1999 Porsche Carrera...Operation Fried Egg!

[Sizzle Chest]

1999 Porsche Carrera 911 (996)
Black/Gray
48,670 miles
Manual trans/3.4 liter
Operation Fried Egg

Client brought in his beloved 996 for some much needed attention. See the pics…


The ‘details’:

Adam’s shampoo
Adam’s tire/rubber and wheel cleaner
McKee’s37 hydro blue
McKee’s37 APC
McKee’s37 iron remover
Medium clay mitt
Master Blaster to dry
DeFelsko PTG
Flex machines
LC pads
Griot’s FCC/Perfecting
Menzerna 4500 to finish down
Adam’s graphene/ceramic coating
GYEON tire
Carpro Clarify
McKee’s37 interior detailer
Metro vacuum

Thank you for looking!

[Sizzle Chest]

[grungy]

Scott - love the work! Looks like the Adams graphene works well on the plastics. Comments on longevity?

[Sizzle Chest]

Thank you!! Appreciate it!

I know for a fact of 7 months and still going strong...

[RTexasF]

Client brought in his beloved 996 for some much needed attention.

It was drowning and needed a lifeguard! Very nice rescue.

[Don]

That Porsche was a mess, nice save - looks awesome now.

[Setec Astronomy]

I was waiting for somebody else to mention this--but Operation Fried Egg? I don`t get it.

[GearHead_1]

It`s a that particular generation headlight description. I never really could see it but it got that nickname.

[Sizzle Chest]

Thanks everyone! Yep! Gearhead hit it: That is the knick name that this generation received due to their headlights. A lot of people dislike them and the name `fried egg` was coined.

[Coatings=crack]

Nice work. Did you use the Adam’s on plastic trim, headlight and twilights?


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[Setec Astronomy]

Did you use the Adam’s on plastic trim?

I`m also interested in this, did the Adam`s Graphene Ceramic coating "restore" this trim? Was it the "base" coating or the advanced? Any experience to compare it to say DLux or C4?

[Sizzle Chest]

I applied it to everything. Advanced.

that was immediately after application, I knocked it down a bit a d it was nit as shiny, but restored it nicely.

can’t really compare it, haven’t used any others in some time.

[Lonnie]

Sizzle Chest (and GearHead_1):
Thanks for the explanation of the "fried-egg" moniker/nickname. I kinda "see" it in your straight-on pic of the front end of this 911 in your driveway. NEVER knew such a nickname was associated with a 911. Now we all do.
I also learned that Adam`s Graphene coating can be used on plastic trim. Made those exterior trim pieces look nice-and-black like-new.

Just one question (we knew it was coming, Captain Obvious!):
Why did you use Menzerna 4500 (now called Super Finish Plus 3800) as a polish-burnishing (jeweling?) last-step on this particular paint? What pad do you use with this polish?

Great detailing on this 911. Thanks for posting. As many 911`s as you have detailed and posted over the years in this forum, I never tire of seeing them.

AND on a completely different note, BUT related directly to this series of 911, do you know if the owner has replaced the Intermediate Shaft Bearing or IMS, as it is known, in this particular 911? I know that this bearing has been the subject of great angst and repair trouble for many 911`s in this series over the years, and maybe you know a little more about this "problem" in talking with 911 owners of this series because of your detailing of such 911`s and attendance of/participation in 911 car-club/group events over those years.
Do you know of any bought-when-new 911 owners of this series that joined in the class-action law-suite of Porsche to recover the repair cost of this "problem" beyond the warranty period??

[Merlin]

Excellent work!



Gotta love the DFT combo!...have you tried the micron setting rather than mils?

[mobiledynamics]

Sizzle. Remind me. Do you have a Posi 6000 as well. Do you have a preference to the DFT vs 6000.
I have. DFT. Got some extra rainy day change in my pocket and have been looking at the 6000 every now and then