Monday seen me tackling day one of two days commitment on this nice solid black Porsche 997 carrera S. When first initial viewing was undertaken, the day was gloomy and had to inspect the vehicle indoors. It seemed in need of some love but wasn't horrendous though slight clearcoat peeling near the rear quarter protective film would cause a slight issue. Paint readings were slightly scatty and the car had obviously seen some paintwork in its life but nothing that could stop it being improved. A two day correctional detail with interior and engine tidy up was arranged and agreed on. Wheels were fully refurbed by wheelworx prior to detail. The car upon arrival on Monday...
The usual preparation was undertaken with Valetpro car wash concentrate. Autosmart G101. Autosmart smartwheels. Valetpro brushesand soft hair brushes. Foamed with Dodo Juice tfr test subject.
Some level of protection ( little but still ) still remaining...
Tar removed with Autosmart tardis. Clayed using Dodo Juice supernatural clay and born slippy as lube which leaves the car looking like this after final rinse...
Definately little if anything remaining to the paints finish so Dryed with waffle towels and warm air dryer then into the garage and taped up ready for some fun under the lights...
Arrrrgh! Holy cow batman. This poor Porsche needed some SERIOUS love to get it back to its former glory. Measurements were as already explained prior, scatty but not major...
I knew there was no time to waste and some heavier cutting was called for before I could get any remote life pressed back to this Porsches paint.Farecla wool pads and Scholl concepts S17+ 2-3 sets prior to polishing with 3M yellow pad and again Scholl S17+. Final set was 3M blue finishing pad with Nanotech nano polish super gloss. The results were very nice and crisp...
Lights off and some awesome reflections...
Carrying on. The protective film usually situated near the lower rear quarter was intact though slightly peppered but in front of that was the dreaded clearcoat peel...
This was addressed carefully at a later date by hand. The upper quarter...
And after...
Pillars seen some attention and came up nicely...
Drivers door before...
And after...
Roof before...
And after...
None of the wing but you get the idea and what was entailed to get the desired results. Bonnet was tricky and the paintwork in general was quite bad...
After some much hard work...
Bizarrely, I started working on the rear end next ( why I don't know ) and the rear bumper was a real tough cookie to get a reasonable level of correction but never the less, it was vastly improved...
After one section, not all complete...
I left the tailgate being vented and moved straight onto the passenger rear quarter. Here is what I was greated with on side two...
A warm greeting indeed. I was adamant that I would get this complete before the first day ended and with much gusto, the end results looked fantastic...
Slight RDS remained in certain areas but a huge improvement for sure and a hard first day complete.
Tuesday, day two of two days. Today seen Geoff tag along for the interior work and aid in the niddly bits whilst I cracked on with the brunt of the paintwork correction. Front bumper...
After...
And so on. Once all correction work was complete. Geoff had been at full throttle with the interior and was completed timely enough to aid me in the dust of and re-wash to get rid of all polishing dust in all the knooks and crannies which was most certainly needed...
Vehicle was snowfoamed with Autobrite direct supa snowfoam. Left to dwell then rinsed extremely thoroughly to ensure all the dust and polish was removed from the tricky little areas. Dried using Uber towels, Meguiars last touch detailer and a final blow dry to get all water out of relevant gaps. At this point, I thought it rde to not take some direct sun shots...
As Jamie Oliver says, Pukka!
Hand glazed with Chemical guys EZ crème glaze. Trims with Valetpro yellow gel. Arches tyres and engine with Finish kare topkote anti static dressing. Glass cleaned with Meguiars glass cleaner and sealed with Permanon glass sealant. Exhausts with Meguiars NXT metal polish and00 wire wool. Wheels sealed with Smartwax rimwax. 2 coats of Swissvax onynx for LSP. Now back to the interior that Geoff had done such a sterling job of...
Engine...
And some final shots for your viewing pleasure...
And another chapter ends.
Thanks for viewing.
Beau Technique / 2011 / Midlands detailer / Leicestershire Porsche detailing, Porsche detailer, Porsche 996, Porsche 997, Porsche carerra