DetailersDomain.com - revives an 05 Porsche Carrera S

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DetailersDomain.com - revives an 05 Porsche Carrera S


A customer brings in his new to him 05 Porsche Carrera S to bring it back to life from its former track duties. `


Customer wanted to stay within a budget so we concentrated removing the vinyl wrap, cleaner film on the bumper, the paint and headlights.


Exterior


- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes

- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and steamed

- Wheel wells were cleaned up

- Washed with Optimum No Rinse

- Door jambs were cleaned up

- Clayed

- Dried

- Tires dressed

- Masking

- Paint Measurement

- Final Polish - Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6

- Paint Cleaner - Sonax Paint Cleaner

- Last step - Sonax Polymer Net Shield

- Inspection with Fenix, Brinkmann, and natural sunlight

- Wheel wells were cleaned and protected

- Rubber and Plastics Treated

- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed

- Exhaust tips cleaned

- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed

- Headlight Restored

- Headlight Coated

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Products used:

Optimum No Rinse

Stoner`s Tarminator

Auto Finesse Oblitarate

Sonax Multi Star

Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner

Uber Yellow Poly Clay Bar

Sonax Perfect Finish

Sonax Paint Cleaner

Sonax Polymer Net Shield

Adam`s Super VRT

Auto Finesse Crystal Glass Cleaner

Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish

Optimum Opti Lens Coating



Tools used

Uber Wool Wash Mitt

Uber Quick Detail MF Towels

Uber All Purpose MF Towels

Rupes LHR75E

Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher

Rupes BigFoot LHR 15ES Random Orbital Polisher

Uber Orange Foam Pad

Uber Green Foam Pad

Defelsko Paint Meter

Fenix TK35

Kranzle Pressure Washer

Uber Foam Canon

2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies

Adam`s Firehose Nozzle

Metro Air Force Blaster


Before



















Clear Film and Vinyl removal using steam





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[DetailersDomain]

as well as using a heat gun here on the vinyl





after the film was removed we tackled the headlights


here they are a bit hazed up and cloudy





Close up will show some sanding marks from possibly another detailer that attempted to fix the headlights






improvements on the headlights

50/50 shot of the restoration using just the Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6 - 3 passes required on this one - Uber Orange Pad and Rupes LHR75E






Prep was done inside with ONR




Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action



Utilizing steam to clean up the mess



Drying with an Uber Super Drying Microfiber Towel



Using the Uber Yellow Poly Clay to clean remove contamination



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[DetailersDomain]

For the correction we use Sonax Perfect Finish 4/6 with an Uber Orange Pad and the Rupes - big improvements










Rear fender before



After (much improvement, the customer will be back to replace the fender guard film in the spring)



Rear spoiler - before



After - some very hard water spots were tough to remove may need some compounding on the next go around



A quick wipe down on the motor/dressed with Adam`s In and Out



Exhaust tips were polished out with Auto Finesse Mercury Metal Polish


Before



After



Inspection sticker clean up




After shots
























Hope you enjoyed this one.

[Scottwax]

So ugly before, so pretty after.

[Guru17]

Lovely results. Is the Porsche in US a soft paint? Asking since you could get the paint corrected with just the perfect finish.

[David Fermani]

That poor car was hammered. Great job.


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What steamer are you using??`

[fdresq4]

Great work Phil! Now if we can get rid of the snow here in N.J.