Brand New Cayman GT4

[richy]

This gentleman had done considerable research before contacting me, on both CQF and myself as a detailer. He booked this job several months in advance for a wheels-off Finest detail. He was also driving from an hour away to come see me. Needless to say, I was excited and was looking very forward to doing this job. The car arrived and it is mint (as expected). It also has the ceramic rotors and special wheel package. Im told the wheels/brakes are a $20,000 option. He was very concerned about them not being damaged. Youll see what I did to ensure their safety. The only bummer about this job was the fact that most of the car had already been wrapped, so I wouldnt really get a chance to make that much difference in the paint. The doors werent wrapped and some parts at the back, but everything else was. Anyway, here it is as it arrived:


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First up was to wash the wheels. With the ceramic rotors, there was no brake dust to have to clean! What a joy that was. I cleaned the barrels with Zep Citrus and my Daytona wheel brush with Megs HW soap. The faces got the same. The wells were cleaned with LATA and the tires with Zep 505.

The car was then washed with Megs HW.


Now it was time for the wheels. The customer provided me with the correct torque specs and he also had these very cool extension rods that screw into the lug nut holes to ensure the wheel barrel did not strike the rotor or caliper during removal. I also placed terry towels on the rotor and caliper for extra care insurance:


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Each wheel was removed and was intensively cleaned again and then treated to a double coat of CQF. The wells were also intensively cleaned and I treated him to a DLux application to the plastic therein. The calipers were also re-cleaned and double coated. Each wheel was then re-installed and torqued back to spec. Heres a few shots in progress:


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The paint that wasnt wrapped was polished using Essence with a white CarPro Gloss pad using my Flex 3401. There were a few light marks in the back that were corrected using M100, but not many. I then coated the paint, head and tail lights and side glass with 2 coats of Finest. The rear and front glass got Fly-By-30 (again, my treat). The trim was coated with DLux.

Here she is all done:


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I just loved the yellow calipers on this car!!


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Thanks for looking. It was an honour to work on such a gorgeous thoroughbred car as this. Comments always appreciated.

[Marc08EX]

Great job as always Richy! So how long did the process take you? Sounds like you didnt have to do much polishing. Less stress on the body! :D

That car looks sweet though.

[Pats300zx]

Fantastic work Richy !!!

[trashmanssd]

Great work, and that is one the sexiest Porsches available today.

[richy]

Great job as always Richy! So how long did the process take you? Sounds like you didnt have to do much polishing. Less stress on the body! :D

That car looks sweet though.
Thanks so much Marc, and thanks for commenting! It took me about 14 hours, and yes, the wrap saved me some time in polishing. The wheels took longer than usual so it was almost a wash over what time I usually take.


Fantastic work Richy !!!
Thanks so much Pat!



Great work, and that is one the sexiest Porsches available today.
Thanks kindly and I wholeheartedly agree!

[mjlinane]

Beautiful work on a beautiful car!!

[Cameronswmp9]

What is the car wrapped in, I must have missed it

Beautiful work on a beautiful car! Ive never been a huge fan of the Porsches, but that one is sexy! Im loving the bright yellow on the gray car!

[JSFM35X]

Richy,

Great to have you posting over here more often.

Love the photo documentation and story behindd the processes.

Great work as usually.

Sweet Porsche.

Jeff

[512detail]

Nice work

do you feel the essence applied with the gloss pad helped the look of the wrap ? I guess it would just fill any potential micromarring or clean the surface? I dont know much about those types of wraps but do they even get marred? or is the essence just for additional gloss ?

[richy]

Beautiful work on a beautiful car!!
Thanks very much!


What is the car wrapped in, I must have missed it

Beautiful work on a beautiful car! Ive never been a huge fan of the Porsches, but that one is sexy! Im loving the bright yellow on the gray car!
Thanks! It was wrapped in a PPF type of film. Im sorry I didnt shoot the interior...it was stunning in a black leather with yellow stitching and yellow seat belts and door pull handles. If the whole car had been yellow too, it would have been gorgeous beyond belief!! (IMHO).


Richy,

Great to have you posting over here more often.

Love the photo documentation and story behindd the processes.

Great work as usually.

Sweet Porsche.

Jeff
Thanks Jeff! I tried posting my last job using the same cut and paste method and it didnt work. I was pleased to see it worked last night. Its good to be back. This place I find covers topics not always covered in other forums.

[Ronkh]

Beautiful as always

[mg031]

Hot DAMN Richy!

Great work as always!:winner: Love those Pastel like colors they come in. This and the GTR (though very different cars) are my favorite dream cars out right now.


Mel,

[JBM]

I have a customer who has a black one, they all look the same to me, sounds like a rocket when he starts it, awd and he drove it all winter lol. I told him he needs it detailed but I never thought about mentioning a film to him. Cool beans.

[JSFM35X]

I would bet the cut and paste did not work because of punctuation marks. This site hates apostrophes.

If that happens again, PM Vega he is a great fix it man for all things Autopia.


Thanks very much!


Thanks! It was wrapped in a PPF type of film. Im sorry I didnt shoot the interior...it was stunning in a black leather with yellow stitching and yellow seat belts and door pull handles. If the whole car had been yellow too, it would have been gorgeous beyond belief!! (IMHO).


Thanks Jeff! I tried posting my last job using the same cut and paste method and it didnt work. I was pleased to see it worked last night. Its good to be back. This place I find covers topics not always covered in other forums.

[ascarbo27]

stunning car! great work