imported_JoshVette
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I did this car just last week, it took two of us 10 hours 20 man hours total to get it satisfactory...
This was in Houston, so I only had 1 day to get it all completed.... no pressure.:nervous2:
The uniqueness of the 964 RS America is pretty cool, it's basically what we know today as the GT3, which is a lightened, more race ready version of the 911. The door handles on this car on the inside were just simple straps made of fabric and very little leather as well, it's neat to see one this age and what they considered the "latest" technologies for that day in the early 90's.
The interior was dusted, vacuumed, wiped down and such, Anson cleaned it nicely knowing the focus and priority was on the exterior according to the owner, but I still wanted the interior to look nice.
We washed, clayed and dried the car then pulled it in to the garage to start the correction.
Here is the paint upon inspection with a 500W halogen.
the usual, nothing new....
Porsche is typically designed with a lot of rubber moldings and trim so extra taping is required to ensure their safety.
All taped up.
Yes, I plan on polishing each little slat across the "whale" tale.
After polishing a test spot on the hood, I came to the conclusion that either the paint is very hard or the damage is very deep. I believe the damage is very deep as I could only remove it about 85% on the hood even after 2-3 passes with M105 and a PFW pad. Needless to say I was very frustrated with this correction and was not getting the results I typically get from Porsche paint. This took extra time as well and what should have been an easy 12-13 hour job ended up being 20 hours.
Here's some pics of the car after 2 passes with 105, PFW at 1700 rpms with the rotary. You can see the buffer trails all over and even some damage still left behind. I believe the car was sanding hard and compounded very poorly previously.
50/50 shot after the first step, not nearly done yet
This is Anson getting in all the little area's to make them perfect while I focus on the big parts.:2thumbs:
The hood required 2 passes with M105, PFW pads at 1700rpms and a bit of down force, then another pass with a white pad, SIP at 1500rpms, then a black pad, FPII at 1100 to finish it down.
The rest of the car got M105 with PFW at 1500-1700rpms, then the PC with an orange pad, SIP at 6000 opms, then the black pad and FPII to finish it. The results were satisfactory, but not up to my standards for such a long process, I think we got 90-95% on most of the car and about 85% on the hood.
I was not happy with it, but the owner was happy so that's all that matters.
here are some after pics before we rewashed it.
In this pic I believe you can still see some of the sanding scratches we were forced to leave behind due to time limits.
Some final full body pics too come.
This was in Houston, so I only had 1 day to get it all completed.... no pressure.:nervous2:
The uniqueness of the 964 RS America is pretty cool, it's basically what we know today as the GT3, which is a lightened, more race ready version of the 911. The door handles on this car on the inside were just simple straps made of fabric and very little leather as well, it's neat to see one this age and what they considered the "latest" technologies for that day in the early 90's.
The interior was dusted, vacuumed, wiped down and such, Anson cleaned it nicely knowing the focus and priority was on the exterior according to the owner, but I still wanted the interior to look nice.
We washed, clayed and dried the car then pulled it in to the garage to start the correction.
Here is the paint upon inspection with a 500W halogen.
the usual, nothing new....
Porsche is typically designed with a lot of rubber moldings and trim so extra taping is required to ensure their safety.
All taped up.
Yes, I plan on polishing each little slat across the "whale" tale.
After polishing a test spot on the hood, I came to the conclusion that either the paint is very hard or the damage is very deep. I believe the damage is very deep as I could only remove it about 85% on the hood even after 2-3 passes with M105 and a PFW pad. Needless to say I was very frustrated with this correction and was not getting the results I typically get from Porsche paint. This took extra time as well and what should have been an easy 12-13 hour job ended up being 20 hours.
Here's some pics of the car after 2 passes with 105, PFW at 1700 rpms with the rotary. You can see the buffer trails all over and even some damage still left behind. I believe the car was sanding hard and compounded very poorly previously.
50/50 shot after the first step, not nearly done yet
This is Anson getting in all the little area's to make them perfect while I focus on the big parts.:2thumbs:
The hood required 2 passes with M105, PFW pads at 1700rpms and a bit of down force, then another pass with a white pad, SIP at 1500rpms, then a black pad, FPII at 1100 to finish it down.
The rest of the car got M105 with PFW at 1500-1700rpms, then the PC with an orange pad, SIP at 6000 opms, then the black pad and FPII to finish it. The results were satisfactory, but not up to my standards for such a long process, I think we got 90-95% on most of the car and about 85% on the hood.
I was not happy with it, but the owner was happy so that's all that matters.
here are some after pics before we rewashed it.
In this pic I believe you can still see some of the sanding scratches we were forced to leave behind due to time limits.
Some final full body pics too come.
