2010 Porsche 997 C4S New Car Correction

Just completed today(1-18-2011) this vehicle was not in delivery condition and the customer was not very happy at all. Very detail orientated and worried about how the job would turn out as he is from New York(NY) I set up an estimate appointment with him and looked over the car to find typical marring and general "50%" approach to the delivery condition.

Beautiful Basalt Black(dirty black as James @ Sharkwerks calls this color) I would spend all in total close to 15 hours on the car. After a thorough wash/de-con to strip away any remaing lsp I started with the correction & detail.

Here is adhesive residue left over on badge from shipping tape.



Tarminator made quick work of this problem.



Marring on the rear bumper.



Shipping stickers not removed in the dealership PDI/delivery.



Right rear quarter, wash mitt dropped on the ground probably caused this marring.







Marring and scratches on paint can be challenging enough, but on clear film the difficulty factor can go way up.







First batch of 50/50 pics on the film.





Clarity restored.



Another 50/50 pic.



Marring on front right quarter clear film area, (film install NOT done by Premier).



Corrected.



Another angle of the marring on the right rear quarter.



After compouding with wool and foam pads.

 

looks quite bad for a new car, how can these dealerships consider it deliverable in that condition, especially for their high end cars (for an already high end brand)
anyhow that black looks quite unique
and nice work as always!

 

Left rear quarter, I would end up lightly sanding this area with 3000 grit trizact.



After wool & foam compounding.



Finish resembling what a "New car" should look like.



Sun coming through sklight in the ceiling, which would turn out to be my only "Sun pic" as there was dusty conditions outside at the time of completion of the job.



Wheel & tires looking like the car had never been driven(151 miles on the car @ the time of this correction).



Owner had a 3mil spacer on the front and 5mil installed on the rear to cure some of the "Sucked in look" that O.E. whhel come with, slightly more aggressive offset cured this.



Engine bay was not too bad(as well it should not being a new car) but I hit everything anyway with lot's of attention polishing the painted areas.





Removed the dealer paper plate and frame to clean this usually hidden area.



Gas filler cap area cleaned, and painted areas polished and sealed.



Finished product on the paint, LSP was Blackfire.







Area under the spoiler handled as well.





Underside of trunk cleaned and polished.





Streak free glass.



Interior pics, nicely optioned seats with perforated leather.

 

A few LED pics......for the doubters.



























I would like to thank Brooksmotorcars for allowing me to service a San Francisco based client with no garage(Life in the city for the carguy....sigh) Brooks is the BEST body shop I deal with and have used them since 1989(Again thank you Dan who is the owner and Tony the SF shop manager, they also have the main shop in Oakland near the airport.

 

Sorry Phil about the wrong location(Should be in pro supporter section) move if needed.

 

Nice job! :thumb:

 

nice work as always bob, was that the marring from the squeegee they used to install the bra, if so that's hideous. Nice save

 

Nice work there Bob! What do you use/what is your process for correcting areas where a rotary can't get? Such as under a spoiler or small crevice? I assume you go by hand but how do you get it to the same level of correction as the rest of the paint?

 

Awesome Job!

Would you consider the clear on the Porsches hard or soft?

thanks for sharing. Joe D.

 

Porsche paint is definately in the "Hard paint" category.

 

great job!

 

What a beauty!

 

The best of the best. :worship2:

 

What I did not include in my write up last night were these pics, after the Porsche job I was able to pick up my wife (who works in SF) and get some dinner and being a clear night I thought I would take some pics from "Twin peaks" to show some of you how beautiful the city can be(Take this for granted some times) who have never been to San Francisco.



Coit tower.



Bay bridge.



Golden gate bridge(Used to be lit up more in the past.....the economy effects everything I guess).



Transamerica building.

 

great shots

 

nice one!

 

Car looks GREAT!!!!!!!! Nice shots of the landscape!!!

 

great work as usual!


best license plate on that X-runner I have ever seen lol.

 

nice work. i see 2 NSX in background, one probably NSX-T

 

Correct, the silver one belongs to the president of the local NSX club and is heavily modded(comptech gear, etc...) the white on is a 04 with suspension and Rays wheels from what I could see.

Yes the plate is "JSTWAXD" , which of course later got the domain for justwaxed.net. I have had the plate since 1999.