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Originally Posted by BAN_M2
Thanks Matt!
Well its kind of like Esteban said, its a late intro since I have been posting on the 1er forum for a couple months but had not opened a thread for the car yet!
I don't mind at all talking about the price since I got multiple quotes from a couple places (more for the M2) and some were higher than what it cost me to do the 135i which to me is weird seeing the M2 paint does not have 6-7 years of damage like the 135i paint.
Places will be all around usually based on the type of work you are being quoted for.
The 135i went thru a full paint correction and detailing which runs for $700, this includes a treatment of Ceramic Pro which lasts 6 months.
On top of that we included the Ceramic Pro 9H coating which is good for 5 years at a cost of $1300.
Lastly they pulled the wheels off and did full face and barrels including brake calipers for $200.
All said and done its $2200 dollars which to me was reasonable with the amount of work that goes into it and the standard pricing I have seen regarding the coating.
Your detailer should give you multiple options for Ceramic Pro coating (1 year, 5 years or Lifetime).
The benefits of this I will see in the next months since I understand that the coating allows the car to remain cleaner longer and cleaning it will much more straightforward since it repels dirt etc.
I usually clean the car and two days later the wheels being Race Silver looked black very quickly. This should keep them clean longer and should cleanup easier also.
I drove the car almost 600 miles back to Florida and got rain during the trip and the car got home still looking clean. I love also how you can just empty a water bottle off the side of the car and not even one single drop stuck to the car  |
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Originally Posted by BAN_M2
Thanks Esteban, I really can't believe how much better it looks now specially since I thought it was good from the get go. Broke down all pricing above. I am never secretive about any of the work on the cars. My M2 thread is loaded with details so this thread will most likely be the same.
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Cheers man thanks! $700ish is about what I expected to hear for the paint correction. I'd probably source that and then do the coating myself. It's actually not a bad process, I have a ceramic coating on now that I did with a friend, it took us maybe an hour to do the whole car together. I really need to have it professionally corrected though because there's still swirls and some deeper scratches under the coating. I'd like to wait till I paint my CF hood though, so it can all be done at once.
I can definitely attest to the ceramic coatings though; I used CQuartz UK, a single coat, and the difference is dramatic. I often (at least monthly) do 400+ mile road trips and the car was holding up great for the first few months. Once it started getting nasty I just hosed it off with the foam gun and pressure washer and it looks fantastic. I highly recommend avoiding touching it when you can, touchless washes will do more than you expect and keep the coating at top condition for longer.
When it does come time to do a real wash, do a proper two-bucket wash and makes sure you only wash in straight lines. This will prevent you from ever getting swirls again. The fact of the matter is you can't completely avoid scratches from washing, if there's contact with the paint and movement, there will be scratches at some point. Moving in a straight line only guarantees that any scratches will be straight lines as well, which will only show up from very specific angles. Swirls are so obvious because the scratches are circular and have way more reflective angles to catch your eye and piss you off after all your hard work lol.
Your car looks FANTASTIC man. I'm in to see how long before you go FBO with e85 lol