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    Have always wanted to do this car since I seen it about 18 months ago. Luckily I got the chance over the past couple fo weeks to work away at it

    Agreed with the owner the best course of action for the car, its going to be used as a daily and going to be resprayed next year or so so we agreed on a detail that would freshen up the car for the Summer but nothing too severe in terms of correction.

    *3 stage machine polish
    *Full interior
    *light engine bay
    *general tidy of other areas

    It has been out of daily use for a while now and it was fairly clean to start off with. Just little bit of cleaning to do from the drive over.





    Wheel cleaner (acid free) applied with a foaming sprayer head



    Agitated



    Rinsed



    All 4 wheels done the same way, car washed using 2 bucket method and shuts cleaned while snow foam was dwelling. No tar present to remove so onto claying and back inside for some before shots....











    Poor finishing from the bodyshop, this was dealt with



    Signs of previous poor machining..





    More signs of poor polishing...Strike through...Not good and was not the only spot on the car, at least 5, some being 4-6" long :crying:





    So took so readings all over before polishing, varied a slight bit..

    Bonnet was below 100 in places so had to be extra careful here, the bootlid ranged from 120's to 1400's :surprised:













    Bootlid, this is after the 3 stages of polishing, it looked great compared to the hazy finish before this but I wasn't happy so went over it again with another 4 stages of polishing 3 days later as it just kept bugging me (and still is )





    50/50, this shows more of the difference in the paint depth, those deepers marks still didn't budge after another 4 stages...



    Before:

    After:


    Before:

    After:


    50/50 on a front wing prior to refining

    top

    side




    Before:

    After: needs a good refining but deep marks still present..


    And the natural 50/50 this left


    Before:

    After:


    More poor finishing from the bodyshop sorted out...

    Before:

    After:


    Before:




    After, again, really deep marks just didn't want to budge


    50/50 between doors



    Boot needed a bit of cleaning

















    All metal polished, hard to capture the difference and sometimes hard to even see in person




    Rear seats removed to get a better clean and wet vac and also tidy in behind...







    Bit of hidden cleaning


    Front passenger seat removed, driver seat didn't wat to come out to play! all areas that could be removed, were and all other were wet vac and cleaning in position.

    Not much to clean after a hover it looked decent already but good ol George the wet vac done a good bit of removing!!



    Metal parts at the door sills removed



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    Polished up all by hand








    And onto the afters, very lucky to get a break in the wind and rain but was very dull. Still car looks great outside, such a striking colour. Only editing done to these was the watermark, the reg removal and the sky







    Messed with this one thou


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    e9 CSL enhancement detail

    Was looking forward to seeing these images, very impressive work Chris and great to see this car getting a thorough clean and pamper. It looks even more striking now and I am sure the new owner will be delighted. Such a rare car and deserves the best.


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    Andy

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    RE: e9 CSL enhancement detail

    Quote Originally Posted by Andy
    Was looking forward to seeing these images, very impressive work Chris and great to see this car getting a thorough clean and pamper. It looks even more striking now and I am sure the new owner will be delighted. Such a rare car and deserves the best.
    Cheers Andy, was nice to work on something so rare and release some new life into it.

    Just a pity the weather was so bad, didn't get as many pics of the process as I would have liked, was Baltic in the shed so just cracked on!

    Have one more thread to go up this week of a little GTii when the weather improves for the afters

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    Smashing pics Chris and top notch work. It looks like you really transformed it.

    I'm looking forward to seeing the next thread too ;-)

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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnH
    Smashing pics Chris and top notch work. It looks like you really transformed it.

    I'm looking forward to seeing the next thread too ;-)
    Cheers John. Next thread is smaller as half the pics went on the missing list but will still show a transformation, car looks unreal even under a covering of dust

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChrispyFish
    Quote Originally Posted by JohnH
    Smashing pics Chris and top notch work. It looks like you really transformed it.

    I'm looking forward to seeing the next thread too ;-)
    Cheers John. Next thread is smaller as half the pics went on the missing list but will still show a transformation, car looks unreal even under a covering of dust
    Not a problem, I can supply some shots of the day (night) it was delivered by the "M3 expert"

    Not wanting to take this thread o/t but I have refurbed throttle bodies on the way, a replacement rocker cover and the gt strutbrace to go on which will really finish it off

    Edit: my phone auto corrected shots to shits! Ha!

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    RE: e9 CSL enhancement detail

    My favourite PIC as it shows off the stunning attention to detail of not only your hard work but also of the pin stripes themselves



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    Nice work


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    RE: e9 CSL enhancement detail

    My old car is looking great Chris, fantastic job.

    Don't make it too nice or I will regret selling it :wink:

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    RE: e9 CSL enhancement detail

    Good work Chris....exactly what it needed until the restoration!!! Not too much, but enough to make it very presentable!

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