BMW E46 M3 RESTORATION! // Wet Sanding & Paint Correction // Part 2

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Welcome to PART 2 of our BMW E46 M3 restoration project car! This iconic M3 sat in the desert for 10 years before it found it's way to I Am Detailing! In this episode, we give this BMW the deepest wash of its life and prepare the paint for the body shop. We wanted to see what we could save on this E46, as we want this car to be PERFECT when all is said and done.
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Chapters:
00:00 - BMW E46 Part 2!
00:38 - First Wash BMW E46 M3
02:33 - Paint Decontamination
03:21 - Measuring Paint
03:43 - Disassembly
05:30 - Paint Inspection
05:44 - Wet Sanding Rear Quarter Panel
06:50 - Paint Correction
09:03 - Can we save the front end?
10:42 - Orange Peel Repair
11:37 - Cleaning under the Door Handle
12:21 - Roof Repair
13:53 - Mineral Deposit Repair
14:29 - Final Prep for Body Shop
15:04 - Washing under the bumpers
16:20 - Off to the Body Shop!
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  • @oliverleopando8331
    @oliverleopando8331 Жыл бұрын

    Omg! What a task! As always the level of your attention to detail is just impressive. Can’t wait to see the final results. You guys are the best….

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Oliver! We’re stoked on this one!

  • @melvynobedmendez8270

    @melvynobedmendez8270

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IAMDetailing what does something like this cost (ballpark) and what is the timeframe ?

  • @dr.heckenpennerpfaff9965

    @dr.heckenpennerpfaff9965

    Жыл бұрын

    I would be interested to know how much such a job costs.

  • @Layya-m3

    @Layya-m3

    Жыл бұрын

    Waiting for part 3

  • @m00m00g1
    @m00m00g1 Жыл бұрын

    Love your attention to detail and how you’re so meticulous, eg, removal of bumpers, door protective strips, door weather rubber strips, roof frame, emblems, etc. Practically any concealed parts, nooks & crannies are brushed, washed, and cleaned. Nothing escapes your eyes. Wow!

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Just the way we like it :)

  • @alexzhou1721
    @alexzhou17218 ай бұрын

    I keep coming back to check for part 3 or the finished product.... its like I cannot get closure from a breakup :( but great video guys!

  • @lamontbookman356
    @lamontbookman356 Жыл бұрын

    I saved this video after I watched it several times. I have a 2000 E46 328 Ci that I'm restomoding, and I found this video both informative and really therapeutic and relaxing. I love doing this to my own cars. It's nothing for me to spend 2 hours or more detailing my cars and my wife's cars. Keep up the great work, guys. 👍🏾

  • @dillanmistry
    @dillanmistry Жыл бұрын

    Such a dream job

  • @peterbellini6102
    @peterbellini6102 Жыл бұрын

    Even a car can say "aaahhh" after a nice shower! Enjoying my coffee and your video Jake & Co. Evan, nice work as always.

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Peter!!

  • @SupraTompan
    @SupraTompan Жыл бұрын

    You guys are THE detailers. Victor does a killer job as always. Regards from Sweden

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Jonathan! I'll make sure to pass that along ;)

  • @demetrios72
    @demetrios72 Жыл бұрын

    Great work guys!! Really impressive ! Thank you for sharing 👌

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @craigstrickland1572
    @craigstrickland1572 Жыл бұрын

    Victor's face! Ha He is a trooper, looks like it is going to turn out factory fresh!

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    That part cracked me up 🤣

  • @devrimdenz
    @devrimdenz Жыл бұрын

    Best m3 best restoration! 🔥

  • @CGMediaproductions
    @CGMediaproductions Жыл бұрын

    Holy crap dude. You guys deserve much more credit than you get. New sub!

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    We're working on it ;) Thanks for the support!!

  • @joe.olivet
    @joe.olivet Жыл бұрын

    Mind blown 🤯 Excellent work! 😎🔨👊🏻

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Joe!! Have a great weekend!

  • @joe.olivet

    @joe.olivet

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IAMDetailing right back at you all. 🤘🏻

  • @peterpayer9677
    @peterpayer9677 Жыл бұрын

    Super Video Thank you 😚🤟👍👌

  • @PandaPanda-ht9rs
    @PandaPanda-ht9rs Жыл бұрын

    Отличная работа. Как всегда вы супер .

  • @M.Arbogast
    @M.Arbogast Жыл бұрын

    I can only imagine what you charged for this! I have the same car and you guys do take it to another level!

  • @gideontladi
    @gideontladi Жыл бұрын

    Amazing.

  • @holgerbecker2980
    @holgerbecker2980 Жыл бұрын

    I always wonder how the previous owner could show such little love to such an iconic vehicle. Really great to see you guys slowly bringing the vehicle back to life.

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Excited for this build!

  • @edwinargueta7616

    @edwinargueta7616

    Жыл бұрын

    I am a current owner of one and can honestly say I have badly neglected mine. Due to long work hours and studying late nights and weekends. After seeing this video it made me teary eyed but it gives me hope that detailing experts like them exist. When I get through this I am calling them up!

  • @holgerbecker2980

    @holgerbecker2980

    Жыл бұрын

    @@edwinargueta7616 I have an F82 M4 and it's my first vehicle that I've really taken care of. But I understand you well. Before that I had an M2 and it ended up being in pretty bad shape because I had little time and a lot of work.

  • @geofffikar3417
    @geofffikar3417 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful work as always. Victor, please make a video showing us cleaning the interior of your Mercedes. Pleez!

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ll make sure we get that done!!

  • @Khan_Art_
    @Khan_Art_ Жыл бұрын

    Wow... Take my money! I need this level of detail on my M3.

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Bring it on in!

  • @P4SDetails
    @P4SDetails Жыл бұрын

    What fantastic work my friends.

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @P4SDetails

    @P4SDetails

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IAMDetailing always homie.

  • @lisagil4756
    @lisagil4756 Жыл бұрын

    Another great video guys! Just wondering who edit the video? Really did great a job! Love the ASMR ,music so relaxing and slow motion over all very satisfying 😊

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    We have a couple different people working on it. Several recently have been done by me (Evan). I used to do all of them back when I started working with a couple years ago, and since we’ve had several team members work on them. This one was done by me ;)

  • @lisagil4756

    @lisagil4756

    Жыл бұрын

    Great! What a team work. Congrats again guys!

  • @user-lx9jm1wo3h
    @user-lx9jm1wo3h8 ай бұрын

    I didn't know you guys talked in your videos. Why don't you do this more often? And where is part 3?

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    8 ай бұрын

    Working on it ;) this next step is a big one

  • @SVTJD
    @SVTJD Жыл бұрын

    I wish I knew a place near me that did this level of detailing. I need something like this

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Where are you located?

  • @SVTJD

    @SVTJD

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IAMDetailing in the suburbs of Detroit Michigan

  • @ImBackMan123
    @ImBackMan123 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome. I am preparing my carbon black M3 to be resprayed to steel grey You could help me greatly by answering the following question: What parts do you recommend to order for this project? I mean stuff that will most likely break during disassembly or things that are not obvious? Thank you in advance!

  • @luckychan2990
    @luckychan2990 Жыл бұрын

    wait for a long time :D

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you waited!!

  • @asskm-ev2yk
    @asskm-ev2yk Жыл бұрын

    Muy genial

  • @pod543
    @pod543 Жыл бұрын

    Man, my dream car. You guys should do a full csl conversion to it. If not at least do a carbon roof.

