Weekend of detailing

[ocde30]

My family were away for the weekend so just me, the dog, an E30 and a garage full of cleaning stuff - could only be one result !

[Foe]

Lovely and clean that!

[ocde30]

Not my daily driver but does get used. Taking it out after a good clean does feel special.

[Satan]

You rubbed it so hard the 325 badge changed to a 318 ;o))))

[Satan]

Does look very nice, what colour are the alloys as my son wants to get his painted?

[ocde30]

Ahh. I'll stop polishing the boot then or else I'll end up with a 316.

The wheels are BMW Sterling Silver the same as the car. I think this is close to original as I haven't needed to do the centres and they match very good. I painted them myself - another long weekend!

[martauto]

Ahh. I'll stop polishing the boot then or else I'll end up with a 316.

The wheels are BMW Sterling Silver the same as the car. I think this is close to original as I haven't needed to do the centres and they match very good. I painted them myself - another long weekend!

Very nice indeed sir, and whats wrong with a 316 !!!!!!!

Mart.

[Steve]

That is clean, It looks great, well done.

[ocde30]

Nothing at all I LOVE the 316 and all other E30's. I saw my very first unmolested standard E30 M3 last week in a guys garage - wow, I also LOVE them now!

[ocde30]

It is a good car - I'm very pleased with it. Clean underneath now - another weekend bites the dust.

[martauto]

Nothing at all I LOVE the 316 and all other E30's. I saw my very first unmolested standard E30 M3 last week in a guys garage - wow, I also LOVE them now!

Mine is still the 1800 m10
Great to see such enthusiasm

Mart.

[Satan]

That interior is lovely, nice to see seats that aren't worn to hell and back.

Also the engine bay puts mine to shame but then again I think mine was a "last car off the line" that week and they decided to empty the protective wax spray gun,

[ocde30]

Thanks for the encouraging comments . They waxed absolutely everything in the engine bay - it looked a real mess when new. I had two brand new and never really could keep them "clean" under the bonnet Now 30 years on the wax shows up more on some colours than others. Satan - your engine bay looks good ! I saw some horrors up and down the country whilst looking for my car - mine was filthy but not rusty so encouraged me to clean without removing the protective wax.. Here are some before and after.

[Satan]

You are missing the little foam rectangle in the bonnet foam though.

[Ozu]

I’m clearly not obsessive enough and need to raise my game

[alexdejonghe]

Some very impressive elbow greasing Mr Ozu, Which product did you use to strip away all the grime in the engine bay?

[ocde30]

On the metal I just use a very tiny drop of petrol on a cloth - not lots. Used sparingly and avoiding perishable areas it doesn't remove the original wax and so leaves a clean bog standard look to the bay.
Finished off with a bit of polish and wax to protect.

[Ozu]

My brake servo is a mess and lets it all down. And I’ve got grime on inner lip of lower bonnet. Must try harder

[Cloggy Saint]

Scabby servos are the norm it seems and tend to let down a lot of obsessive owner's bays. I had mine out a while back and gave it some tlc, which on a lhd car is no easy task.

[paultv]

blimey, every time I come back from a long haul, the whole car is seriously filthy - Sterling Silber shows the muck really badly - I couldn't keep mine that clean - I'd never be able to drive the blighter!!

Paul