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2010 BMW M3 in Jet Black
Saved From the Hackers
2010 BMW M3 in Jet Black
Saved From the Hackers
The owner of this beautiful M3 knew all to well the difficulty in getting a Jet Black bimmer with perfect paint let alone keeping it that way. For this reason he factory ordered this beauty as well as instructed the dealership to not wash his vehicle.
When he went to pick up his vehicle I am sure you can imagine his horror when he was greeted with a swirled up mess. Unfortunately the dealership took it upon themselves to be so kind as to treat his new machine to a “Hand Wash� as they so proudly touted.
When the owner expressed his dissatisfaction the dealership reassured that their “Hand Wash� could not have been the culprit but, they would send this out to a detail shop and have the problem rectified.
Want to guess how that turned out?
Fast forward to when the owner picks up the car after being “detailed�. The vehicle looked no better that before (worst actually), as the dealer explained it the detail shop “was not able to remove the swirls�, they also informed the owner that this is “how all cars look, swirls are just inherent to paint�…..
As you will see, not only was the detail shop not able to remove the heavy wash induced swirls but they were also kind enough to leave evidence of their shoddy work in the form of holograms throughout and left over compound/wax etc.
So, as they say… On with the show!
As always the cleansing process started with the wheel areas. Products used were
Chemicals:
AutoGlym Custom Wheel Cleaner: Used on rims and tires
Meg’s Super Degreaser: Used on arches
Tools:
Raceglaze XL Brush: Used for barrels on rims and to get into small clearance to scrub arches
Black Magic Tire Brush: used to scrub tires
Wash Mitt: Used to clean face of rims
Megs Wheel Brush: Used to clean face of rims
AG CWC hard at work.
After the wheels/arches/tires were sorted out it was time to clean the paint.
Wash process is below:
Entire exterior generously pressure washed
Entire exterior generously showered with foam cannon (Chemical Guys Citrus Clear) and left to dwell for 5 minutes
Entire exterior generously pressure washed
Entire exterior generously showered with foam cannon (Chemical Guys Citrus Clear) and left to dwell for 5 minutes
While foam was dwelling the emblems and crevices were cleaned with Megs slide lock brush and bucket of diluted Chemical Guys Citrus Clear
Entire exterior generously pressure washed
Exterior was clayed with Riccardo yellow clay and ONR as lube
Entire exterior generously pressure washed
Exterior was blown dry and then dried with waffle weave micro fiber towels
Thick layer of foam working its magic
After dwell time
Condition of “freshly detailed� car by bimmer approved detail shop???? As can be seen there was a consistent level of scratches/marring/swirls/holograms throughout the entire paintwork of this vehicle.
Hood Before:
Rear Deck Lid Before:
Drivers Side C Pillar Before:
Drivers Door Before:
Drivers ¼ panel before:
Nice holograms even on the side lip of hood before:
Drivers Rear ¼ Panel Before:
Passenger C Pillar Before:
Passenger Door Before:
Mirror Housing Before:
Roof Before:
I was really surprised to see such a high amount of defects on a 2010 
Isn't it a little risky to foam in the sun? Do you have a DI system? I had a bad experience with that the other day, i foamed a 2008 335i jet black in 90% shade and the 10% exposed had soap streaks burned in (which came out with polishing).
