Street Dreams Detail - 2010 Porsche GT3 MK2

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Booked for a complete new car prep and paint correction, car is driven almost daily.



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Wheels and tires first. Porsche carbon ceramic brakes = no wheel cleaner. Some pH car shampoo mixed in a bucket was all that was needed. Tires/wheel wells scrubbed as well.



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Removing dealership dressing from tires



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Car was prepped at the dealer and wearing some kind of wax or glaze which needed to be completely stripped



Started with a pre-soak using diluted Optimum powerclean



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Followed by foaming with CG citrus wash + Dawn



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Lastly the 2 bucket wash with a lambswool mitt and CG citrus shampoo as well



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Used the electric blower to blow out the crevices and wheels



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Some shots of the defects in sunlight



RIDS + holograms



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Water etch on the film, entire front hood has clear film as front bumper



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A piece of tar on the film which tried to be removed left a 1 inch long gouge of scratches



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Up close



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Brought inside for claying, paint only... do not clay clear film as you can seriously marr it.



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Clay after passenger door



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After claying I prepped the car for correction using IPA mixture, again took caution on the film and opted not to use any IPA as the alcohol can dry out the plastic



Paint treated with IPA/water for prep and after each polishing stage..



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For wiping down film I like final inspection, slick enough not to mar yet does a fine job cleaning without adding any real protection (which is what you want for prep and post polishing)



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After taping up trim and badges I measured the paint, standard readings, no dangerously low areas



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Onto correction, started with the hood clear film and the scratches. Taped off the one area which needed extra work, then taped up all edges and lines where the film ends



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Up close of the cluster



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Some of the deeper marks showing through



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As most of you know I prefer using a DA machine on film, I began correcting this area with the DA, cutting pad and M105 even after several passes only minor marks were removed.



I opted to use a 3" pad on the rotary with the same combo and overloaded the pad with M105 liquid to keep the heat down and reduce the cut of the pad just a tad as to not burn the film. After 2 hits with the combo I was able to cut out a good bit more defect from the spot. The deeper marks would not budge short of wetsanding.



Although not 100% it was lightened quite a bit...



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After the spot compounding was done I moved back to DA machine to clean up the rest of the film, this was a 3 step process.



As for people say that you CANNOT improve gloss on clear film heres a bit of proof...



White polishing pad after a 2x2 area, you would be surprised how much dirt is pulled out of the plastic when polishing. I changed out the pad 4 times to keep working clean. I moved onto the finish stage only when my pads showed clean foam after polishing.



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All finished



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Moving onto the rest of the car I used the rotary for both cutting and finishing.



Passenger door correction shots



50/50 left side shows the holograms left by the dealer



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Close ups using halogen and the Fenix TK40 LED



Haze before



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After polishing



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50/50 difference in clarity and a hologram split in 2



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Cleaning up after compounding



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Working rear wing area, lots of tight spaces took a bit of time to get perfect



Light compoudning



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Finishing, switched up to the 3" pad to get in between the two ducts



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Taillights before



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After



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Polishing front fender



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After all correction and polishing was done I began the jeweling step



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Wing after jeweling



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Gave the car a last IPA wipedown and pulled it out in the sun to inspect my work, no LSP applied



Sun shots...



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No more rids or holograms



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Back inside for the rest of the detail. LSP was powerlock x 2 topped with Collinite 915 for maximum protection. Tires dressed and wheels sealed



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Polished out the doorjambs then applied powerlock sealant



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50/50 trunk area plastics treated with 303



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Sealed hood jambs with AJT



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Interior did not need much work. Alcantara treated for protection, all plastics treated with 303 etc. 303 Fabric guard put on the carpets



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Engine compartment cleaned



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Front spoiler treated, 50/50 before and after



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Finished shots... it came damn close but the rain held off



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Not bad for silver



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High altitude photography, :headbang:



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Low altitude photography, :headbang:



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Inside for the final wipedown using DI water



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I saved 2 favorites for last



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Time spent: 20hrs






Video walkaround



YouTube - 2010 Porsche 997.2 GT3 by Street Dreams Detail (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y3EnJMTEe8&feature=player_embedded)





Thanks for looking

[mystickid]

I really enjoy your details. Thanks for sharing dave.

[ADetailedFinish]

So do I mystickid! I think I learn something new everyime! Dave you are a true artist!

[a_guerrajr]

you missed my jizz

clean it up!



looks great! silver is a pain to make pop!

[dsms]

So do I mystickid! I think I learn something new everyime! Dave you are a true artist!



Good to hear, much appreciated!

[Thomas Dekany]

Another stunning job Dave! :bow



That silver paint looks so wet!!!! I love it.

[ADetailedFinish]

by the way, how do u like powerlock over bfwd?

[whis9]

that is simply beautiful, thanks for sharing

[Barry Theal]

Dave great work man. Nice clear bra fix there man... May I ask I notice you use that little flex often. I have been considering a smaller Rotory like that, or possible the fein. Do you feel your final polishing is more precise and dialed in with a smaller polisher as compared to the standard Makita/Dewallt?

[Eisen Hulk]

Sick, Dave.



Just sick.

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by the way, how do u like powerlock over bfwd?



Both quality, prefer PL but its your choice.






Dave great work man. Nice clear bra fix there man... May I ask I notice you use that little flex often. I have been considering a smaller Rotory like that, or possible the fein. Do you feel your final polishing is more precise and dialed in with a smaller polisher as compared to the standard Makita/Dewallt?



I really dont love the little flex other than for it being little. Its very noisy with an annoying drone and slight clicking noise. Plus it gets very hot very easily. Overall I still prefer my makita which I put a side handle on recently and works great.



The makita is quieter, more smooth, has a slower start speed of 600rpm compared to 1100 with the flex and the makita does not get hot.



The Fein from what I am told is a quality machine but your looking at close to $600 for one of those

[schiddy]

What did you treat that front spoiler with? Does it last?

[Thomas Dekany]

Beautiful work Dave!!! :bow