dsms detail - 08' Porsche 997 Turbo

dsms · 07-09-09, 01:39

This was my first full mobile detail in 8months, packed up the car and got to it.

During the wash process, the car had almost no protection but a lot of old shampoo was rinsed out of the cracks.

*note that "GI" stands for Gloss-It

Washed w/ GI gloss shampoo. All emblems, cracks and crevices were agitated with APC 10:1. The ragtop was cleaned with, raggtop.

Wheels were cleaned with GI wheel gel at 4:1 as they were not very dirty and the tires were scrubbed with ARO and Tarminator

Pulled the car inside for claying, GI fine clay and Megs LT were used. After which the car was wiped down 2 times with IPA to prep for polishing.

While the engine was still a little wet from the wash I cleaned it up with APC 10:1 on a damp MF, later everything was dressed with P & S express interior cleaner which left a simple matte look on the plastic and trim pieces. All door jambs were cleaned with the APC as well.

After

Tips polished with Noxon using #0000 steel wool on the chrome and #00 steel wool on the inside, then polishing again with just an MF

Raised up the rear wing again after the wash to polish out the poles

Correction was nothing major at all, only a few stops needed several stages of polishing or wetsanding . The car is still fairly new so a 1 step correction was agreed on with the owner for most of the car, except the few problem areas

GI one step machine gloss
GI EVP pad prime
Flex 3403

I spread GI OSMG at 1100rpm, corrected at 1500rpm for several passes and backed down to 1100rpm again to finish and then jewel the paint.

Problem area #1, wetsanded with 2500 unigrit and corrected with GI extreme cut and a 4" tuf buf wool pad, followed by OSMG using orange and green pads.

Before

During

After

Short polishing video. I already spread the polish at 1100rpm so here im working at 1500rpm with the EVP. I start off with faster passes and as I reduce speed I slow down and refine the finish

One of the few things louder than the drone of a Flex 3403 pulled in the garage too

Problem area #2, this guy was a little deeper and needed 2000 grit followed with 3000 to fully remove

Few hairline scratches were underneath the Turbo emblem, corrected with an orange cutting pad and GI extreme cut

After correction started with some trim treatment. Front lower lip was a little dry and worn. I applied GI TRV dressing with a foam foam painters stick

50/50 with TRV dressing

Before I started on the rear seats I had to remove them and let them sit under the halogens for a bit to soften up, its thin leather backed by thick plastic so cleaning them properly was a little tricky before the leather softened up. (nice thing about porsche rear seats is that the are attached by velcro so they just pop right out)

Tidied up the cargo area. Seals and plastic dressed with TRV as well

After TRV

dsms · 07-09-09, 01:41

Laid down the first coat of GI tire gloss and let it soak for 10minutes and then buffed it in

Rear mats were a little dirty but the stains lifted fairly easy with Folex, some agitation and a wetdry

Before

After

The rear buckets were cleaned with GI satin leather cleaner, followed with the satin leather polish and placed back in the car.

I folded down the back seats and vacuumed there... to be honest there was barely any dirt back here but doing a quick once over with the vacuum lets the owner know you have been there... chances are they will never check but if they do you will be glad they see it!

LSP:

GI Gloss finish x1
GI Concourso Gloss x1

I let the base coat of Gloss Finish cure for 30mins and buffed off before applying the concourso, both were done by hand with LC 100ppi hand apps

After removing gloss finish

While the Concourso was curing I moved to the rest of the interior... one of the many crevices with old wax residue

Under the seats were the 2 usual items, empty water bottle and a plastic bag but also a brand new rolling stones CD ... finding stuff like this means brownie points from the owner! "Oh I have been looking everywhere for this" :

Cleaned up the rubber roof lining for the ragtop

When I removed the rear seat buckets there was some crumbs and stuff underneath, quick vacuum here

Interior:

GI satin leather cleaner
GI satin leather polish
P & S express interior cleaner
Folex carpet cleaner

Afters

Odds and ends:

Glass cleaned with Surf City clearly better (so far a really great product)
Wheel wells dressed with Adams
Ragtop protected with Raggtop protectant
FK 425 wipedown

Pulled it outside for some shots before the final wipedown

dsms · 07-09-09, 01:42

2 coats of GI tire gloss, wheels sealed with Rejex

Back inside

My next project for August, I think its a boxster

One more...

karburn · 07-09-09, 01:44

Great job - very nice work. Quite a stable they have there.

chibchaman · 07-09-09, 02:06

very good job ,

snowskate · 07-09-09, 02:41

Boxster? Hmmm, I'm betting you might want to get excited for an upcoming Carrera GT detail!

Looks like you pulled off a really great mobile detail!

gofastman · 07-09-09, 02:46

What kind of APC do you use? also do you spray ARO and Tarminator on at the same time to clean the tires? (if you dont mind giving up some detailing secrets)

Got More Wax · 07-09-09, 02:59

Boxster????!!!!!! Looks like a 997 Carrera to me??

Andy

Quote:

Originally Posted by snowskate

Boxster? Hmmm, I'm betting you might want to get excited for an upcoming Carrera GT detail!

Looks like you pulled off a really great mobile detail!

tom p. · 07-09-09, 03:30

Good Lord, that's some hot ticket! A beautiful machine.

Y'all are really kickin' it up a notch or two with your efforts. I hope the owners are taking notice!

gofastman · 07-09-09, 04:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Got More Wax

Boxster????!!!!!! Looks like a 997 Carrera to me??

Andy

I think it was a joke as the car cover clearly says Carrera GT in the front.

Also, could someone please tell me thats not a jug of Turtle Wax Zip Wash on the shelf in that pic with the carrera!

Pats300zx · 07-09-09, 05:00

Awesome job as always Dave. How long did it end up taking you? Were you spoiled detailing from home???

kaotikdt · 07-09-09, 05:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by carn00bie

I think it was a joke as the car cover clearly says Carrera GT in the front.

^^^^I agree with the previous poster, Is a Carrera GT, body lines give it away and to top it off the cover says it. I doubt a cover for a Carrera GT will fit on a boxter. Good job by the way!!!!