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Porsche 987 boxster full detail

This newly acquired Porsche 987 boxster was driven all the way from Burton On Trent for us to do a visual assessment prior to any services being carried out. The client was realistic in terms of what he wished for his new pride and joy. A complete wheels off, arch deep clean, enhancement detail with complete interior valet and convertible roof deep clean, re-colour and protect was chosen accompanied by a long term nano glass coating and 3 wheel edges to be refurbished. Not a small order by any means but one we were happy to tend to. Now lets take a look round the car...

Certainly looking tired and in need of some much gratefully received rejuvenation detailing.

First on the agenda was to take the wheels off. Deep clean each wheel and arch individually removing all road grime and treating to leave a fresh, new and clean finish.... 

Wheels were heavily soiled. These were cleaned with non acid wheel cleaner. Iron filings and traces of glue left from previous wheel balancing weights were all removed.

Once all four wheels were tended to and fitted back on the vehicle it was time for the wash process.

Products used: 

Renovo ultra canvas roof cleaner
Reflectology R-one
Bilthamber surfex HD
Beau Technique SPA shampoo by Mitchell & King
Carpro wash mitts
Various brushes
CarChem tar and glue remover
Carpro iron X 
I4detailing clay
Valetpro citrus bling diluted for clay lube
I4detailing Uber drying towels
Compressor to run air line for blow tool to ensure all water was removed from hard to reach areas

At this point, vehicle was moved into the workshop to start this sizeable detail. First up was the interior which Geoff tackled in true fashion of cleaning things that needed cleaning and cleaning things that didn't purely for the sake of ensuring all areas were cleaned thoroughly leaving a fresh interior.

I made a start on the paintwork enhancement. From the first videos you can clearly see a high level of defects that needed to be removed or feathered down somewhat.

Paintwork correction stages were undertaken with the following media:

Positest 200 multi layer paint thickness gauge
CM8228 paint thickness gauge
Flex rotary polisher
Scholl Concepts S17+
3M ultrafina SE
Menzerna PO85rd
Carpro fixer
Lake Country purple foamed wool pads
White Bears Wax Factory waffle polishing pads
3M yellow polishing pads
3M blue finishing pads
Paintwork cleanser

Bootlid before any forms of paint correction.

Bootlid after various stages of machine polishing which removed or feathered defects to a minimum. This gave a more uniform finish. Better clarity and high levels of gloss to the paintwork.

Passenger door before any forms of paint correction.

Passenger door mid process 50/50 to show the level of correction achieved.

Video showing 50/50 of passenger door.

After paint correction and refining stages.

Bonnet before any forms of paint correction.

And after varied stages of machine polishing to remove or feather defects to an acceptable level.

Paul from Smart Finish ltd whom I have worked with on a number of detailing projects was hired in to tend to the 3 wheel edges that required some tlc to make right and uniform again. Whilst Paul cracked on with the wheels, I promptly had a cuppa and took interest in what he does as I always have done. These pictures are from before any work was carried out on the vehicle in general. Rather than the typical smart repair, all wheels were removed, fully cleaned and repaired off the vehicle to ensure no potential overspray landed on the vehicle nor did any seal in dirt which we have seen many a time.

After some good few hours work the wheels looked far more better with no scrapes or bruises in sight. New centre caps were fitted along with new wheel bots, locking wheel nuts all of which were torqued up to Porsche manufacturer settings at 130nm ( 95-96 lb ft )

Once all paint correction was completed it was time to tend to all the knooks and crannies to remove excess dust and of course clean them up to fit in with the rest of the detail. Compressor with blow tool and long pile microfibres were used accompanied by a soft horse hair brush for the intricate areas. Door shuts were polished with an all in one polish / sealant. Exhausts polished with Einzett chrome and metal polish with 00 grade wire wool. Glass cleaned inside and out with CarChem glass cleaner then exterior glass sealed with Gtechnic G3 nano glass coating. 

At this point it was time to tend to the re-colouring of the roof. As per our usual regime, whole vehicle was poly masked up to ensure no dye could land on the freshly polished paintwork. Roof was given a once over with the vacuum and a lint roller to ensure no bits were left prior to colouring. Colouring was carried out with the accompanying Renovo soft top restorer and ultra proofer. We opted for a 2 stage colour process to ensure a perfect finish was achieved.

Once the final stage of colour was bone dry we applied Renovo ultra proofer to ensure the freshly restored roof was well protected from the elements. Once dry, vehicle was relieved of all masking media and readied for the paintwork protection courtesy of Polish Angel master sealant and wheels protected with Mitchell & King armour wax topped with Carpro reload as a sacrificial layer.

A final walk round the vehicle once completed.

And of course the obligatory photos of the completed vehicle outdoors.

Very pleased with the whole process on this Porsche boxster and achieveing a sensible 70-80% defect removal rate ensuring no disregard for the vehicle painted surfaces.
Thanks for looking.