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New car for uber tuners @ Sharkwerks, as I have had a relationship with them since 2004 when I did quarter mile missile "Black mamba"(Silly fast 996 Turbo) which Alex did not think could ever look new again..............he was wrong(Good for him though). It has been good to see them grow as a company and NO ONE is more honest than them and as they have added staff Dan and Emily.................things are good for a company which in this economy is still producing quality.


I will miss the outgoing car and glad it went to a local Porsche nut client of thiers(Sharkwerks) but the new car is "Bada**" and with the stuff planned it will be fun to watch. The car started out with a little "Patina" and pulling the painters tape off the car was fun(Not) and with the wash rocks from New Mexico and Arizona and all points from Midwest where they purchased the car littered my wash matt(Gave one to Dan as a "Keepsake").

Here it is at the beginning......................








Rear decklid with deep marring(I would later wetsand the entire decklid due to heavt orange peel which did not match the adjacent panels).




This bug was "Digging the Gulf Blue color scheme".




Wing and wind supports were removed for the wetsand phase of the job.




Starting out with holograms.




Deep scratches as well.




Factory clearfilm was not pretty either.




A little difficult to see, but heavy orange peel needed correction.




During sanding step.




Partly compounded.




Texture now matches other panels.







Marring.




50/50 shot of the same area.




Compounded and polished.




Richie Carbone was out to help with this car, here he is doing fine tape work so we could correct marring in and around the factory graphics.










Deep scratches on the leading edge of the rear bumper.




Looking good.

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Rear bumper was hammered.




All better.............




Wet sand scratches I DID NOT put in..............but took out, common for all rear bumpers on Gen 2 997 GT3/RS.




"Factory scratches de-installed"




Remember the factory clearfilm..................now it is looking like new.




Rear decklid looking sharp again, later Alex would give the GT3RS factory sticker sans the template...................not fun lining that up as I had one shot at it.




Time to correct the marring on the underside of the wing.







Topside of the wing was not looking so hot either.




Alex & James checking on the progress................as they have a few mod's going on..............understatement of the year.




Had Vince from Omega Tint come in and supplement the clearfilm coverage for a full front quarter and doors/rockers.







Pulling out in "Superclean" condition.













Alex taking "Bluefin" back to thier shop down the street for James to put the links and other suspension goodies on while the HRE's were being mounted up.




After james put the car on the lift they brought back the OE wheels and tires along with the HRE's.




Kevin my old shop foreman from Performance Art and Alek my next door neighbor taking off the OE tires.

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New HRE's ready to go.








Wheels were "Matchmounted" then loadforce balanced by the "General" (Kevin Patton).




Back at Sharkwerks, sa the wheels were off I cleaned up the wheel wells.




After.




Factory "GT3RS" sticker lined up and affixed.

[Kai@EliteMotorsports]

Great job!

[997carrerasblk06]

Damn it I need to move out to SoCal... Detailers like you just don't exist unless I take a two 1/2 hour drive to NY

[X2daC]

Awesome.

[slavik]

awesome work and writeup! we need pics with the hre's mounted!

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Quote:

Originally Posted by slavik »

awesome work and writeup! we need pics with the hre's mounted!

Alex added a pic from a drive up to Mt Hamilton in the thread in the GT section titled "Sharkwerks goes on tour with zany colored GT3RS" with the HRE's mounted on the car on the last page of the thread.

[0-60Motorsports]

Great work. Color looks awesome

[slavik]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Auto Concierge »

Alex added a pic from a drive up to Mt Hamilton in the thread in the GT section titled "Sharkwerks goes on tour with zany colored GT3RS" with the HRE's mounted on the car on the last page of the thread.

thanks, will take a look!