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      02-22-2017, 11:33 PM   #1
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KhanArt's Black Sapphire///Coral Red F30 335i M Sport Journal

Hey guys about a year ago I picked up a pretty clean Black Sapphire on Coral Red F30 335i M Sport fully loaded with the premium, technology, cold weather, and M Sport packages. This is going to be the primarily the daily for my wife, but I will have it a few days during the week. I also have a E46 M3 which is my baby. I am active with the E46 M3 crowd but figured I start being more active on here as well.

Car was pretty much everything I was looking for. She wanted a Xdrive but I preferred the rwd so it worked out better for me It had to be a M Sport and the interior had to be something that popped other than black.

The car is stock other than black front grilles, saved me from having to do that later. Only the rear window is tinted. I plan to finish tinting the remaining windows but not too dark. It also has the front lip.

Later in the future I plan on getting F80 M3 18 inch wheels and possibly a M performance exhaust. I may also possibly do the IND front are rear painted reflectors. That will be it for the mods... I think.

The car needs a paint correction as it seems the PO took the car to machine washes. I also will need to change the oil and filters since I start fresh on maintenance on all my cars.

I've been extremely busy but hope to get her tinted and some maintenance plus paint correction done as soon as I get a chance. This won't be that exciting of a journal but I like to document everything. Below are some cell phone shots of the car. Better pictures will come when I have a chance too.

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The interior might be my most favorite part of the car







That Recaro car seat for the baby tho






First mods ///M starter kit It's a M but not really (M keychain, valve stem caps, and plate frame)



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Window Tint and Paint Correction

Some more updates on the F30 335i M Sport. Had the windows tinted 35% all around, not too dark. Also did a single step paint correction. I was able to do the entire car in half a day. The new Rupes BigFoot 21 Mark II drastically cuts correcting time compared to my previous DA. I forgot to mention I am a detailing nut.

One cell phone shot for now until I take proper pictures. I still haven't taken any decent pictures of the car. Hopefully can take some soon showing the interior, tint, and paint.

Up next is a oil change and air filter if needed. Also wheel spacers to continue with the OEM plus look.


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      02-23-2017, 12:03 AM   #3
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Literally just picked up the same thing this past weekend!!! Good taste man! What front lip is that? Looks spot on. More pics??
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car looks great and i agree. the interior is my favorite part of the car as well.
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      02-23-2017, 10:10 AM   #6
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Literally just picked up the same thing this past weekend!!! Good taste man! What front lip is that? Looks spot on. More pics??
Congrats! Thanks, I new to this platform but I believe the lip is a factory M Performance lip.

I will have more updates, trying to catch up as this is not the current state of the car.

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car looks great and i agree. the interior is my favorite part of the car as well.
Yea without it the car is still great but the red seats just give it that wow factor imo.
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Looking good. Funny, I am local and have pretty much the same car, BSM w/ the coral red.
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Looking good. Funny, I am local and have pretty much the same car, BSM w/ the coral red.
Car pretty much stays in VA but I might see you around
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So after a few months of ownership the rear driverside window started acting up. It would not go up/down automatically. It would only inch up at a time while holding the button and not releasing it. Not sure if this had anything to do with having the windows tinted but decided to take her in to BMW.

To my surprise when I was at the dealer I found out BMW is covering maintenance until 50k miles.

They had the oil/filter, air filter, cabin filter, rear rotors and pads, full inspection, and both rear driver side window motors replaced. All covered by BMW.

So I guess I will have to wait until this service period is over to begin maintenance myself.
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Same car here as well including all options, HK as well--except for the lip my car looks identical including the 35% tint all around. Waiting to see how the wheel spacers look.
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In for spacers pics too!!!
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Same car here as well including all options, HK as well--except for the lip my car looks identical including the 35% tint all around. Waiting to see how the wheel spacers look.
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In for spacers pics too!!!
About to post the next update. I am going to run out of updates soon and then this thread will be dead
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Okay next update: Spacers, detail, and pictures.

I have lost track of when everything was exactly done but tying to post the updates in the correct order as best I can until I get to where she is now.

Added 12.5mm spacers all around and detailed.

Wheels/tires with Ammo Brute, Griot's HD Wheel Cleaner, and dressed with Car Pro Perl. Various brushes (Wheel Whoolies, Speed Masters, ect.)
Chemical Guys Honey Dew Foam wash
Car Pro Iron X decon
Nanoskin Autoscrub
Washed again with Chemical Guys Gloss Workz
Dried with Ammo Hydrate
Sealed with Menzerna Power Lock
Waxed with P21S paste wax
Spray wax with Ammo Spit
Windows with Stoners Invisible Glass

Already did a single step paint correction earlier this year when purchased with Menzerna FG 4000.

