Alwaysbored786 Detailed 2003.5 Carbon Black M3

[alwaysbored786]

I recently detailed a 2003.5 Carbon Black (it's a really dark blue) M3. It was an interesting color to work with as it showed many defects, but cleaned up very well as well. Now this was my first time actually attempting to detail the exterior of a car using my PC 7424XP and Menzerna polishes, so the results may not be as good as some of the professional detailers out there, but I think they aren't that bad either, you can judge that yourself. I should be getting better finished pictures soon, most of my pics may not be that great as I took them in a hurry. I don't have pictures of all the panels as well, but they were all equally swirled
The owner of the car had the car washed before I came over to start the detailing process.

Heres what steps I did:

Mothers clay bar using diluted ONR as lube
Dry off the car using Waffle Weave Microfibers
Menzerna IP using Lake Country Yellow pad on a 6" backing plate (I tried a less aggressive approach but it just wasn't getting the defects out)
Nattys blue paste wax (applied by hand)
Now most of you may wonder if the IP with yellow pad left buffer trails, marks, etc. From what I noticed, it finished down extremely well, and the pictures show that.

Here are the before pictures:

Passenger side of rear bumper
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2744/4430365395_f47111dc20_b.jpg

Driver side rear bumper
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4431128030_f1d13f205f_b.jpg

Passenger Fender (driver fender was nearly identical with swirl amounts)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4430360663_a9019460c1_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4430361283_1fa32bbedc_b.jpg
Same fender, but I polished the top part, this pic shows the swirled bottom
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4430360967_a6062f9eab_b.jpg

Passenger door
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2697/4431131574_505c66f255_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2766/4431132064_4b271fdcfd_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4431132410_9dee0f9ae7_b.jpg

Hood (Plenty of rock chips)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2725/4431108788_6de1cd4fc4_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2698/4431109648_19983d5e21_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4430342669_afa70fdb11_b.jpg

Roof (sorry for the bad pictures)
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4041/4431125884_cf91a2f2f5_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/4431125538_37f31d0d0f_b.jpg

Side skirt
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4430356383_dcb3603b59_b.jpg

Trunk
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2749/4431135238_15c414b3dc_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2707/4431135516_3d85294309_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2714/4430366055_8c8bb0e0f8_b.jpg

50/50 shots

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4431112492_0c45c80307_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2721/4431132728_b5efc09108_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4430365059_c1868dcefc_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2753/4431133054_6c6cec6111_b.jpg


Finished shots (ill have better ones soon, the ones below have no wax applied to the panels yet)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4430367223_03d0b0c4ff_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4028/4431137006_92a137c33c_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4430368089_1393d87c0c_b.jpg

Top part is finished, Bumper is not:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2711/4430365729_811884f558_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2692/4431134934_062d4cd0d5_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/4431131268_bb98e5c1be_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2732/4430361825_7eee34458b_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2557/4431130244_992c29eab0_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2767/4430360097_5b75bc71ea_b.jpg

[alwaysbored786]

Top part is quarter panel which is finished, bumper is not
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4430356749_91806d74be_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4026/4431124054_bc76f7620d_b.jpg
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4431112214_b6d77e6829_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2450/4430359049_73a39e569d_b.jpg

I will be getting actual final shots soon, stay tuned!

Reserved

[jtsystems]

Wow nice results...

But that car needs a complete wet sand! were they using orange peel and press painting the car! crickey that is some bad paint work from the production right there!