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E46 M3
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calypso
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Legacy said:
http://www.tooltime.co.za/Products.aspx?cat=113
Sankekur said:
I wanted black, it looks best when its really clean. Would have also been happy with dark silver or white though.
When looking for a clean car you cant always be too fussy on colour. But it worked out alright for me.
calypso
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Minor update:
Just foamed the car to get rid of more polishing dust and hand polished some parts that were in accessible via machine.
Door handle was Menz Powergloss on a German applicator using the hard yellow side. Refined with SIP on Yellow LCC CCS hand appilcator
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Mirrors and base plates done the same way.
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These all came out alright but not perfect. There are some smaller marks the camera cant pick up if seen at the right angle. One would need to do Carn's dremel trick to get to those spots. But for now, its good enough for me.
Hopefully, time permitting, tomorrow the car will be alcohol washed and the Cquartz applied.
Just foamed the car to get rid of more polishing dust and hand polished some parts that were in accessible via machine.
Door handle was Menz Powergloss on a German applicator using the hard yellow side. Refined with SIP on Yellow LCC CCS hand appilcator
Before:
After:
Mirrors and base plates done the same way.
Before:
After:
These all came out alright but not perfect. There are some smaller marks the camera cant pick up if seen at the right angle. One would need to do Carn's dremel trick to get to those spots. But for now, its good enough for me.
Hopefully, time permitting, tomorrow the car will be alcohol washed and the Cquartz applied.
andrewbuch
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WOW Awesome work.... And that Garage is awesome as well.. So neat & tidy
calypso
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Legacy said:Epic work there!
What is a alcohol wash...? :fencelook:
CQuartz needs a very clean surface to adhere to. I mainly use Menzerna polish's, and they work down very cleanly + have no fillers, but even so will leave behind a little bit of polishing oil. This is fine if your going to put a natural wax on top, but not so great if you want to put something synthetic on top of the paint.
So to get rid of the polishing oils you use something like Isopropyl Alcohol to help wipe away the oils. Also help to make double sure that you have removed all possible filler, so you can know that all the defects have been removed and not just filled in.
Anyways onto the work.
Cquartz
Cquartz curing on the paint
The stuff is a ball ache to use, you only have 30ml to do the whole car and the bottle leaks.
And wiped off
And just some random reflection shots of the car as I was going along doing panels.
The Cquartz added very little to the car in terms of gloss, sharpness or colour, I'd say marginal improvements all around. But the surface was pretty slick to start with, not many defects to hide.
Kidneys showed some oxidization, cleaned that up with Megs Metal Polish.
And just some more general reflection shots.
I didnt coat the side skirts as I am not happy with them, will redo another time. Also need to finish off the side trim and reattach. No plastics, rubber, or glass work has been done yet, so dont judge me of it looks abit off.
Also the camera seemed to really struggle to focus in the last few, I think its bit buggered.
Will post some pics of it outside as soon as I have a chance.
Fordkoppie
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calypso said:And wiped off
Why is the e36 interior outside?
calypso
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Fordkoppie said:
BECAUSE RACECAR!
Actually the doorcards need to be rebuilt. Took to to "the best" shop in PE and the cheap glue they used started coming undone after 3 months. The small parts I did with a small glue gun and some Stanley high strength glue sticks, are still holding strong. So need to decide what I can do myself and what needs to be done by an upholsterer.
Also waiting on a new seat skin for the e36 so I can take it to the upholsterer in 1 go, but it seems its lost somewhere between here and Germany.
calypso
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Phumi said:WOW...you got a Porsche, E36 M3 & a E46 M3 :yikes:
what more can a man ask forraise:
Porsche isnt mine.
Ok well just about done. Cquartz is on and cured. Just have not done the side skirts (not happy with how they came out). And the door trim (I'm lazy, will do it on the weekend).
Anyways took a few pics in the 8am sun before work. Not ideal as the sun is at a very shallow angle with not much power, will but nice once I can take some pics of the car once its properly sunny.
Car is abit dusty now, but I can only wash it in a week as per the CQuartz instructions.
