Porsche 996 Turbo by dsms

2003 996 turbo booked for a 2 day extensive detail

Upon arrival: no wash process pics sorry



Maxi suds foam
CWC 2BM
Gloss-It green mild clay
Gloss-It wheel gel 1:1
Megs APC 3:1
Stoners Tarminator (tires)
Autosmart Tardis

The owner wanted everything perfect and I was happy to go all out on a silver car for a change and not do the usual "1 step"

Starting with the headlights and Gloss It one step machine gloss w/ a compounding pad and followed up once more with a finishing pad

Drivers side before





After



Passenger side headlight under the LED



Even with 3 or 4 different light sources it was pretty difficult to pick up the defects on camera, the car had a lot of wash induced stuff and some deeper RIDS (the hood needed some wetsand attention)

Door under the LED... light being refracted in a million directions



A cluster of scratches by the drivers side windshield had to be wetsanded, as usual I picked one scratch to test

Before 2000grit



After



2000grit compounded out with Gloss It extreme cut worked well on the test scracth so I proceeded to take care of the rest of the cluster with 5 or 6 more



After spot compunding the sanded areas the rest of the car recieved a 2 step process. The paint was a little stickier than expected so I broke out the Flex DA for the first time in 6months and I wondered why I left it collecting dust for so long:shead:

Gloss-It Evolution cut w. GI green/yellow polishing pad Flex 3401
Gloss-it Evolution polish w. GI blue finishing pad Flex 3403
Gloss-it EVP pad primer

Even though the flex random did an excellent job on the first part of correction I still broke out the rotary for jeweling as I find I can refine the finish a bit more working slow passes at low RPM. The GI polishes are a no brainer for sticky paints btw!

I rarely get the chance to go for 100% correction on silver or white cars but this car is very special to the owner as he wanted everything to restored to as close to new condition as possible.

Working evolution cut (some areas needed the little flex rotary as the flex random was too big)



jeweling



The taillights were a bit faded w/ some moderate swriling as well so the saem 2 step process as before was carried out



After



The "mystery" exhaust system on the turbo took about 40minutes of hand cleaning and polishing to get back to a presentable state

Noxon metal polish
#00 steel wool (inside the tailpipes only)
#0000 steel wool (outside tailpipes)
re-polished w/ Noxon using a finger pad

Before



After



The trim was well dried out, first I did a thorough cleaning with IPA and then applied Gloss It TRV dressing using a foam stick (pictured later and works great for applying any exterior dressing)

Before





I find the foam tipped stick is much more accurate for applying dressing in small areas (especially those areas next to paint)



Lower rocker panels finished



Before



After



The engine was in fairly good condition, a quick APC de-greasing and dressing was all it required, gotta love Porsche engines for detailing:thumb:

Before



After



The glass was machine polished using Gloss It one step machine gloss and a polishing pad to remove some fine hazing and swirls



I went around and finished cleaning all the door jambs and dressing the rest of the trim before Applying LSP

I got a chance to test out an outstanding glass sealant from Japan which the owner of the porsche supplied, I have a feeling I applied it correctly but the directions were in japanese so I used my logic and hoped for the best :giggle:



Its a liquid filled bottle which dispenses through a felt pad which you rub onto the windows...



It goes on like butter but it cures ridiculously hard, I let it sit overnight before buffing off with ice cold distilled water (helps dissipate some of the smearing)

I got a chance to put this "top secret" sealant to the test on my own car this week and was blown away! Its almost as if this stuff is afraid of water, I have never seen rain sheet and bead as quickly in my life, the problem was I only had 1 bottle!

I imediately called the owner of the Porsche to see where I can get more and I found that I simply "cant!", It is not sold in the United States and can only be imported from Japan... that is if you know where to find it in Japan.

Luckily I managed to contact his source who travels to Japan frequently and begged to get me a case of the updated version of what was used on the Porsche, and it uses stronger polymers which sheet water faster and it lasts up to 6mponths on a single coat:headbang:

My case of 20 I will have it in a few weeks and YES I will be able to part with some bottles for DB members but it will not be cheap, what it costs me to get the bottles from Japan alone was outrageous.

I will post up some videos of its performance soon, hopefully some in car driving videos as well in the rain!




Back to the interior, while cleaning underneath the seats I found what seemed to be wet tabbaco. This car was bought used so I was probably left by the past owner. Hadnfuls of tabbaco were stuck underneath and in between the seat and electric motor area.

Some pics of the wet tabbaco after shoveling out whatever I could by hand...





After 20minutes and 30 q-tips I was able to remove the reamaining tabbacco from underneath the seat.

Afters





A few damp MF's, tons of 1-tips and the LED light helped get the job done



The interior was cleaned with Gloss It satin leather cleaner and conditioned with Gloss It satin leather polish.
The plastics and carbon trim were treated with P&S express interior cleaner and then the carbon was sealed with Gloss Finish

Wheel were treated with Rejex and tires recieved 2 coats of Gloss it signature tire gloss

LSP: DWG+JW AJT X3

Some afters





The CF inlays really set off the interior IMO



Some finished shots











Waited for the sun to come out..



And it finally did...

























Sun was going down, best attempt












I got a chance to drive the turbo before the detail and I was very very impressed to say the least yikes. Its truly amazing how a proper tune and some BPU's can make these cars pull so hard. The car was tuned by GMG racing, heres a quick exhaust video when the owner came to collect his ride




Hope you enjoyed

-Dave

 

Great read. Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed reading about the Japanese sealant. I see some of these products at some stores at an asian mall in Toronto (Pacific mall) and have no idea what they are since I cannot read japanese. Makes me wanna try them when I get a chance

 

Looks great! How are the CCs on these cars? I'll be doing a Cayman S soon...so I figured it would be good knowledge to go forward with.

 

Great work as always sir...that scratch came out great!

 

Nice work. Looks good!

 

looks nice!

 

great work as always!!

 

Awesome work man. :thumb: You got some mad skills.

 

Lovely work Dave, great attention to detail and a terrific end result :thumb:

 

great work! I'm really starting to like Porsches!!!

 

excellent write up!

 

Top notch work as always, Dave. My Flex gets extremely hot, how about yours?

 

Great work Dave, that mystery glass sealant seems like an interesting product buddy.

 

I turn off the heat in my shop when I use mine. I'm used to holding the head of my Makita so its a little warmer with the Flex. DO NOT try that with the lightweight Flex. Very hot. Ask me how I know.:yikes:

 

Fantastic work as usualy, I'm kinda tired of saying it LOL. For once do a crappy job so I don't sound like a robot! j/k What do you think that sealant will run per bottle? Is that the only product that the company makes?

 

Great work as usual David!!!

I wouldn't expect anything less! :thumb:

 

My large Flex is fine. I was hoping my light weight Flex wasn't broken.

 

As much as I love the 3403 lightweight flex I will say its a bit "dainty" and yes it does get hot. I have yet to put it into thermal shutdown but I have gotten it pretty hot after long hours polishing. Even still I wouldnt trade it for anything, its a nice relief on door panels and tight areas compared to the Makita because of its weight.

 

Such a nice machine, stellar detailing work as usual!

 

Great job!