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E46 M3 - Carbon Black
21-08-2011, 11:00 AM
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E46 M3 - Carbon Black
Oki so decided to put some work in on the e46. Want to try out the CQuartz too so machining is in order.

Car is very dirty, looks like its been wool mopped before and wears a generic glaze. Ive had it for 3 weeks now.

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Wheels are pretty bad, but they just getting a quick wash now, need a proper wheels off clean, they arches need work too, but thats for another time.
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Nice holograms through the dirt
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Foam foamed with strong CWG + APC mix , washed strong CWG mix, glaze and LSP is off.
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After this was the IronX, cant say I noticed much of a difference, as this car was pretty free of contaminants. And being black you cant see the IronX working. The floor was purple though.
Clay also was uneventful. pretty clean overall. Just some muck on the lower panels I presume where the wool mop could not reach.

Next is trim off, clean underneath and tape up
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General swirl RIDS ect
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Stone chips anyone?
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Any my favourite, the shallow angle high light, high gloss pic.
No correction here, just wash and clay. So dont believe everything you see.
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Sorry I didnt use tape, was abit pressed for time, and using teh camera already slows you down, but this is 1 pass FF on a LCC CCS white polishing pad.
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Better but certainly not perfect. The FA is glossing well but just not enough oomph to get the medium RIDS, let alone heavy.

SIP on orange light cutting
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More passes, not getting any better
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Here is Powergloss, with a drop FF on a yellow cutting pad, multiple passes, followed by FF on a white polishing pad.
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This camera is worth every cent, its making the paint look better then what is is. There are still some defects left that are just not coming out.
The LCC CCS compounding pads are starting to clock and crumble. So looks like that might be holding me back.
Flex 3401 is supposed to be king of the once step correction, but it looks like on dice today, gonna have to do multiple passes and steps to get this right. And I'm still coughing up compounding dust, its bloody everywhere.

Final shots
You can see with the flash some minor detail is till present.
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In florescent, not so visible
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I dont think Im going to get this paint to the point where I will be happy to CQuartz it this weekend, but we will have to see how far I get.
Gonna try purple foamed wool followed by SIP on a white polishing pad to see if I get get a better combo.

Anyways enough faffing, back to work.
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E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 21-08-2011 11:00 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Sankekur - 21-08-2011, 01:50 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - SilverSabre - 21-08-2011, 06:29 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - PrevanP - 21-08-2011, 07:15 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 21-08-2011, 10:53 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Woodie - 22-08-2011, 06:44 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Carn - 23-08-2011, 07:05 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 23-08-2011, 07:52 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - STaX - 23-08-2011, 09:31 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Wells - 23-08-2011, 10:02 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Sankekur - 23-08-2011, 10:34 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 23-08-2011, 02:24 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - STaX - 23-08-2011, 10:55 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Sankekur - 23-08-2011, 11:05 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Jughead - 23-08-2011, 01:09 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Sankekur - 23-08-2011, 02:54 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - kripstoe - 23-08-2011, 03:17 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - SilverSabre - 23-08-2011, 03:18 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 23-08-2011, 10:36 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - onyx - 24-08-2011, 02:43 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 29-08-2011, 10:24 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Carn - 30-08-2011, 06:58 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - SilverSabre - 30-08-2011, 11:48 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Audioholic - 30-08-2011, 01:02 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 31-08-2011, 12:34 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Carn - 31-08-2011, 06:59 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - mbl - 31-08-2011, 12:40 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - onyx - 01-09-2011, 09:56 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 05-09-2011, 11:37 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - STaX - 06-09-2011, 09:07 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Wells - 06-09-2011, 10:54 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Sankekur - 06-09-2011, 01:29 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 07-09-2011, 08:20 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - onyx - 08-09-2011, 10:17 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Wells - 09-09-2011, 10:53 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 09-09-2011, 02:44 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 12-09-2011, 09:26 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Sankekur - 13-09-2011, 09:45 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Sankekur - 20-10-2011, 10:29 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 20-02-2012, 07:57 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - eviltoy - 21-02-2012, 11:29 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - zckid - 23-02-2012, 09:42 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Wells - 14-03-2012, 09:12 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 14-03-2012, 09:12 PM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Wells - 16-03-2012, 09:57 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 22-03-2012, 07:37 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - calypso - 15-08-2012, 08:07 AM
RE: E46 M3 - Carbon Black - Wells - 15-08-2012, 09:34 AM

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