dsms detail - Black Porsche Turbo from Canada *Major Overhaul*

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2003 Porsche 996 Turbo came down from Canada for a full correction. Overall this was one of the most extensive corrections I have done.



Initial condition, filthy as expected... a 650 mile road trip has its downside

Car has Bilstein PSS9 coilovers, Fikse wheels and PCCB's (gen 1)

Prep consisted of a thorough pressure wash of the entire exterior followed by foaming with a citrus soap.



After a few minutes the foam

Wheels were cleaned using only soap and water, no wheel cleaners should ever be used on carbon ceramic brakes... not that you really need to as they dont generate very much break dust

Before moving onto a 2 bucket wash I sprayed the car down with Opt. powerclean to loosen up whatever surface grime was left. While this sat I agitated all the trim pieces, crevices and badges

Also treated the front bumper with surf city road grim destroyer to breakdown all the big splatter

Car was washed and then clayed. Before taping it up I gave it a thorough IPA wipedown.



Onto correction...

 

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Cleaning up the compounding haze

Difference in clarity

Before

After

Before

After (when the car was finished)

Close up after compounding

 

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After

50/50 on the roof

Top corrected, bottom untouched

After

Tails before

After

After careful jeweling, zero haze left behind viewed under the TK40 Fenix (630 lumens compared to 240 in the TK10/11 I used to use)

Finish after all correction steps, zero LSP

Interior was in decent shape, leather was cleaned and conditioned. All trim pieces cleaned and protected with 303, carpets protected with 303 fabric guard

After

 

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Fikse wheels unfortunately had sever etching on the lips and inner barrels, nothing could be done without causing further damage but they cleaned up moderately well

50/50

After

Dressed the trim with my patented application system also known as a foam stick :gidiup:

Finished product...

The clouds wouldnt break for some sun bursts unfortunately

Back inside for a second coat of powerlock and finishing touches

 

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Hood reflection

I love this shot

Owner came by taxi to collect his car at 6pm...



Here is how she looked just before taking the trek back to Canada, yes some may say its ridiculous to drive the car home after a detail but in reality it will only get dirty. The 7 years of abuse and defects which accumulated arent coming back anytime soon, especially not after 1 road trip.

After 31hrs and 2 very late nights (or very early mornings you could say) the car was looking as it should. The owner drove to DetailersDomain imediately after to pick up a ton of stuff to maintain the car including grit guard buckets, gentle shampoo, mitts, tire dressing etc. Makes me happy to see someone go home with a perfect car and get all the essential things to keep it looking that way.



This was a long one and I thank you for letting me share. I think you will enjoy the next one as well, its black but it is not a Porsche :2thumbs:



I will leave you with a video walkaround...



[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wH8uuJ9L9E]YouTube - Street Dreams Detail - Porsche Turbo Revival[/ame][/I]

 

[RaskyR1]

Great work as always David! :2thumbs:





What was your correction process?

 

[ADetailedFinish]

Awesome Work! Looks like that thing shoulda got trailered home though. Amazing how you have such an awesome clientel!! Next one please....

 

[tom p.]

Looks amazing following that effort. And it's nice to see someone actually driving/using one of these cars ! No apologies needed for that

 

[imported_JoshVette]

Nice job, the car looks great.



Josh

 

[Nagz]

What was your correction process?

I'm also curious, and what did you use on the wheels? Looks amazing as usual!!!!!!!!!!

 

[PhatHoodDetail]

now thats hot fire:spot

 

[Barry Theal]

David there is something to be said about someone coming 7 hours for a car detail. Great work man. The car turned out nicely.

 

[AuAltima3.5]

That thing was horrifying before. Jeebus!



Afters are awesome.

 

[gav'spurplez]

david,



awesome work, you can really see how well the paint came out.

what polishing products do you use ??



also,

my favorite shot is in the garage of the hood..... you can see all of the spray bottles lined up neatly on their rack !

 

[MirrorDetailing]

wow that is incredible work. Few questions was the porsche clear soft? Or at least what was your process to correct that much.

 

[Labster]

Astounding detail Dave. I always know what to expect in one of your click and brags.

 

[Scottwax]

Nice job cleaning up the paint, looks 1000x better!

 

[JohnKleven]

Fantastic work. Those Fikse FM5's are my faves.

 

[ntwrkguy1]

Nice job on the car, but........there are PLENTY of black Porsches out there.....



However.....



That's the slickest bottle rack I've seen!! Nice idea! Did you make that yourself, or buy it somewhere? Is that a towel rack?

 

[VitoB]

Great work as always Dave.



I'm actually from Montreal. Quebec myself, I can't believe the owner drove all the way to New Jersey to have his car detailed, that is quite a long drive.