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Lovin the suggestions 🫡

  • @adrianjones9770
    @adrianjones9770 Жыл бұрын

    Loving this video, too!! Whoever picks the music for your videos deserves some kind of KZread Grammy!! This lo-fi jazz tracks are on point! What's the whole story on this BMW? I know you mentioned it was found in the desert, but is it the cheapest E46 M3 found in the desert in Cali and is this the first wash in TENNNNNN YEARS? 🤣😂

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Tell Jakub that a couple times about the music please! LOL Jakub is always on the hunt, and he's been in a bit of a e46 M3 kick lately. While searching, he found a few good options. This one came up on the radar, and as you might guess, the ones that look the most beat up tend to be the most affordable! And he knows what he's doing to make it perfect again. The white wasn't the most popular car, and you can still find these cars for a pretty darn good price. Excited to see it all come together

  • @michaeljordan6568
    @michaeljordan6568 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent work as always!!! If it’s not to much to ask. Where do you buy the kovax dry sandpaper?

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    We have a detailing and autobody supply shop in Costa Mesa, CA in town that we purchase them from

  • @31acruz
    @31acruz Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video. Question, everybody wets sands by hand. You did it with a machine, which is what I want to do. Can you elaborate more, for those of us that want to use a machine? how many rpm's, what type of machine/tool etc. Thanks.

  • @CherylCold
    @CherylCold Жыл бұрын

    Avid watcher. Can you fix clear coat issues? One of the cars has red paint and the clear is peeling. We tried to fix ourselves but after a short period reoccurs.

  • @keteflips
    @keteflips Жыл бұрын

    This is fucking amazing!

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    🙌🏽

  • @bogusienombre355
    @bogusienombre3557 ай бұрын

    What app shows factory paint depth? Want it also.

  • @eimantasgricius8442
    @eimantasgricius84423 ай бұрын

    What pad did you used for windows?

  • @dunzjost
    @dunzjost Жыл бұрын

    If bumpers are removed to clean behind them why not take the wheels of to clean them too?

  • @TheZeror

    @TheZeror

    Жыл бұрын

    Lol too true.

  • @ssgibbs0
    @ssgibbs08 ай бұрын

    Are we going to get a part 3?

  • @lvjeepsrt806
    @lvjeepsrt8067 ай бұрын

    Take my money!!

  • @qwer6573532
    @qwer6573532 Жыл бұрын

  • @gbmwp
    @gbmwp Жыл бұрын

    Which app did you use für the car paint ?

  • @itexec6948
    @itexec69489 ай бұрын

    When is the E46 coming back from the paint shop? Don't leave us hanging... 🙂

  • @DrHumorous
    @DrHumorous Жыл бұрын

    😍

  • @trebm3
    @trebm3 Жыл бұрын

    Any estimate on how much a job like this would cost?

  • @YourEmpireLocksmith
    @YourEmpireLocksmith Жыл бұрын

    How much those it cost to do this ? I have a 225 ci

  • @OGYELLOW
    @OGYELLOW Жыл бұрын

    How much did this cost? Trying to guage?

  • @jeffreyvillarreal3391
    @jeffreyvillarreal3391 Жыл бұрын

    its a shame to see a beautiful car get wasted...but it sure did turn into a jewel. videos are so relaxing to watch.

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    We should be doing an update of this soon!

  • @housekare5827
    @housekare582711 ай бұрын

    Where is 3 video??

  • @braysfly
    @braysfly11 ай бұрын

    LETS WETSAND RIGHT OVER THE PERFECTLY FINE CONDITION TAILLIGHTS!

  • @e_mov94
    @e_mov942 ай бұрын

    Why isn't there part 3? ☹️

  • @KINGVONFRM063
    @KINGVONFRM063 Жыл бұрын

    My brother had an E46 m3 silver with red interior, but he sold it in 2020 and bought a 2018 m4 , and now he regret selling it and wants to sell the m4 to buy 2 more e46 m3 in white just like this one

  • @bad-news-krystal8256
    @bad-news-krystal82568 ай бұрын

    How much does it cost for a job like this?

