This 993 belongs to my Dad and it's currently on a quarterly contract with us. It was brought in for its first treatment of the year in the form of a 2 day minor correction to spruce it up a wee bit. The car is 1 of 11 in the UK to have the X50 Factory Upgrade (costing approx £7-8k) which gives an increase in power to 450bhp and 430lb-ft, 0-60 in 3.7 secs and a top speed of 192mph :driver: This is the car on arrival, about as dirty as it gets in all honesty: So on with the detail - up first was a pre-rinse of the wheels/tyres and arches: Then Gloss-It Signature Wheel Gel was applied and agitated with the various wheel brushes: This just left a few remaining tar spots which Autosmart Tardis removed: The engine bay was done too but there's not a huge amount to look at on this one, just a massive intercooler! The car was then foamed with R222 at 60 degrees and left for a few minutes: Then thoroughly rinsed off at high pressure: All exterior trims and badges etc were then cleaned with Raceglaze detailing brushes and Meguiars APC... ...Then washed with Meguiars Shampoo Plus and the 2BM: Tardis was used again for some minor tar spots on the paintwork: The car was then put inside and clayed with Meguiars Mild, not much contamination present though: One final rinse followed, this time using filtered water through an open ended hosepipe: I then dried the majority of the car with a PB Luxury Drying Towel and then used the Black Baron to blast out any remaining water in the panel gaps etc: The car was last machine polished approx 2 1/2 years ago and was still 95% perfect in most places, although there were a few places needing some light correction: After 203S on a Lake Country Polishing Pad @ 1500rpms: The near side rear quarter had picked up a couple of deeper marks (these didnt really show up too well on camera) which needed Menzerna 3.02 to remove,again with a LC polishing pad but this time at 1800-200rpms: 203S was used with a Lake Country spot pad on the rear reflector to remove some marring: Before: After: Meguiars 205 was used on the paint protection film on the rear aches to remove a bit of "yellowing": In between the machine work I'd painted the wheel nuts too which had picked up a few chips and scuffs during servicing work carried out at the dealership: Once the correction work was complete I gave the car a dust down with the Lambswool Duster... ...Then a thorough IPA wipe down... This was then followed by an application of Werkstat Prime Acrylic... Once the Prime was buffed off I applied Project Awesome with the DA machine and left for an hour or so with the heater on in the studio: Whilst the Project Awesome was curing I took the headlights out and seperated them in order to remove a thin layer of dirt... They were cleaned up with some Werkstat Prime Strong and the chrome pieces were given an IPA wipe down before being put back together and re-fitted: The rear turbo badge had some staining round the edges, most probably from the exhausts, so I gave them a clean with some Menzerna FPII and a cotton bud: The wheels were sealed with 2 coats of Blackfire Metal Sealant (approx 12 hours between coats)... ...and the tyres dressed with Gloss-It Signature Tyre Gloss: I used a cocktail stick to remove some traces of product residue in the centre caps: Once all the other little jobs were done and the final wipe down was complete, the car was tucked away in the studio ready for the arrival of the genius that is Mr Tim Wallace of Ambient Life ( Ambient Life Photography: Commercial Advertising Car Photographer Tim Wallace ) Tim spent 2 full days with us photographing the 993 and a black 997 Turbo and here are just a few of the ones he took of the 993. More will follow shortly of both cars in a blog post on our website so this is all I'm allowed to show at the moment Hope you like, I'm sure you'll agree they are rather good - more to come from the PB & Ambient Life team in the near future :thumb: We used my Dads car for demonstration purposes at one of the local car shows the following week and as a result of the attention it recieved, one of the major newspapers up here asked if they could do an article - we were only too happy to say yes and here's a link for those that want to have a read http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acatalog/pdfs/pj260510.pdf As always, many thanks for looking :thumb: Clark
nice man! Excellent HDR photography. What camera and lens are you using? I'm digging the 4th pic up from the bottom. I'm trying to figure out how to get a shot where the background is blurred (motion) and the vehicle is stationary. usually i get the background clear and the vehicle blurred LoL. Excellent work though!
One way to do it is Photoshop. Not saying this is what was used in this instance, but PS does have the ability to do this and it's not that difficult once you understand how to use PS as a tool.
That's a very nice article to recognize your excellent work. You can't buy better marketing than a write-up like that. The photographs are beautiful also.
Thanks guys! I will state now, NO photoshop was used for the motion shot, just an incredible amount of talent and expensive equipment!
Amazing results as always Clark. Thanks for sharing. Also, how easy do the headlights come out? I have a RUF Turbo coming in shortly.
all these porsches on db really makes me want one!...hell i even use glasur the porsche wax...maybe its time i take a look at some lol btw nice job clark!
Stunning job Clark...The 993 is one of the most iconic 911's of all time (IMO) and you did her proud :thumb:
