I was contacted on AG by this gentleman from London, which is 2 hours away from me. He's got a 2013 Porsche Boxster and wanted it done with CQF. We ended up talking on the phone and it was a go. The bonus is that he has relatives in Windsor, so it was no problem to leave it with me for the weekend. I thought this was going to be an easy, one step job. It's a bloody 2013 for goodness sake! But no, the Porsche dealer thought they'd have their way with it and the holograms were there to prove it. Jerry is a very picky man and has high standards. Bring it on...I do love a challenge. This car was an absolute pleasure to work on. Medium paint and gorgeous lines. Let's begin... Here it is as it arrived. Now, normally, I block the plate, but Jerry has allowed it to be shown. What a VERY COOL plate for a Porsche!! (He liked mine too-DETAILOR). Oh, and be warned, there are a lot of shots! The bugs don't give Porsche's any preferential treatment as you can tell: Some visible swirls on the hood: Both rear fenders had a scuff in the same place...what the Hell did the dealer do to it? The "O" in Porsche had an unintended accent by it...aka scratch: Hahahha...wait till he hears what nasty chemical I'll use to clean in there... The wheels on this car were just gorgeous. We had discussed pulling them to coat the barrels too. As soon as I saw them, I knew they had to be done too...look at how much they show! (He was nervous about that being done). Wheel well closeup: Now it was time to get going. If I'm coating with OG, I can pull the wheel first while it's in the driveway and then when it's off, powerwash the wells. However, with CQF, it can't have soap for 48 hours, so my method had to change. Therefore, it was like usual for a convertible: Wheels first and then the top. Wheels/Barrels/Wells The barrels were cleaned first with Tarminator then they were sprayed with Zep Citrus. The faces were also cleaned with Tarminator first and then sprayed with ZC and then washed by hand with DG 901. The tires were cleaned with Zep 505. The wells were cleaned with LATA. The exhaust was first cleaned with Megs WB and then neutralized with Zep Citrus. Next up was washing. The car was foamed first and while the foam went to work, all the crevices, emblems, etc got agitated with a Raceglaze brush. It was then hand washed with DG 901. That was rinsed off and then a final wash of IronX paste on a grout sponge was done. Black car notwithstanding, there was no evidence of metallic contamination on it (or the ground afterward). It was then brought inside and the wheels/tires and wells were blown off first, followed by the entire car with the Master Blaster. I did not want any water spotting on the paint. The top was then vacuumed with my extremely powerful PF51 (I inadvertently aimed it the wrong way and had to take it apart and return the neighbour's dog back to him...kidding!!) Next up was to clay it with a CarPro Elastofoam block using ONR as lube. It was a brand new block and I was anxious that it might mar, but no, it was fine after breaking it in on the glass first. Now we can see what marks there were to remove. There was an etching mark on the hood: Dealership polishing at its finest: There was a scuff across the front of the bumper to the right of the plate that they had obviously (and poorly) tried to hide. It actually broke the paint necessitating a few touch ups. Luckily Jerry had brought the paint with him. There were only 2 touch up spots on the whole car. THAT was a nice change! Next up was the wheels. Jerry had me nervous to do it, so I took longer than normal due to being so extra careful. We consulted the manual for the torque specs for afterward. Here is what was done to each wheel: First up was the removal. I had just purchased a new low clearance jack for this job which I've already used since. The wheel was placed on a sturdy container that was not too high. I learned a lesson the hard way doing the Foose wheels on that Mustang as I hurt my back lugging them up on a high bench. I put a moving blanket on the container so it was soft and sturdy. Here's the well missing its wheel: The barrel was first wiped down with ONR and dried. Then DG Squeaky Clean was applied and removed by hand to ensure a proper bond. CQF was then applied and allowed to haze. 2 coats were done to each barrel. Next it got turned over and the process repeated to the front. Next my attention was turned to the wells. The plastic was protected with DLux. Lastly, the wheels were re-installed and tightened with my air impact wrench and then torqued to spec. Long process, but so worthwhile! Paint Correction: When Jerry was pointing out some very hard to see defects, I knew a one step wasn't going to cut it. Besides, he had driven 2 hours to see me, he was damned sure going to get my best in everything I did to that car. What ended up working the best after testing some different pads & polishes was M105 + yellow B/S + Flex followed by M205 + Ru[es followed by DG Squeaky Clean + blue B/S + Flex. It had been forecasting rain as I was polishing the car. I had just stopped and all of a sudden the sun came out from behind the clouds. I didn't even take the time to wipe off the dust and got it outside for a few quick shots in case the weather didn't co-operate the next day. Wouldn't you know, within a 1/2 hour afterward, it was pouring down hard again! This is just polished paint, that's all, no coating of any kind yet: Scuff gone: Man, the wheels came out great, eh??? Now it was time to get to work coating it. The windshield got Optimum Pro Glass coating. The paint and glass and the side trim behind the doors got CQF as well as the head and tail lights. The rear trim got DG beta trim dressing. The personalized plates as well as their covers also got coated. The exhaust got polished with Colli Metal Wax. All the panels were cured with an IR light. All told, it was a 16 hour job. Here are some inside shots: You can see the spinning fan! I think this qualifies as a "Flawless Reflection", LOL: IR lamp in action: Thankfully we were blessed by the weather the next day too!! Got Clouds?? Love the Plate!!! The proud owner and fellow Autogeek! Thanks for enduring all the photos. This was a cool experience doing a car for a fellow forum member. (No pressure at all, LOL). It was a very rewarding experience.
Great job. Love the final pictures. Please detail the opticoat glass application. I purchased it but have never used it as I can of find a desired video or instructions. Thanks as always.
Thanks very much Jason! Thank you Chad, I appreciate you commenting! Kyle, I couldn't agree with you more. I found myself just staring at it. It is magnificent in black too! Thank you. I got instruction from Yvan in Quebec, although I have modified it a bit. Obviously clean the windshield and dry, yada yada. I take a CarPro 4" suede mf and wrap it around one of their foam blocks (I now have quite a few due to getting them in the CQF box). I spritz the mf a few times and then spritz the top third of one side about three times and then spread it up and down and side to side. I repeat 2 more times on the two remaining sections below. I then repeat on the other side. It is supposed to cure for a minute. A minute has usually more than passed at that time and so I go back to the other side and remove with a utility mf and then repeat on the other side. Hope that helps. Thanks very much. I might have to make one more prominent on my website.
Amazing work as usual Richy, really enjoyed this write up! Perfection. Those wheels look good enough to eat off.
Thanks P1et! I really enjoyed working on it! Such sensual lines on it. Thank you very much and I appreciate you commenting!
Thank you very kindly. I loved the plate too and was happy he let me show it! Sent from my iPhone 5 using Tapatalk
