1987 BMW 3 Series with M3 Engine swap

Old 05-14-2014, 02:36 PM
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So a customer of mine had his car repainted, and of course the paint was covered in rotary buffing trails. Here is what the car looked like when he dropped it off...












I Dont have any pictures of the washing stage but list of products used
Wash:
Foam cannon
CG Citrus wash n clear
carpro merino wool mitt
CR spotless
2 BM+ Grit guards
Sidekick air blaster to air dry



Weapons of Choice for correction phase

Flex pe 14
Flex 3401
Rupes 21
buff n shine MF pads
BnS 5.5 foam pads
LC hybrid pads
Meguiars 101 and 105
Menz FG400

Polish stage:
Sonax Perfect Finish (not pictured)





Wheels and Tires:
Sonax Full Effect
TUF Shine brush
various wheel woolies
Megs APC+
Mothers Fender Brush
Ultima Tire and Trim for both the trim and tires
Bouncers Looking sweet wheel wax

Exhaust:
Megs super degreaser
Daytona Speed brush Jr
Steel Wool 0000
Optimum metal polish

Engine:
Wasnt too bad so i decided to go with megs APC+ and various brushes
Megs ASD

LSP:
CG Black wax



Couple of pictures during the process












And finally here are the Glamour shots
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Sorry Forgot to add these, cant edit post. Just some 50 50 shots and shots of the rims being cleaned







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that motor is STUFFED in there.
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Looks incredible!
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Originally Posted by freq
that motor is STUFFED in there.
hahaha for sure hardly any room to stick my arm in there and wipe it down
Originally Posted by baZurk
Looks incredible!
Thank you!
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