911Fanatic vs 04 Porsche Turbo Cab

It's been a while since I posted any of my work as things have been a wee bit busy. This Client was given my number by his neighbour 4 MONTHS ago. Its an 04 Turbo Cab with the factory X50 motor option - makes 440hp. 0-60 is supposedly mid 4 seconds which I will attest to during my own little test. Holy crap is this thing fast! Client picked it up last year. Car presently has 25,000 kms on it ( approx 15,000 miles )

All jambs, motor, emblems etc were cleaned with a citrus cleaner and RG brushes.
Car was presoaked in citrus cleaner to get rid of any remnants of a previous LSP and rinsed.
Washed with DG901 Carwash soap and RG wash mitt.
I didn't clean the wheels at this point as they were really bad and I knew I'd be removing them. When the time came, the barrels were carefully cleaned with a mild acid based cleaner and washed down with soapy water to neutralize any acid remaining. The faces and tires were cleaned with AG Custom Wheel Cleaner.
Inner fenders, suspension etc were cleaned with AG Powermax3 mixed 4:1. Inner fender liners were dressed with Gloss it TRV.
Exhaust tips were cleaned with P21S Polishing Soap and dressed with Blackfire All Metal Sealant
Paint was cleaned with Exclusive Medium Clay
As the paint was in great shape other than a few scratches on the passenger side, I thought I'd try the New Optimum Spray Polish. Worked o to remove light carwash damage but even with the GI Yellow pad, it couldn't remove the light scratches that were present although it did hide them a bit. Menz SIP on the same pad got rid of the scratches completely.
After polishing with SIP/Uber Green and my PC, the car received 2 coats of Gloss it Gloss Finish.
Wheels were finished with Blackfire All Metal Sealant and Tires were dressed with Swissvax Pneu.
All exterior trim was dressed with Gloss it TRV.
All glass cleaned with ShowroomFX glass cleaner.
Interior was wiped down with AG Interior Shampoo and seats were cleaned and conditioned with Raceglaze.

TOTAL TIME - 12 hours



Before's








Very dirty IForged 3 piece wheels. Barrels were so dirty we had to remove them to clean them properly.


Carbon fibre wing was really scratched up and needed a lot of polishing to bring it up














All jambs etc were cleaned with a citrus cleaner that I am still testing! LOL


Beading before means some type of LSP still hanging out.


After a citrus soaking and rinse - bye,bye.


Claying with our new Exclusive clay revealed little contamination


Only damage on car were a few light scratches on passenger side.












Avg reading - looks good.


Found a few areas like this - glad we didn't need to do any heavy polishing.


Thought I'd use one of the light scratches to test the new Optimum Spray Polish


I opted to spray it on the panel this time.


Polished with the PC on speed 6 with the GI Yellow Polishing Pad


Cleaned up the scratch a bit but wasn't able to remove it. Menz SIP removed it completely.


The optimum did give the paint a nice refection though. I'd say it'll make a good finishing polish but it just doesn't have the ability to remove scratches.


Inside of wheel barrel.


Passenger side inner fender detailed






Calipers got 2 coats of Blackfire All Metal Sealant


Engine cleaned and dressed with AG Silicone Spray




Result of inner barrel cleaning




Stock turbo comes with 265s. Client had upgraded to 305s. Wee bit wider!


Reinstalling the f*&^ing things!








Little surprise under the back seat. Yum!


Finished pics. Enjoy.





























One very happy client driving off into the sunset.........


Thanks for looking.

 

Amazing work as usual Ken. That thing looked sick when you were done with it.

 

Silly clean Ken, all the details were taken care of just right and it shows, silvers the hardest to make shine and you did a very nice job!

 

Great work! Thanks for the useful info on the spray polish as well, it was helpful. Those are some really nice cars.

 

Thanks David. Just wish I could do more of these cars. Where I live, big SUVs are the norm.

 

Nice work Ken. Those wheels must have been a pain to put back on.

 

Very nice work Ken :applause:

 

Nice job Ken..enjoy your write ups and photos. Back to the polish, would Optimum Spray compound have been a better choice? I love Menzerna, but Megs 105 is slowly changing my mind.

 

Great work as always Ken!

 

Amazing work, Ken! Car came out beautiful!!!

 

I haven't had a chance to try the spray compound yet but based on the spray polish results, for anything really bad, you will probably be better off with a product like Menz or Megs. I will test the compound shortly. As for the scratches that were in the Porsche, I would hope that the spray compound would work on them as the Menz SIP took them right out. As for the Megs vs Menz debate, it comes down to personal preference. I use both. ( the Power Gloss I use is the UK version. More cut and more oils to cut down on dusting )

 

Man you did a BEAUTIFUL job on that car. When you see one done up like that, you realize that it really is the perfect car to own.
You very rarely see silver cars that have that much sharpness and pop. Amazing job. Between seeing that and my cup of espresso this morning, my heart is pumping and I am ready to take on the day!

Thanks for sharing. Joe D.

 

Nicely done Ken, car looks better than new :thumb:

 

Great work as usual Ken. I was waiting for one of your great writeups ... simple yet informative.

So what do you think about the Hyper Polish in regards to its cutting ability? is it between 203s and 106fa?

 

Fantastic job Ken...

 

Phenomenal job as always. Write up was just as good as the detail! Have to agree with Max405 in that the Silver is just amazing. Most times when you see a silver car it's just sort of blah but when detailed right it looks stunning!

 

Hey Jl, Thanks bro. Just looked at an 04 Silver 996tt cab, with newer turbo wheels. I am thinkin about it...

Joe D.

 

That would be sweet. Would love to see it all detailed up!

 

hey Ken awesome Job man... Good to see the work as i have the Same Colour Combo on my C4S...

BTW, Turbo's and C4S's come with 295's not 265's... And tell your Client he is running the Worng Tire size in the back, it should be 315/25 not 305/30 for those 19's (235/35 Front)... Sooner or later his AWD System "Viscous Clutch" is going to go Kaput!!! with that Wrong Tire Size... its a $17,000 Job

 

Thanks, and I did.