MarcHarris
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RUF produces some wild and crazy cars (RUF Automobile GmbH) that can get very extreme very quickly. Even if you opt for a more mildly modded ride, you're still sure to have a very rare head turner that demands attention anywhere it goes. We we lucky enough to work on one such machine during our recent time in Puerto Rico.
This particular car was quite clean and well maintained, but never-the-less could use some autoLavish love to put her over the top. Being rarely driven but always appreciated, it was the smaller things we needed to concentrate on during our short time working for this client. Wheel faces and even the inside of the wheels were well kept, but the calipers needed some love, the paint needed light contamination removal using clay, and there was the same light swirling that seems to plague all Porsche owners.
Getting things set up:
Badges / nooks and crannies were the focus for good reason
light wax build-up in the usual areas:
While she's well kept, you can see there's just some gloss missing even in the shade while dusty
The inner door sill covers were quite scuffed
Plate removed for more thorough cleaning
Plate bumper removed for even further cleaning, then sprayed with diluted APC to dwell
P21S Wheel Cleaner Gel doing it's thing once agitated
Wheels after looking proper
Calipers as good as they'll get without wheel removal
With a car so dusty, it was important to remove any grime possible prior to actually touching the paint. We pre-foamed with Meguiar's Gold Class with a tad of APC in the shade, then rinsed before the real foam+wash.
A clear picture showing the exact outcome we desired: foam slowly dripping off the vehicle. The suds suspending dirt away from the surface of the vehicle while carrying it safely from the surface
Members of the autoLavish trifecta claying the vehicle only after a pre-foam, rinse, foam, wash, and final rinse have been completed.
Finally its time for a proper inspection. Now that the surface was pre-soaked, rinsed, foamed, washed, rinsed, clayed, and finally rinsed, we could take plenty of paint thickness measurements, inspect the paint in the sun, and get an over-all idea of how much work the car required, and create a work-plan. We were to remove the light swirls from the finish, re-clear the lightly hazy headlamp housings, clean-up the exhaust tips, wipe-down the interior, clean-up the door sills, re-clear the taillight housings, and leave her well protected for the future. No problem
This particular car was quite clean and well maintained, but never-the-less could use some autoLavish love to put her over the top. Being rarely driven but always appreciated, it was the smaller things we needed to concentrate on during our short time working for this client. Wheel faces and even the inside of the wheels were well kept, but the calipers needed some love, the paint needed light contamination removal using clay, and there was the same light swirling that seems to plague all Porsche owners.
Getting things set up:
Badges / nooks and crannies were the focus for good reason
light wax build-up in the usual areas:
While she's well kept, you can see there's just some gloss missing even in the shade while dusty
The inner door sill covers were quite scuffed
Plate removed for more thorough cleaning
Plate bumper removed for even further cleaning, then sprayed with diluted APC to dwell
P21S Wheel Cleaner Gel doing it's thing once agitated
Wheels after looking proper
Calipers as good as they'll get without wheel removal
With a car so dusty, it was important to remove any grime possible prior to actually touching the paint. We pre-foamed with Meguiar's Gold Class with a tad of APC in the shade, then rinsed before the real foam+wash.
A clear picture showing the exact outcome we desired: foam slowly dripping off the vehicle. The suds suspending dirt away from the surface of the vehicle while carrying it safely from the surface
Members of the autoLavish trifecta claying the vehicle only after a pre-foam, rinse, foam, wash, and final rinse have been completed.
Finally its time for a proper inspection. Now that the surface was pre-soaked, rinsed, foamed, washed, rinsed, clayed, and finally rinsed, we could take plenty of paint thickness measurements, inspect the paint in the sun, and get an over-all idea of how much work the car required, and create a work-plan. We were to remove the light swirls from the finish, re-clear the lightly hazy headlamp housings, clean-up the exhaust tips, wipe-down the interior, clean-up the door sills, re-clear the taillight housings, and leave her well protected for the future. No problem
very much so. It was high 80's into the low 90's while working on this car and we had to keep drinking plenty of water. Now... we just got over 6 inches of snow last night :grrr