E46 M3

[calypso]

Rear vent windows

Which I still cant see the use for, except huge noise when open

Yeah they are more noisey then the e36's. I use them to get hot air out the car quick. But it annoys me that they not one touch, have to sit there and watch them in the mirrors. But there is a mod for it that I will be looking into shortly.

 

[Fordkoppie]

Rear vent windows

Which I still cant see the use for, except huge noise when open

Yeah they are more noisey then the e36's. I use them to get hot air out the car quick. But it annoys me that they not one touch, have to sit there and watch them in the mirrors. But there is a mod for it that I will be looking into shortly.

Mine is one touch open, but you have to keep the button up to close
What year is yours?

 

[MFD 187]

:thumbs:
Looks good

 

[kabal]

yup, 1 touch open, but not close :flyfun:

 

[calypso]

My bad, mine is the same. Feel doff holding it now.

 

[Phumi]

WOW, congrats...& what a neat garage, i want a garage like that raise:

 

[Pidondo]

top car!

 

[calypso]

Polishing today.

Some progress, but taking alot longer then it should.

 

[Sankekur]

That is quite the improvement raise:

 

[Prev]

Nice improvement Calypso :thumbs:

Where do you get the blue tape from? Would normal masking tape also work on trim when polishing?

 

[calypso]

Nice improvement Calypso :thumbs:

Where do you get the blue tape from? Would normal masking tape also work on trim when polishing?

Its painters tape, can be bought at ant hardware store. Normal take can work, but painters tape has the advantage of being low tack, and leaves little residue.

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Some more work

Here you can see the blue flake in carbon black

 

[calypso]

Quick update, did abit of work this weekend after all the disruptions and distractions.

Foamed the car off to get rid of compounding dust.
Paint after PowerGloss on Purple foamed wool, but 2 passes per panel. Leaves things rather hazy.

Refined with some SIP on white polishing pad with a dab of FF to increase runtime and lower dusting.

Some cheesy reflection shots

Last bit of final polishing, working from top down.

And now a quick once over with Vertua Bond 408

Ok so all thats left now its to refoam to get rid of all the dried polish I cleared out of crevices and to hand polish the areas the machine didnt reach + mirrors.
After that it will be time to apply the Cquartz, and start to clean and replace the trim.
Hope to get that done tomorrow, time permitting.

 

[freerider]

Have you ever posted pics of the porsche?

 

[MFD 187]

excellent work there:bravo:

when can i bring my car?
show us the porche

 

[Legacy]

Fantastic work! raise: Wasn't so sure about Carbon black before but the more I see it the better it looks! :bravo:

 

[calypso]

Have you ever posted pics of the porsche?

Yep - http://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=4499

excellent work there:bravo:

when can i bring my car?
show us the porche

You can bring you car any time. Just bring the cheque book too. Ballache job.

 

[Fordkoppie]

Shoe. That takes some effort to get black paint like that.
Nice work raise:[/u]

 

[Cole]

wow the car is looking great, must have been heavy work to polish though! :thumbs:

 

[BRUCE G]

That is an excellent job. Love the way it looks and the attention to detail :thumbs:

 

[Legacy]

Stupid question but what is the blue tray thingy that you can sit on called and where can I get one? :fencelook: