'90 Porsche Carrera 4 convertible detail

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Hey all!!!



It's hard to believe that I was a junior in highschool when this particular 911 was built in December of 1989...the body lines and simple design are still fresh and appealing to this day. It was also neat seeing the built in "West Germany" build tag on the driver's side door jam. A different time that seems so long ago.... :)



The car is a Carrera 4 (the AWD model) showing 65K original miles on the odo. The current owner has had the car since 2001 and tracks the car usually a half dozen or so times per year and as such it sports a custom roll bar with 5-point harnesses. It has been lightly modded with TechArt 18" rims shod in Pirelli PZero rubber. It also has a cold air kit, larger mass air meter and full aftermarket exhaust and let me tell you...it sounds MEAN!!! You just can't beat the sound of those old school air cooled flat 6 Porsches!! :xyxthumbs



Overall the car was in good shape. The interior showed some honest wear but nothing too bad. The exterior, as far as I could tell, wears its original 15 year old paint job. It was moderately swirled and heavily chipped on the lower portion of the hood and over the entire front fascia. No doubt the victim of 65K miles worth of driving and several track days. Below are some pics and a description of the detail.



Enjoy (I certainly did),

Mike :cool:



The detail:



Wash with Meg's Gold Class shampoo



Clay with Clay Magic's clay bar and using the Clay Magic lube. The clay session revealed zero contaminants. It was obvious this car had been garaged and cared for (even if not by Autopian standards) its entire life.



Polish with Poorboy's SSR 2.5 using a Meg's 8006 pad and my PC set at 5-6.



Polish with Poorboy's PwC Blue using a Meg's 8006 pad and my PC set at 5.



Seal with Poorboy's Natty's Blue Paste Wax by hand using a foam pad.



All glass and rubber seals were treated with ClearKote's VM, the rims were sealed with Meg's #20 and the tires were dressed with AA.



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You can see a bit of the roll bar peeking through the rear window in this pic...



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Nice work!



I did a '74 that was updated to '90 or so. All the bodywork looks the same and he has a rather large flat 6 in place of the 4 that it came with.;)
 
Looks awesome Mike. Having seen some of your work in person now, I would expect nothing less. The Denali rig is sweet too.
 
Verrry nice. My brother had an '82 SC set up for road racing with a '87 euro-spec 3.2L. Loved the car, minus the lack of power steering :)



This is a very nice job you've done on this beautiful car. Kudos.
 
Most people I talk to have a distaste for that particular body style, I however, LOVE it.



Awesome detail as usual. :)
 
Absolutely outstanding work, Mike! The paint looks incredibly clear and wet! You really picked a nice combo for that car. :)



You did get to do some top speed testing, right? You know, to make sure the wax stays on at high speeds? ;)
 
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