ScheerSpeed Detailed: 1985 Red Porsche Carrera

1985 Porsche Carrera

This car was picked up by the current owner two years ago. The current owner hasn't waxed since he bought the car because he was afraid of someone messing the paint up. But once he found me, he knew that i could take care of it. The car has 8x,xxx miles, and overall was in pretty decent condition for being 23 years old. it used to be garage kept, but now it is just kept outside under a car cover. Unfortunately the owner only wanted a two-step polish, so only about 90% of the defects were removed by 2-3 passes of SIP. some RIDE were still too deep to remove without compounding .This was also my 1st time polishing a 1-stage paint.


Exterior

-Wash
-CG CWC
-Meg's mitt
-Meg's APC+ (under front bumper, door jams)

-Wheels
-CG CWC
-CG Citrus Sticky Gel
-EZ detail brush
-Swissvax wheel brush
-OXO tire scrubber
-ARO (tires)

-Wheel Wells
-Simple Green
-Meg's Super Degreaser
-Meg's APC+
-DD wheel well brush
-Black shMITT

Clay
-CG Gray clay
-ONR lube


Polishing

-Exterior paint

-Menzerna SIP via Orange 3M pad @ 1000-2000RPM (2-3 passes)
-Menzerna PO85RD via blue 3M UK Ultrafina pad @ 1500-2000RPM
-Makita 9227C
-3M Yellow Foam Backing Plate
-1000w halogen lights
-ISA 50/50 wipedown
-DD Uber MF towels

-Wheels
-Mother's Billet polish
-SIP

LSP

-Paint
-Dodo Juice Lime Prime Lite
-Rubbish Boy's Original Edition
-FK1 # 425
-CG 530XL MF towels

-Wheels
-CG jetSEAL 109
-FK425
-CG Barebones (wheel wells)
-Optimum Opti-bond (tire gel)

-Rubber
-1Z Gummi Pflege
-Black WOW
-CG Fade2Black

Glass
-Stoner's Invisible Glass

Interior

-CG Lightning Fast
-CG Leather Cleaner
-Swissvax Leather brush
-1Z Cockpit Premium
-Zaino Z10


The paint had a lot of oxidation...and some deep RIDS




































Before i got started with the paint i cleaned the carpets using CG Lightning fast and the drill brush attachment.











now to start washing the wheels. Look at how the ARO lifts all the dirt out of the tires!!!







After wash and clay








i can tell that this car had been polished before because there were burnt edges all over the place...









The owner opted for a two-stage polish, which i use SIP on an orange pad and follow it up with 85RD.







Now some before and after pictures


































with the 1-stage paint i could only polish 1-2 panels per pad because the paint clogged up the pad so quick!!!



















a few 50/50 shots!













I called it a night at 10PM after finishing with SIP. the next morning i arrived at my customer's house at 7:30AM, gave the car a wipedown with ISA alcohol, and got started polishing with 85RD.


In this picture, the front fender is polished with 85RD, and the door is polished with SIP. look at the difference in the gloss!






some shots after polishing with 85RD

























Now that i was done with the paint, the rims needed some serious attention. i decided to go wit hMother's billet polish for te aluminum, and SIP by hand on the black painted part.




















After polishing the wheels i gave them a wipedown with ISA alcohol and applied a generous coat of CG jetSEAL 109.

after doing that, i applied Lime Prime Lite and followed that with Rubbish Boy's Original Edition Wax to the paint. While i let the wax settle, i went to work on the interior.

The interior hasn't been cleaned (only vacumed) since the owner bought the car.

i decided to use CG leather cleaner with the Swissvax leather brush to clean all of the leather upholstery.















after doing the interior, i removed the wax, wiped down with cold water, and wiped with FK425.

Finished pictures!!!




































































































this car gets pretty good MPG's!





thats all! thanks for looking!!!


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Great job, i always enjoy seeing your work! Were you able to clean up your pads good enough after that red SS?

 

Great job! Looks really red now!

 

Great detail and write up as well. I really enjoyed it alot. It's was a shame about the burned edges. I would have figured that whom ever would have noticed and learned from there first mistake. Just lucky you came along and saved the day. Thanks for sharing.Great job...:thumb:

 

oooh gorgeous Porche, man those old school Porche look wicked. From the head lights to the curves on the rear :druling:

Another great detail, well done :applause:

 

That is a seriously good job Dom. Well done.

Curious about something. Did you run the polisher right over the "Carrera" badge on the hood?

 

Great job, car looks amazing!

 

Nice job Dominic. Those wheels looked horrible when you got there. Most Porsche owners have no idea that the "Fuchs" alloys from the factory had a clear anodized finish that would be ruined if washed with anything stonger than soap and water, basically. They looked way better when you were done. Isn't single stage paint fun? How many pads did you go through?

 

Great job on restoring that porsche, you reallly saved it. I love all the pictures man, really good write up!!!

 

That came out great Dom. I bet the customer was very happy :applause:

 

Nice save! :applause: I like looking at a properly reconditioned red vehicle! :thumb:
Great write up. Thanks for sharing.

 

When the pads clog up do you have spares or do you clean and start again ?

 

thanks!

yea the pads cleaned up ok. right after i was finished with each one i had a bucket with CG CWC that i put the pads in.

thanks!

thanks! fortunately the customer bought touch-up paint and i was able to touch up the burnt edges.

thanks!

i really like the older porsches as well!

thanks! i used a small (4 inch i think) pad and did it VERY lightly

thanks!

thanks! if i would have had a powerball or something i feel like i could have polished them better... but still an improvement from before! single stage paint is...well...interesting. It's great to work with because i found that it doesn't heat up as much as clear coat, however the going through a pad every 1-2 panels got annoying... i only used 3 pads. while i was using one the other two were soaking in CWC, so i constantly had a clean pad. but i must have changed pads for SIP around 10 times!

thanks!

thanks!

thanks!

both!

 

That red looks out of this world!!!

 

Great job and write up. Man I haven't found anything that looks as good on red as Rubbish Boys OE!

 

nice job i hope customer liked it.

 

looks great! Wanna work on my '77? hahaha.

I wish i had an 85! They are great years!

 

Love a vintage 911, another great job Mr Scheer. :druling: Would you mind if I added one of those pictures to my OE gallery please?

 

Thanks!

thanks! OE really made that red stand out!

he did

thanks!

Thanks! i don't mind at all!

 

Very impressive! Congrats on your first single sage job!