View Full Version : dsms detail - Black Porsche Turbo from Canada *Major Overhaul*
2003 Porsche 996 Turbo came down from Canada for a full correction. Overall this was one of the most extensive corrections I have done.
Initial condition, filthy as expected... a 650 mile road trip has its downside
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Car has Bilstein PSS9 coilovers, Fikse wheels and PCCB`s (gen 1)
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Prep consisted of a thorough pressure wash of the entire exterior followed by foaming with a citrus soap.
After a few minutes the foam
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Wheels were cleaned using only soap and water, no wheel cleaners should ever be used on carbon ceramic brakes... not that you really need to as they dont generate very much break dust
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Before moving onto a 2 bucket wash I sprayed the car down with Opt. powerclean to loosen up whatever surface grime was left. While this sat I agitated all the trim pieces, crevices and badges
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Also treated the front bumper with surf city road grim destroyer to breakdown all the big splatter
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh316/nosdrummer91/dan%20turbo/DSC_0908.jpg
Car was washed and then clayed. Before taping it up I gave it a thorough IPA wipedown.
Onto correction...
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Cleaning up the compounding haze
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Difference in clarity
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Before
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After
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Before
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After (when the car was finished)
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Close up after compounding
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After
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50/50 on the roof
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh316/nosdrummer91/dan%20turbo/DSC_0914.jpg
Top corrected, bottom untouched
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After
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Tails before
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After
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After careful jeweling, zero haze left behind viewed under the TK40 Fenix (630 lumens compared to 240 in the TK10/11 I used to use)
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Finish after all correction steps, zero LSP
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Interior was in decent shape, leather was cleaned and conditioned. All trim pieces cleaned and protected with 303, carpets protected with 303 fabric guard
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After
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Fikse wheels unfortunately had sever etching on the lips and inner barrels, nothing could be done without causing further damage but they cleaned up moderately well
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50/50
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After
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Dressed the trim with my patented application system also known as a foam stick :gidiup:
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Finished product...
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The clouds wouldnt break for some sun bursts unfortunately
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Back inside for a second coat of powerlock and finishing touches
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Hood reflection
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I love this shot
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Owner came by taxi to collect his car at 6pm...
Here is how she looked just before taking the trek back to Canada, yes some may say its ridiculous to drive the car home after a detail but in reality it will only get dirty. The 7 years of abuse and defects which accumulated arent coming back anytime soon, especially not after 1 road trip.
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After 31hrs and 2 very late nights (or very early mornings you could say) the car was looking as it should. The owner drove to DetailersDomain imediately after to pick up a ton of stuff to maintain the car including grit guard buckets, gentle shampoo, mitts, tire dressing etc. Makes me happy to see someone go home with a perfect car and get all the essential things to keep it looking that way.
This was a long one and I thank you for letting me share. I think you will enjoy the next one as well, its black but it is not a Porsche :2thumbs:
I will leave you with a video walkaround...
YouTube - Street Dreams Detail - Porsche Turbo Revival[/I]
RaskyR1
05-27-2010, 01:16 PM
Great work as always David! :2thumbs:
What was your correction process?
ADetailedFinish
05-27-2010, 01:29 PM
Awesome Work! Looks like that thing shoulda got trailered home though. Amazing how you have such an awesome clientel!! Next one please....
tom p.
05-27-2010, 01:46 PM
Looks amazing following that effort. And it`s nice to see someone actually driving/using one of these cars ! No apologies needed for that :)
imported_JoshVette
05-27-2010, 02:24 PM
Nice job, the car looks great.
Josh
What was your correction process?
I`m also curious, and what did you use on the wheels? Looks amazing as usual!!!!!!!!!! :)
PhatHoodDetail
05-27-2010, 03:39 PM
now thats hot fire:spot
Barry Theal
05-27-2010, 04:04 PM
David there is something to be said about someone coming 7 hours for a car detail. Great work man. The car turned out nicely.
AuAltima3.5
05-27-2010, 05:08 PM
That thing was horrifying before. Jeebus!
Afters are awesome.
gav'spurplez
05-27-2010, 05:21 PM
david,
awesome work, you can really see how well the paint came out.
what polishing products do you use ??
also,
my favorite shot is in the garage of the hood..... you can see all of the spray bottles lined up neatly on their rack !
MirrorDetailing
05-27-2010, 06:34 PM
wow that is incredible work. Few questions was the porsche clear soft? Or at least what was your process to correct that much.