  • @jonnyjonnyyespapa8013
    @jonnyjonnyyespapa8013 Жыл бұрын

    After all that work, is it still getting a full repaint?

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Define *full* LOL

  • @AhmedAli-vy6up
    @AhmedAli-vy6up2 ай бұрын

    Where is the part 1 ?

  • @jochen_ls
    @jochen_ls Жыл бұрын

    What App is this where you document the paint thickness?

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    It's the NexPTG app that comes with the device

  • @themk5986
    @themk5986 Жыл бұрын

    I thought the front bumper bar was carbon on m3

  • @adamakil6651
    @adamakil66515 ай бұрын

    PT. 3 ?

  • @Landjet
    @Landjet Жыл бұрын

    hello, which summer tires are the quietest?

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    This should help! bfy.tw/Tq60

  • @srt4swapped
    @srt4swapped Жыл бұрын

    Where is part 1?

  • @lollypop9580

    @lollypop9580

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello, There is a link in the description below.

  • @srt4swapped

    @srt4swapped

    Жыл бұрын

    @@lollypop9580 thanks man! I couldn’t find it.

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Stoked you’re checking out Part 1!

  • @casactualmoveis
    @casactualmoveis8 ай бұрын

    🇧🇷

  • @TopGear21
    @TopGear21 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing work as always guys. This car dit not need simply detailing, but complete restoration as you had mentioned. I think it's the first time I see a white M3 E46. Definitely not flattering the car, terrible choice from the owner in my opinion.

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Probably the first one Ive ever seen thats ACTUALLY an M3 in the wild. Excited to see what it will look like when we’re done!

  • @TopGear21

    @TopGear21

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IAMDetailing We are looking forward to the final part!

  • @Cup-o-Wealth
    @Cup-o-Wealth Жыл бұрын

    Very nice job!.......but you gotta wear a mask bro if you wanna keep those lungs. Lol. Safety first.

  • @ToraxXxBS
    @ToraxXxBS Жыл бұрын

    Where is part 1? Can't find it 🤔

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Right in the description my friend

  • @sergeishavrov6987
    @sergeishavrov6987 Жыл бұрын

  • @user-jp4fi2hz5s
    @user-jp4fi2hz5s Жыл бұрын

    얼마에요?

  • @stevehines5256
    @stevehines5256 Жыл бұрын

    The car was very tatty (word used here in 🇬🇧)… but very nice work to make it spot on 😎👍

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks much Steve!

  • @tarik9n
    @tarik9n Жыл бұрын

    👌👌👍😉🙏

  • @hmk911
    @hmk911 Жыл бұрын

    Will you ever get a ROI for this restoration? This is not a CSL.

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    If he ever decides to sell it after this, I would imagine yes. Jakub's got a knack for finding these gems and finding them new life. He got it for a heck of a steal because the condition, and these cars are likely the next on the list for becoming a modern classic

  • @jensduhem8904
    @jensduhem8904 Жыл бұрын

    Personally not a big fan of white m3’s never the less cool resto

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe we’ll change your mind ;)

  • @rhbb228
    @rhbb228 Жыл бұрын

    I cringe every time they sand the paint

  • @IAMDetailing

    @IAMDetailing

    Жыл бұрын

    Victor says to me all the time how many people are scared to sand the paint. He says if you know what you're doing, its the best way to get the results you want. I trust him.. but it still makes me nervous on occasion lol

  • @rhbb228

    @rhbb228

    Жыл бұрын

    @@IAMDetailing I know that its the best way but its going to thin out for sure.

  • @bigmikes2140
    @bigmikes2140 Жыл бұрын

    Whoever painted that bmw needs to find another job. Painting cars isn’t for them

  • @sprinter1313
    @sprinter1313 Жыл бұрын

    also wir in deutschland, waschen autos immer von oben nach unten. In den USA macht man sich doppelt arbeit und fängt von unten an. Wie dumm

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