1991 Red 325i

[jb1]

Decided to detail the e30. Full clean, machine polish and wax. Thought I would post up a few of the paint correction pics. There are dust specs on the iphone camera which you will see in all the pics:

Before - Bonnet


After - Bonnet


Before - Boot




After - Boot



Before - Rear wing



After - Rear wing


After - Door




Thanks for looking

[SAP1]

Lovely moordoor! Get 15inch BBS wheels though

[jb1]

Thanks. Would prefer BBS, but I won't keep it long enough to warrant the outlay.

[TPS]

Very Nice

[jb1]

Given the car a little update this weekend in the form of some new wheels:

[Mitchen]

Perfect!

[bss325i]

Much better!

Next up, paint the sills black as per original and lose the smoked lights.

[jb1]

Yeah I was planning on doing the indicators today, but didn't get round to it. What's best to use for removing the smoke effect, white spirit? Wing mirrors also need some attention.

[j2b]

More door FTW

[MPOWERCRAZY]

what polish did you use mate? nice looking example

[325ftmfw]

It will have more to do with the polisher, grade of pad and skill level with the machine than the polish itself.

ive got a rupes bigfoot 21 and you could use the shittest polish and still get a mirror.

[jb1]

I use a DAS-6 pro with hex logic pads.

For heavy stuff I use orange pads with Meguiars #105 heavy cut compound and lighter stuff with white pads and Meguiars #205 Ultra finishing polish. Then I have a black pad for even lighter stuff. Also have AutoGlym super resin polish. Finished off with a sealant and Autoglym HD wax.

Choice of polish is much of a muchness, just a case of the correct pad/polish combination and how you use the polisher.