This is a 2002 Porsche Carrera Cabriolet(black of course) that was in VERY poor condition, my client picked up the car used and has Sharkwerks go thru and upgrade many parts of the car ie:Suspension, wheels, exhaust, software etc..... and after they were done the car was brought to my shop for some restorative correction.

Initial condition of the finish....











Passenger side door



50/50 pic of the same door after wool pad correction



The hood



50/50 pic after compounding







Hope to be finished by Wednesday

 

Wow. If I didn't know any better I would swear that is my Silverado you were taking pics of. Can't wait to see the results.

 

Awesome job!!!

 

Great work Bob! I am confident the results will be stunning.

 

daym you have your work cut out for you here !!!

 

It will be sweet when I am done though!!!!

 

Wow black cars can get so beat up. Nice work fellas.

 

As promised here is the write up on recently completed correction on a Porsche in DIRE need of restorative correction. As I have already put up some initial pics I will start with the actual detail.

Here is the start of the job, the top was very dirty so I scrubbed with a paint safe citrus cleaner



Every crevice was cleaned with a 3" boarshair brush



After the car was washed and clayed(3 hours total required)due to dealer applied sealant.....(not good) I brought the car into the shop and put it on the lift as this would be a wheels off correction. Note the hazy appearance of the passenger door caused by a re-spray so there was shrinkage to contend with



Door was taped off and a game plan of correction procedures was carried out, I would end up with two compounding stages and three polishing stages







Next is pics of the hood being corrected, this pic shows what a PAPER TOWEL can do to the finish!!



Hood taped off for 50/50 pics











The rear decklid "Carrera" badge was removed and replaced due to the marring in that area, also the badge was oldness and crusty and would have ruined the tightness of the soon to be corrected paint



Here is a before of the rear left quarter panel





After compounding



Again before...



After



A cluster of deep RIDS that required sanding with 2500 and 4000 grit paper



After levelling and correction



Lower left rear quarter before



After compounding

 

Drivers side door before



Making some headway



Door fully compounded



Front bumper not looking so good



Better after compounding



The passenger door was not looking as clear as I wanted, so I sanded the entire door and re-corrected and the finish finally matched the texture of the adjacent panels



Polishing tight area of the front quarter panel





Correcting the finish in the door jambs(not fun)





Broke out the steamer to remove embedded gunk in the keyhole



"A little steaming action"





Keyhole corrected, it was dried off and shot with some graphite



Next I moved to the wheel wells which were really dirty, here is the driver rear wheel well



Agitated with Premier's TTS clear film cleaner which also works great for these type of jobs





Wheel well cleaned before dressing application



Driver font wheel well before



After=supercleaness



Of course the wheels were cleaned,but they were new Champion's so not much correction but I sealed the inner barrels with Jet Seal 109

 

Interior before











Dirt in the perforation holes



A low tech solution



Storage compartment before



After clean up



Interior tightned up





Rear decklid corrected and ready for the new badge to be affixed





Lining up badge, this can be tricky as you get ONE shot at this



New badge affixed



Spreading on the one of four coats of Blackfire Wet Diamond



Here is the last coat of sealant left overnight to cure



Time for the finished product to be seen in direct sunlight