2003 BMW M3 - Paint correction - Extreme Makeover
There was something brutal on or in this paint. It looked like a real bad case of total clear coat failure.
The client brought it to me as a last resort. Body shop repaint quoted him $12,500 to repaint the car.
We all know you do not want to repaint if you do not have to. It devalues and it is never the same.
I did a little 18"x18" test spot in the middle of his hood and whatever it was came off using...
Scholl`s S3, Flex 3401 and a LC Force Hybrid Orange Pad. The test spot looked awesome!
I followed that up with a Rupes 21, Scholl`s S30 and S40 polish and LC finishing pads.
Interestingly enough...at the time I was booked up over a month in advance.
We made the appointment for a month away and I kinda expected him to forget/or bail.
I contacted him two days before the appointment and he was anxious to give it a go.
The funny part was him pulling up in a M3 with a real shiny spot in the middle of his hood.
I wasn't cheap but I was a lot less than 12k, and he had original OEM paint looking better than new.
I`m not a 50/50 shots gut my (old) iPhone has a lens smaller than a pencil eraser. but here goes...
The top of the before/after is the only shot I have of what his hood looked like.
It looked like total CC failure. You can see the tape line in the fluorescent light.
Finished result
The End
Needless to say he was absolutely blown away when I was done!
Thanks for looking...
There was something brutal on or in this paint. It looked like a real bad case of total clear coat failure.
The client brought it to me as a last resort. Body shop repaint quoted him $12,500 to repaint the car.
We all know you do not want to repaint if you do not have to. It devalues and it is never the same.
I did a little 18"x18" test spot in the middle of his hood and whatever it was came off using...
Scholl`s S3, Flex 3401 and a LC Force Hybrid Orange Pad. The test spot looked awesome!
I followed that up with a Rupes 21, Scholl`s S30 and S40 polish and LC finishing pads.
Interestingly enough...at the time I was booked up over a month in advance.
We made the appointment for a month away and I kinda expected him to forget/or bail.
I contacted him two days before the appointment and he was anxious to give it a go.
The funny part was him pulling up in a M3 with a real shiny spot in the middle of his hood.
I wasn't cheap but I was a lot less than 12k, and he had original OEM paint looking better than new.
I`m not a 50/50 shots gut my (old) iPhone has a lens smaller than a pencil eraser. but here goes...
The top of the before/after is the only shot I have of what his hood looked like.
It looked like total CC failure. You can see the tape line in the fluorescent light.
Finished result
The End
Needless to say he was absolutely blown away when I was done!
Thanks for looking...
