This 72k mile daily driver, was clearly showing it's use, as expected. Definitely not abused, however, it needed some revival. We spent quite a bit of time restoring this beauty to factory like condition. The wheels came off, the top was treated, the mufflers were polished in the wheel wells, as well as the control arms and a-arms and so on! The leather was brought back to it's delicious tan color and the paint looking fresh. The pics do a lot of the talking here, so check it out! Products used: Meguairs M105 + purple wool pad Meguairs M105 + yellow pad Menzerna 203 + orange pad Menzerna 106 + white pad Menzerna 106 + black pad Meguairs M38 trim dressing Meguairs Wheel Brightener Meguairs Super Degreaser Meguairs Last Touch Meguairs APC Mink oil leather conditioner P21S Paint cleanser P21S TAW P21S Polishing soap Stoners Tarminator 3M Adhesive remover CG Citruswash Clear CG Wheel cleaner CG Diablo Wheel gel #000 steel wool Plexus clear bra cleaner RAGGTOPP Fabric Protectant RAGGTOPP Fabric/Vinyl Cleaner Sonus green ultrafine clay CG Maxisuds clay solution Collonite 476 (for rims) Wolfgang Fuzion wax Sprayway ammonia free window cleaner Rejex Might be other products Procedure: We took care of the convertible top by first spraying with Raggtop cleaner, agitating with swissvax brushes and then rinsing. The car was pre-rinsed, soaked with TAW and left to dwell for a couple minutes while misting to keep from drying. Afterward the car was rinsed off, washed with citrus based car soap and lambs wool mitts. Once rinsed, vehicle was clayed, good amount of contamination on it. Car was then dried and all water was blown out. Convertible top was sprayed with fabric protectant and removed per instructions on the product. After it top dried with air, it was covered up and taped off. Car was moved to polishing area, put on jack stands and all wheels were removed for cleaning. Wheels were cleaned then sprayed with Tarminator to remove all tar, then cleaned more. The final cleaning with wheel cleaner removed all previously used chemicals, then dried and waxed with collonite wax for protection. Exhaust tips were cleaned. While the wheels were being cleaned, wheel wells were cleaned and dressed; control arms and exhaust tanks were polished; calipers cleaned and sealed with Rejex. The wheels were put back on, the car was lowered and wheels were taped off to prevent dusting during polishing stage. At this point, the car was ready for polishing but first, the interior needed to be cleaned. The leather was cleaned with Meguairs APC solution and then conditioned with Mink Oil. The interior and floor mats were vacuumed. We tried several polishing combinations on several panels and used what worked best. Plastic panels were polished with wool pad and M105, then Menzerna 203 and then Menzerna 106. Final stage of polishing was done in 2 steps. Menzerna 106 with white pad until polish broke down then switched to black pad to finish polishing for maximum results. Some were done with yellow instead of wool because the paint was softer and not as damaged. Menzerna 203 and 106 was used on the car as the medium and final polish. After all of the polishing was done, the clear bra was polished/cleaned with plexus product then wiped down with alcohol mix and polished with Menzerna 106 and a green pad. This made huge improvement on clarity of clear bra. The tail lights were polished with the same products as rest of the car. Car was then paint cleansed and waxed with Wolfgang Fuzion wax. We let the wax cure for half hour before rinsing the car off with water and drying. The front and rear engine compartments were dressed and all of the jambs and glass were cleaned. Onto the pictures. Couple before pics Convertible top treatment Clay bar after a panel Interior before, after and 50/50 Taillights before/ after Wheels before/after After waxing Wheel wells Exhaust tips Front and Rear engine compartments before/after Clear bra cleaning/polishing 50/50 Correction pictures: before/after and 50/50 Reflection/Final pictures
Awesome 50/50's... I know that this paint is not easy to work with, so thumbs up for the result.. Looks very nice
Nice recovery on a fairly well hammered Porsche. Hope you talked they guy into maintaining the car with porper washes and polishing when needed. Again, nice save.
Wow... Fantastic Job!!! How many hours did you have on that thing? What did the owner say when he saw it?
this paint was pretty soft, new Porsches have harder paint (soft comparing to new Cayman paint) over 2 days it took us 32 hours or so he was amazed, we sent him long email with progress pics and only response we got was "WOW", we gona get his weekend car to detail, i guess he was please with results
Misha, On the befores, I couldnt even figure out what color the car was. The afters leave no doubt. Its amazing the some people treat even the most desireable cars like an appliance. You turned it back into what it should be. Great Job! Awesome. Joe D.
its Daily driver car, we found auto car wash receipts in car while we were cleaning it so no wonder it was in that condition. at least his weekend car in little better shape, as far as i seen out on sun sun but then again porshe didnt look half as bed on sun then under lights