Mods include: Gloss black grills, M Performance front lip, 35% tint, 12.5mm spacers all around, BMW M plate frame and valve stem caps



DSC_1154 by Khan Art, on Flickr

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DSC_1130 by Khan Art, on Flickr

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Looks great! My twin as well except mine is a 328i.

Is this xdrive? Suspension set up looks alot higher than mine.

I need to do a paint correction as well. Did you do the whole car with the Bigfoot 21? How do you get into the smaller areas?

Finally, I see you are using some of Larry's products. What do you think of his sealer/skin product?

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Looks great! My twin as well except mine is a 328i.

Is this xdrive? Suspension set up looks alot higher than mine.

I need to do a paint correction as well. Did you do the whole car with the Bigfoot 21? How do you get into the smaller areas?

Finally, I see you are using some of Larry's products. What do you think of his sealer/skin product?

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Thanks, no its not xdrive. I actually prefer rwd. Not sure in some pictures it looks higher than others. Correct me if I'm wrong but xdrive doesn't come with the M Sport suspension?

I have the Rupes LHR75 mini too but I don't think I got that until after I did this correction. So to answer your question I did as much as I could with the 21. Lol probably why I bought the mini soon after. Now the i bird is next on my list. I used to detail on the side before but don't have the time anymore.

Yeah I'm a fan of Larry. I have Brute, Spit, Hydrate, and Reflex. I like to mix and match so for sealants I have Wolfgang Deep Gloss, Menzerna PowerLock, and CarPro Hydro 2 Lite. When I run out of the Wolfgang and Menzerna I'll probably stick with CarPro but who knows. Haven't used Skin to review.
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Thanks, no its not xdrive. I actually prefer rwd. Not sure in some pictures it looks higher than others. Correct me if I'm wrong but xdrive doesn't come with the M Sport suspension?

I have the Rupes LHR75 mini too but I don't think I got that until after I did this correction. So to answer your question I did as much as I could with the 21. Lol probably why I bought the mini soon after. Now the i bird is next on my list. I used to detail on the side before but don't have the time anymore.

Yeah I'm a fan of Larry. I have Brute, Spit, Hydrate, and Reflex. I like to mix and match so for sealants I have Wolfgang Deep Gloss, Menzerna PowerLock, and CarPro Hydro 2 Lite. When I run out of the Wolfgang and Menzerna I'll probably stick with CarPro but who knows. Haven't used Skin to review.
No 100% sure but I know xdrive sits alot higher up which is why I asked. Yes, maybe its the angle of the photo or the combo of front lip and spacers but it seems to sit higher than mine.

Whats i bird?
Im hopeful to get the right tools to do a full paint correction this summer. hard to find 6+ hours though with two little kids!! haha.
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No 100% sure but I know xdrive sits alot higher up which is why I asked. Yes, maybe its the angle of the photo or the combo of front lip and spacers but it seems to sit higher than mine.

Whats i bird?
Im hopeful to get the right tools to do a full paint correction this summer. hard to find 6+ hours though with two little kids!! haha.
Yea I think it's a combination of what you mentioned. Before the spacers the wheels were sunken in. Now they are flush so it gives the illusion that it's higher.

Rupes i Bird is a very small polisher. It can be run on battery too. I have the 21 Mark II and the 75 mini. The i Bird would complete the last missing piece for all those very small areas that even the 75 can't fit in.

Honestly you can get decent results even with a Griot's Garage 6 inch. That was what I started with. It requires time and the right techniques. But these nicer tools and products cuts down on the time for sure.

Tell me about it regarding time... I used to do some cars on the side when I had just one kid and I thought that was very difficult. Now that I have 2 little kids I can't do any side jobs. I don't even have time to do my own. I bought a minivan 5 months ago and it still hasn't been touched, swirl nightmare. Only way I can get to doing it now is taking time off work or doing a little here and there until I am done.
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Another family member converted to BMW! My brother in law picked up a 335i M Sport. His is blue on black, Xdrive, with the MPPK.

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love the black / red combo!
Thank you, I do too.. never gets old.

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Love the interior any plans for rims?
Thank you.

I really haven't seen anything that does it for me on this car yet other than F80 M3 wheels. I still need to go through the wheel thread and internet and see if I like something. As for now F80 M3 wheels are a possibility.
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