Concours Finish Detailed: Porsche 996 Twin Turbo

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2003 Porsche 996 Twin Turbo with 550 hp at the flywheel.

Wheels, Wells & Tires
P21s Wheel Gel Cleaner
Meguiars APC +
Meguiars Wheel Brightener
Smart Wax RIM WAX to seal wheels
Various Brushes and Foam Swabs
Zaino Z16 Tire Gloss

Exterior Wash
P21S Total Auto Wash
Chemical Guys Citrus Wash & Gloss

Clay
Chemical Guys Blue Clay
Finish Kare 4125 Quick Detailer used as Clay Lube

Paint Correction
LC Purple Foamed Wool with Menz SIP
LC Orange Pad with Menz SIP
LC White Pad with Menz PO106FF

Trim
Black Wow
303 Aerospace Protectant
Prima Clarity Glass Cleaner
Glass Polishing Cloth
Meguiars NXT All Metal Polish

LSP
3 layers of Zaino Z5 Pro with ZFX
Z8 Grande Finale between layers and final wipedown


Equipment
Karcher Electric Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Cannon
Makita 9227c
Porter Cable 7424
LC 6.5" pads & 4" pads

Befores






The owner was gracious enough to help with the removal of the wheels to thoroughly
clean them and the wheel wells. He also volunteered to do the interior since it was in very good condition to begin with.



Using foam tipped swabs to clean all the crevices.




Since we only had two jacks, the wheels were removed 2 at a time.













P21S Gel cleaner didn't cut through the baked on brake dust too well so Meguiars Wheel Brightener was used and it did the trick. It was also clayed to remove stubborn spots.





After P21S TAW pre-soak, car was foamed with CG CWG.







Car was clayed about 6 months prior so it did not have very much bonded contaminanats.

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As many of you know, it is rather difficult to photograph defects in silver paint.

These are some shots of the rear wing 50/50.Top of photo is the polished side, bottom is not.







Left Side is Polished.



Head Lights and Tail Lights were corrected as well.

Before


After


Before


After. Note: Only the section with the "turbo" was polished. I had not gotten to the above panel yet.


Driver Side Door Before


After SIP on PFW and Orange LC pad. There was still some haze leftover.


After PO106FF on LC White Pad. Clarity is restored.


Front Fender Before


Front Fender 50/50


Before


During. I make sure to tape off all the edges.


After


Hood Before


Hood After


Afters

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The following are photos taken by the owner. If I had known his skills were far more superior than mine, I would have commissioned him to take all the photos. I guess I'm not surprised considering he is a cinematographer. :bow:





















Finally, my 3 personal favorites. :)



This one looks ready for the brochure! :bigups

[gq9]

Amazing job, and pics.

[krew53]

Wow!! You went to town on that thing... Looks awesome!!

[Mike@Startup]

Good work, however, did you put the rims face down on the concrete?

[swaigo]

he put you to shame haha!

[zcrew]

only tire would have been touching the concrete probably, those pilot sports have a beefy wheel guard lip.

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Good work, however, did you put the rims face down on the concrete?

Tires protected the rims...it was elevated as well since the edge of the concrete wall was sticking out....I was very careful....

[Mike@Startup]

only tire would have been touching the concrete probably, those pilot sports have a beefy wheel guard lip.

Actually they do not. How do I know?



My car, the centers do in fact stick out past the rubber, even with 295's in the back.

[Daness373]

proved his point ^ haha

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Actually they do not. How do I know?



My car, the centers do in fact stick out past the rubber, even with 295's in the back.

You are running different tires...you have kuhmos..he had michelins....apples to apples...