1988 Porsche 951

[speedfreak81]

This is actually one of my "new to me" personal vehicles. I posted a thread in the off topic, but thought it would be better suited here. The car is a 1988 944 Turbo (951) with 45k original miles. The paint was in excellent condition for it`s age with plenty of clear left, HOWEVER, the dealership in Phoenix that I bought it from thought they knew how to use a buffer. They do NOT. My jaw as well as my heart literally dropped when I flew in to take delivery of the car. The hood was laden with buffer trails as well as the roof, and the entire car was covered in swirls. :mad I knew I was going to have my hands full to say the least.



Anyway, after about 10 hours with the FLEX, it`s starting to look like glass. Unfortunately I don`t have any good before shots to fully capture the horror story so the afters will have to do. I washed and clayed the car (clay was FILTHY, and obviously never done pre buffing) I basically hit the hood and roof with M105 with multiple passes, followed by multiple passes of M205. The rest of the car I was able to remove the majority of the swirling with just the 205. Afterwards I sealed the paint with HD Poxy and just threw on a coat of QD as a topper the next day. Not THAT involved, but like I said, it`s my personal car so I`ve got all the time in the world.



Anyway, here are some pics. Unfortunately I don`t have any befores but we all know what massive swirling and buffer trails look like so you get the idea.





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[imported_OrangeStang]

Very nice!



Rare to see a well taken car of 944.

[Nitax]

Very nice! I`ve had 2 of those, great cars!

[Bigpoppa3346]

Nice work!



As mentioned in the above posts, it really is rare to see a well taken care of 944. I like the color/wheel combo, too.