyundai for the granite-hard paint. Mine sat on the lot for almost 6 months nary a swirl. A couple of deep RIDS, yes, but you can't have everything.

 

[broker99]

what a mess. Nice job. I love the M's.

 

[Woob]

Thanks for the compliments! I call Jerez Black really dark blue. Not complaining about how soft the paint is, its quite easy to maintain and marr resistant.

 

[Old Pirate]

Great turnaround Woob, looks sweet:drool: