Porsche Design Special Edition Cayman- Detail by seech and KC

[seech]

Woke up early one Saturday morning to detail one of the first and possibly only one of its kind in Malaysia with my buddy KC.

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Supercharged Porsche 993? Ferrari F355? Could it be the Porsche Cayman?



Not just any Cayman but... a Porsche Design Edition 1 Cayman.

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We were told by the owner that this was possibly the first and only Porsche Design Cayman in the country.



No. 571 out of 777 worldwide.

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What's special about this special edition? Alcantara steering wheel, gear lever and headliner.

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Porsche 911 Turbo wheels.

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Solid red rear lights.

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Porsche Design Edition 1 Aluminum Kick Plates.

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Porsche umbrella...

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And distinctive matt black Porsche Design stripes.

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The condition of the car before. Not too bad with just a light coat of dust.

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What about swirls you say? It is black after all...

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While waiting for KC to arrive, I started off with an Optimum No Rinse (ONR) wash and clay with ONR lube.

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Halfway through KC finally arrived and started work on the wheels, I'll leave it to him to post more details on that, while I started polishing the kick plates and exhaust tips with Optimum Metal Polish.

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The owner was very particular about not damaging the Porsche Design stripes so they were taped up before compounding.

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The paint was in pretty bad shape with swirls and many deep Random Isolated Deep Scratches (RIDS).

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[seech]

After evaluating the paint and doing a test spot, KC and I realized that this was going to be another long day...



Multiple passes of Meguiars M105 with Lake Country double sided wool pad were required to remove most of the severe defects.



While KC was compounding, I followed behind with Optimum Polish II with Meg's 2.0 Polishing Pad and a Makita 9227C rotary.

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50/50. Pretty good results with just the M105 and OPII.

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Mirrors were polished with OPII.

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After.

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KC working between the stripes.

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The finish looked pretty good after M105/OPII but as this was black, we did not want to take any chances and went over the entire car again with Optimum Finish and Meg's 2.0 Finishing Pad with a rotary.

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The paint was sealed with Opti-Seal followed by a coat of Optimum Car Wax. The afters...

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No engine bay detailing required... its under there somewhere.

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It had been a long, hot and humid day until...

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Now it was a WET, long, hot and humid day...

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The Opti-Seal and Optimum Car Wax combo left the paint with a deep mirror like finish.

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My favorite part of the car... curves.

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The glossy paint look great against the matt black stripes.

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More curves...

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Mirror like finish.

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Our next assignment once we recover from this detail... Porsche 997 GT3.

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[5spdfrk]

Nice work! Did you use anything on the stripes?

 

[MrCLRider]

Super Duper job!! lol....



Good job on the tag team action.

 

[D Tailor]

Cool job guys. I love Porsche Design...not a huge fan of the stripes of the car...but PD usually hits everything else out of the park for me! Nice work on the depth of shine and finessing the details (working in between the stripes).

 

[Innovative Detailing]

Awesome job guy's......great attention to the details, especially those pain in the a** stripes! :2thumbs:

 

[tssdetailing]

very nice-makes me jealous of the way mine turned out.

 

[Tru_Shine]

WOW! turned out GREAT!!!

 

[RaskyR1]

Great work Guys! Sweet car too! :bounce

 

[a_guerrajr]

very nice results.



no work on stripes at all?

 

[ShineTech]

Great work and write up as always.

 

[Barry Theal]

way to go guys!

 

[KC@detailien]

It was another challenge fun day out with Seech...otherwise my detailing life will be very very dull



more before shot taken

far away shot ...the paint seems to be prefect & shinny & defect free

look closely under direct light & really close up inspection...u will find & discover

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50/50% shots

look at the amout of scratches & RIDS removed.....

look at the 50/50 % before & after compounding

more 50/50% pics at front right fender

closer pics

i like black....ma ma mia

my favourite

 

[anson89]

Glad to see my fellow Malaysians making some progresses there! Haha!

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Stunning work guys! One of the best posts lately. :bow

 

[KC@detailien]

thanks buddies, for all yr kind words our gratitude owing to you

this beautiful 19" rims, thats keep her on the road...i guess 4 of these can easily buy a car...





wash & onr on the whole car by Mr Seech





dry by optimum waffle towel - aka water magnet cloth..

then moving on the rims...ONR wash

spas begin with



pic before

dirt grim dust brake dust tar plenty of contaminations

if these section of the car is not wash properly ....there is a transference of contamination to the rest of the car



as brake dust flew everywhere from there……u know where?



wool washing mitts...from my old ROB wool pad....sprayed with Optimum All cleaner

pics before

ta da...see what i collected

Optimum All cleaner agitating & brushing off with wheel brushes

Optimum All cleaner agitating & brushing off with wheel brushes

Optimum All cleaner agitating & brushing off with wheel brushes

brushing off with Optimum All cleaner

caked brake dust from the calipers

lower joints

next clay & lube with ONR no rinse wash dilution of 2 ounce with 450 ml water

You wouldn’t want to see

then optimum opti seal - sealing the rims prior waxing

Spray, buff off & walk away

ready to be wax

wipe & buff off at the same time

ta da

simple effortless washing & detailing

thanks to my my magic portion

another section

before

Ta da pics

Then pls cover before heavy correction….hahahahahahahah





No la…protecting her from compound & residues

thanks for viewing again

& stay tune for the complete write up

 

[seech]

Super Duper job!! lol....



Good job on the tag team action.

very nice-makes me jealous of the way mine turned out.

WOW! turned out GREAT!!!

Great work Guys! Sweet car too! :bounce

Great work and write up as always.

way to go guys!

TQVM Guys. Your encouragement is always a motivation to keep improving.

Cool job guys. I love Porsche Design...not a huge fan of the stripes of the car...but PD usually hits everything else out of the park for me! Nice work on the depth of shine and finessing the details (working in between the stripes).

Awesome job guy's......great attention to the details, especially those pain in the a** stripes! :2thumbs:

very nice results.



no work on stripes at all?

Nice work! Did you use anything on the stripes?

Ah yes, the stripes. The owner was very specific about protecting the stripes so they were taped off for compounding and polishing. This took quite some time and a lot of tape to carry out. We were able to compound and polish in between the stripes with the smaller pads.



Some of the stripes had some scratches on them but they came out quite easily during the finishing step with Optimum Finish. (I really like to use this as a finishing polish with its long work time, no dust and very nice finishing ability.) As the OF and the finishing pad would have very minimal cut I decided that it would have been pretty safe to finish off the area including the stripes. It turned out pretty good and the owner was quite happy that the scratches on the stripes were removed as well.

 

[seech]

Glad to see my fellow Malaysians making some progresses there! Haha!

We're working on it. :chuckle:

Stunning work guys! One of the best posts lately. :bow

Tq sir. It was a pleasure as usual working with KC.