Mineral White BMW M3 gets some love - New Car Prep - Xpel Ultimate

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  1. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    Finally with the move to the new shop and all the holiday specials we have been working on I had some time to get some work done on my own car.

    I was lucky enough to pick up a 2015 Mineral White M3 without any major imperfections.

    Let's start with the interior clean up first.

    We pulled out all the wrapper and a few of the decals on the glass. Did a vac and wipe down with a cockpit cleaner, followed by a nice leather cleaning and conditioning to prevent denim transfer. Glass was done as well as door jambs were sealed.

    Here is a list of products used on the interior.

    1Z einszett Cockpit
    Leather Master Strong Cleaner
    Leather Master Barrier
    Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner
    1Z einszett Gummi Pflege Stift Rubber Care Stick

    Tools used
    Metro Jumbo Vac n Blow
    Uber Leather and Carpet Brush
    Uber Microfiber Towels
    Uber Microfiber Applicator Pad

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    Removing the tags and wrapper left in the car
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    Leather cleaning and conditioning - even though the car is new I decided to clean with Leather Master Strong Cleaner followed with Leather Master Barrier to do some preventive maintenance to protect the leather from denim transfer.

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    Door Jambs cleaned and protected - Sonax Polymer Net Shield was used on the jambs
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    Door seals cleaned and protected with 1Z einszett Gummi - great way to keep them fresh and new as well as during the winter months its keeps your doors from freezing shut.
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    Moving on to the exterior prep and Xpel Ultimate installation.

    Exterior
    - Wheels were cleaned
    - Tires were cleaned and dressed up with Adam's Super VRT
    - Wheel wells were cleaned up
    - Washed with 1Z einszett Glanz Shampoo
    - Decon with Sonax Fallout Remover
    - NanoSkin AutoScrub Mitt
    - Clay
    - Door jambs were cleaned up
    - Dried
    - Masking
    - Paint Measurement
    - Final Polish - Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6
    - Cleaned paint with Menzerna Top Inspection
    - Last step - Sonax Polymer Net Shield (will apply a coating when I can put more time on the car)
    - Inspection with LED, Fenix and natural sunlight
    - Rubber and Plastics Treated
    - Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned
    - Exhaust tips cleaned


    Products used:
    1Z einszett Glanz Shampoo
    Uber Clay Bar
    Sonax Fall Out Remover
    Auto Finesse Oblitarate
    NanoSkin AutoScrub Mitt
    Sonax Perfect Finish
    Sonax Polymer Net Shield
    Adam's Super VRT
    Menzerna Top Inspection
    Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner

    Tools used
    Uber Quick Detail MF Towels
    Uber All Purpose MF Towels
    Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher
    Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher
    Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher
    Uber Buffing Pads
    Defelsko Paint Meter
    Fenix TK35
    2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
    Adam's Firehose Nozzle
    Metro Air Force Blaster

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    Wheel cleaning - Sonax Wheel Cleaner Plus and various brushes
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    Uber Boar's Hair Brush for the lugs
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    Wheel Woolies for behind the spokes and the first 1/2 of the inner wheel barrels
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    EZ Detail Brush for the back half of the wheels and in between the calipers and wheels - super tight especially with the stock 19's.
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    Smaller Wheel Woolies for between the spokes
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    Adam's Boulder Brush for the face of the wheels - super gentle.
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    Rinse them off.
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    Decon with Sonax Fallout Remover (it pulled up quite a bit of iron particles and fallout with only a few hundred miles on it)
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    After all the decon wash pressure washed off we foam the car
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    Rinse and blow dry
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    With the darker/matte wheels I have found we always need to go back and hit them up with a detail spray to ensure they are perfectly clean.
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    Washed and Dried - next up clay bar
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    Making sure the car is perfect prior to the Xpel Ultimate Clear Film installation. A good polish with Sonax Perfect Finish and the Rupes LHR21 with Rupes Yellow Pad.
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    After the complete prep we made sure all the areas that were getting protected with Xpel were cleaned a few times with an IPA wipe down.

    Areas being covered - front bumper, full front fenders, full hood, mirrors, headlights, a pillars, front of the roof, door cups, full side skirts, luggage area on the back bumper and behind the rear wheels on the rear bumper.

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    Some final touches -
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    Getting the tires cleaned and dressed - using Stoner's Tarminator, Auto Finesse Obilitarate, Adam's Super VRT
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    No after shots with the stock set up we went to Ben and Mark at Rogue Engineering for some goodies.

    Rogue Engineering installed H&R Springs, Rogue Engineering Spacers 12 mm, and Rogue Engineering Stainless Steel Brake Lines

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    Back at DD it was cleaned it up and took some final shots.

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    Hope you enjoyed it, email me with any questions about this write up or anything else detailed related.
     
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  2. JordanL

    JordanL Virgin Detailer

    Fantastic Write up Phil! I loved the in depth of it!
     
  3. okay65829

    okay65829 Active Member

    Awesome car phil!!! Kinda sad you didn't get the RS5, but what a great choice!
     
  4. detailman89

    detailman89 New Member

    great job excellent boys ....video?
     
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  5. GDAL

    GDAL Super Moderator

    Awesome ride. You know I'm gonna ask ... do you still have your swee S4?
     
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  6. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    yes this car will be gone before that 01 ; )
     
  7. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    thanks! sorry no video, been too busy to get the videos up.
     
  8. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    thanks!
     
  9. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    this was the right choice ; )
     
  10. Socal Brian

    Socal Brian DB Forum Supporter

    Nice Phil! and congrats!
     
  11. Auto Concierge

    Auto Concierge DB Pro Supporter

    Good stuff Phil, how much did you charge yourself for the job.................... estimated a Yaz Marina Blue M3 tonight so I will see the car in Jan first week love this car.

    When are BBS wheels going on?.
     
  12. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    thanks guys!

    Bob you know I'm looking into it but the previous gen e92 comp wheels (style 359) maybe what I want to rock on this one. ; )

    I charged myself alot lol
     
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  14. bentley147

    bentley147 Jedi Nuba

    this was good job sonax is the bomb
     
  15. bentley147

    bentley147 Jedi Nuba

    for a brand new car that had a lot iron particles in it woow
     
  16. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    yes I would agree, we have been doing quite a few new cars with a ton of iron particles in them.
     
  17. artemis53

    artemis53 Jedi Nuba

    With that much being wrapped already, why not just wrap the entire car? lol.

    Great work! What foamer was that? Not listed in tools used.
     
  18. detailersdomain

    detailersdomain Administrator

    we could have wrapped it but it would be much more expensive to do that, also we use the car as a test car for many new products.
     

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