BMW M3 Detailed

silvertsi said:

Thanks for the comment *tu*

As for your questions

First the Foam that you see on the car isn't from any particular soap but an attachment for a pressure washer, it's designed to foam the soap all over the car and to be fast, easy and as safe as possible for the paint. Any soap will work and there are even specially designed 'foaming soaps' such as detailer's pride extreme foam formula or chemical guys honey dew snow foam. In this case because I was preping the car for polish and wax I used detergent to strip the surface as much as possible. I used Palmolive but I find it has poor foaming abilities compared to other detergents or car soaps, I normally go for the dawn which foams much more and has stronger grease cutting abilities but I ran out and was to lazy to drive down to the store so I grabbed the Palmolive I had. It still does the trick.

Second the wheel cleaner you see is Car pro Iron X. Its a chemical decontaminate that reacts with metal particles such as brake dust, rail dust, soot, and other metal based contaminates including some airborne dust. When it reacts with these particles it turns red/purple and actually dissolves them. This product is made to be used on the entire car from paint, to glass, to wheels etc. There is another similar product From Sonax called full effect wheel cleaner, it's based on the same technology but is more wheel specific. Both products work great so to choose between them, either way you wont go wrong.

These wheels weren't extremely dirty to begin with, it can handle much tougher jobs. Especially on German cars with LOTS of brake dust.

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silvertsi said:

I'm looking for exactly that oem 19s or any other nice oem's or a very select list of aftermarket wheels. I don't like these wheels at all they don't do the car justice size and offset is all wrong, they will look great on someone's 3-series looking for an upgrade though.

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Karim E36 said:

Thanks!

2 more noob questions

- What is a good place to order supplies from for people in Montreal?

- About the wash, do you spray it and then wash with a sponge?

+1 on the black grills btw.

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RP22 said:

Hi,

I have a set of 19" oem 2005 M3 for sale...immaculate condition...

They re listed on the forum under roues M3 E46 A VENDRE...

Let me know..

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silvertsi said:

For a place to buy products I recommend www.eshine.ca or www.autoobsessed.com both are located in Canada so there is no need to worry about over priced shipping or duties, shipping only takes a few days and both carry tons of top quality professional products. Both sites also offer a special of free shipping on orders of 150$ and over, which is great. If I'm not mistaken Eshine has a sale right now on a riccardo foam cannon 25% off as well. But both sites always have good specials going on.

About the washing, you would first rinse the car with a pressure washer to remove loose dirt and debris. Then foam the whole, you can let it sit for a couple minutes to let the soap soak into the dirt. I use a sheepskin wash mit and scrub the car working top down and rinse it again. If you want to be extra cautious you can rinse the first foaming off repeat a second time and then scrub it down. This way you can be sure to cause as little damage as possible to the paint. Most paint damage, scratches, swirls etc are caused by poor washing techniques

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Karim E36 said:

Thank you very much. Appreciated.

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RP22 said:

Take a look at Continentals...ExtremeContact

That s what I got and I really like them...they were really affordable....go see Dan at Lazer on H-B..

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Paseb said:

nice car!

now drop that car with st suspension, i would leave the 18" wheels on
hard to see on the pic, but my car is pretty slammed

ps: if you want to sell your black interior, please contact me, i need to get rid of my yellow int

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NICOBKN said:

really nice

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VB said:

Sweet ride Ryan. I love that generation of BMW.

Great job on the detail.

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sptwrx said:

Ry,

The car looks amazing, can't wait to see those new wheels on it! Seriously considering getting an 09 to 2011 M3 myself and we can cruise.


J

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