2005 Porsche 997 Carrera S Restorative Correction

This was completed today(10-14-2010) and this car was a handfull, initially I thought the car would not too bad but after the filling wax was stripped off.................
Initial sun pics of the finish(which does not look to bad but wait until the pics from after the wash/De-con step).




This is a pic of the sawdust stuck to the finish(which the customer said "It comes off with your fingernail".............uhmm NO).




After the wash...............this is what the finish really looked like.








More pics of the "Sawdust".




Slowly shearing off the overspray with clay/solvent.


Wing/spoiler done(overspray removal that is).


Mirror looked like it hit the siding from a garage.


Carefully handled that.


After wool pad correction.


Rear decklid with "Sawdust" and marring as bad as you want........


After "Sawdust" removal and sanding/wool pad compounding.


Deep marring/RIDS.


First 50/50's .

 

Wow! That car had it all! Nice wheels. I am a fan of HRE. You never disappoint Bob.

 

Tailights were hammered as well.


Sand scratches on lower rear bumper.




That issue cleaned up.


Passenger door 50/50's.




Front bumper was bad as well.




Severe marring & holograms.


After.


Other side of the front bumper.




Drivers door looked like someone used a bristle broom on it.......(beyond jacked imho).






Heavy wool compounding for this door.


Rocker looked like it had been sanded.....no but the "coin wash" will do almost that.


Remember I do only "EASY" cars.


Making progress.

 

Looks so much better already how many hours in so far?

 

Door handle not looking it's best......


After first hits with wool pad.


Engine bay had a little "Water spotting problem".






After mucho rubbing.




Same issues in the trunk area.


Engine looking good(Yes that's a 3.8 litre airbox from a 09 model in a 05 with a 3.6 litre lol).


On the home stretch......had a visitor(ITO....... for those who know who this is lol, one of my martial art instuctors and in his day a bad A** dude which I cannot state how much I respect this guy as his first Black belt students he brought up are Navy Seals one still active and one retired). Tony is a accomplished detailer himself and worked as my detail manager @ Performance Art.


LED pic........to make sure as always.


Time for sun pics.

 

A couple interior pics.

 

Felt like a thousand............................52 total:goodn:

 

Good dedication Bob! Reaction from customer?

 

Man thats a lot man hours it came out amazing. When I did 25 hours of paint correction on my mustang gt I was already sick of it I could only imagine twice as much.:worship2:

 

It was absolutely scratched to hell! Amazing work bringing it up to life and making it look "healthy and blessed". You must be tired after all those hours of work...

 

I wanted to congratulate you on outstanding work. I would have freaked as i too only do "easy cars" .. mostly for myself.

 

Fantastic turnaround (as usual) Bob! I hope the customer appreciates the outcome.

Not sure if you would be upset at someone for 'trashing' such a great car - if it's getting washed (poorly) that should mean it's getting used.

 

Easily the worst car I have seen you do. Outstanding save! Customer must have crapped his pants when he picked it up.

 

Bob, this is probably one of your best this year so far. Amazing turnaround on this haggard Porsche.

 

Absolutely not. You can "use" a Porsche for what it's meant for, yet still probably wash it. One does not mean the other.

 

I like "Silver n black"......."The autumm wind is a Raider" lol.

 

very nice

 

looks great! awesome cd in the car too. armin van buuren.

why is one of the pictures spiraled?

 

Good Work Bob!!!

lol @ the airbox

 

So the sawdust came off with a clay bar or did you just polish right over?

Amazing work!