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inv3ctiv3
7th of April 2008 (Mon), 19:36
So I had nothing to do Sunday and decided to detail the **** out of my car:

Wash and Dry
Clay Bar
Cleaner Wax
Swirl Remover w CSS Orange Light Cut Pad
Wax with CSS Gray No Cut Pad (Meguires Yellow #26)
2 Stage Lexol Cleaner and Conditioner on seats
Vacum and detail interior

I am pissed, I have like an omen when it comes to shooting my own car, something always goes wrong....This time one of the flashes was totally dead and NONE of my other batteries were working for it....So I only got one picture with both flashes and it was a test shot....Hopefully I can do a shoot under the right conditions soon. So I took these basically to just show how smooth the paint is now haha. Oh yea any my action to resize and watermark my pics freaked out and some of them are all messed up.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2396453234_65697c48d5_o.png

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2399/2395618207_230c199d42_o.png

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3273/2395618029_073748bb41_o.png

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2182/2396452970_db5afa9714_o.jpg

Stupid flash....

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2169/2396452938_68c7eb1155_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3247/2394641416_3ba1aa249c.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2394640906_3fdbd71483_o.jpg









Maybe the future of the M3:

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2123/2395618097_a9b8339e9b_o.jpg
amits1988
7th of April 2008 (Mon), 19:40
Nice pictures. I'm not really digging the ambers in the last picture, you should try smoked corners instead :)
inv3ctiv3
7th of April 2008 (Mon), 19:41
Nice pictures. I'm not really digging the ambers in the last picture, you should try smoked corners instead :)

Never.
amits1988
7th of April 2008 (Mon), 19:52
Why?
Over Actor
7th of April 2008 (Mon), 20:11
Looks the same color as my subaru.

a30?
JSJR4
7th of April 2008 (Mon), 22:32
nice shots. def do not go to amber indicators
easyman
7th of April 2008 (Mon), 23:07
The amber looks good in the pic but I dont believe it would look good in person. wont be hard to find someone to swap with you on e46fanatics. What color is your car is it Individual?
Shadiow
7th of April 2008 (Mon), 23:22
The amber looks good in the pic but I dont believe it would look good in person. wont be hard to find someone to swap with you on e46fanatics. What color is your car is it Individual?

I believe that is Interlagos Blue. And these pics make me wish it was warm enough here to detail my coupe. I love doing that first detail of the year and then taking the subsequent pics. Great car, very nice job with the detail and then capturing the work in images!
inv3ctiv3
7th of April 2008 (Mon), 23:26
I believe that is Interlagos Blue. And these pics make me wish it was warm enough here to detail my coupe. I love doing that first detail of the year and then taking the subsequent pics. Great car, very nice job with the detail and then capturing the work in images!

No, the car is a BMW Individual Car in Avus Blue and no sun-roof.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/163/378092383_51d74bbf6e.jpg
curtc
7th of April 2008 (Mon), 23:47
so what'd you do for 6 hours??

edit, i like all the shots, but the reflection in the last is a little distracting
Jbs
8th of April 2008 (Tue), 00:01
so what'd you do for 6 hours??

edit, i like all the shots, but the reflection in the last is a little distracting

im not sure what to say to this post. :confused: is it serious?






anyways, there's a reason all the e36 guys go for CLEARS and a drop.... please dont go the ambers, it looks like a 325 that way! ;)
curtc
8th of April 2008 (Tue), 00:16
im not sure what to say to this post. :confused: is it serious?






anyways, there's a reason all the e36 guys go for CLEARS and a drop.... please dont go the ambers, it looks like a 325 that way! ;)


i was joking about the what did you do for 6 hours, but i did think that the reflection on the right was distracting

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3271/2396453234_65697c48d5_o.png
BIGTUFFGUY
8th of April 2008 (Tue), 09:19
you missed a spot!... jk. Super clean car, Nice shots of it. Please post when you have both flashes working.
gary88
8th of April 2008 (Tue), 12:24
Awesome photos and great detail, looks better than new!

I might be looking at an '02 6 speed in the same color soon :D
inv3ctiv3
8th of April 2008 (Tue), 13:14
Awesome photos and great detail, looks better than new!

I might be looking at an '02 6 speed in the same color soon :D

Good luck finding one ;)

You can probably find one somewhere but only a few were ordered in this color. It was not a standard color and had to be ordered through the BMW Individual Program.
darksparkz
8th of April 2008 (Tue), 13:32
Couldn't you have skipped the cleaner wax because the claying should've taken off any previous layers of wax already.
inv3ctiv3
8th of April 2008 (Tue), 14:24
Couldn't you have skipped the cleaner wax because the claying should've taken off any previous layers of wax already.

No you use the cleaner wax AFTER the claying to get any dirt or grime left over from the clay bar.