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Old Mar 5, 2011 | 02:41 AM
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1990 Porsche Carrera 4 Exterior Detail

Recently completed detail @ my shop, this vehicle came to me thru one of the guys who work @ Premier(Greg) as he is a family friend. Pretty well cared for Porsche for it's age and had a paint to match color according to the client(90's Corvette hue).

When the client brought the car for a estimate he thought there was not much I could do to improve the finish............... he knows different as of today(lol).

Here I am prepping the areas to be wrapped by Premier.







Finish corrected and finished down with no LSP for the best result in the film install.




Over @ Premier for them to "Do what they do".....






Back @ my shop after the film install,after a good wash/clay procedure here is the beginning of the paint correction stage, also few water spots to take care of.




50/50's of the engine cover.







Reverse angle.




Rear bumper.







Entire bumper corrected.




Drivers rear quarter before.




After.





This finish was a re-spray, as the client told me the car was damaged as new and PNA re-painted it when they were located in Reno NV. Very nice paint but a few issues I cleared up such as shrink and wetsanding scratches/tracers in a few spots like here under the drivers door handle.




After correction.




Part of this job was to correct and restore the trim which was "Dryness" after 21 years.....




Mirrors were the worst.







After a lot of tedious cleaning....before dressing was applied.




Dressing applied for a satin non-greasy finish.

 
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Nearing completion.










Time for a few sun pics.
















Trim looking good in the sun.







"Client" making sure everything was up to standard.......and shocked his Porsche looked this good again.

 
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nice job bob. so the car wasn't driven much? i don't see any rock chips.
 
Old Mar 5, 2011 | 11:36 AM
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Superb! What are you using to get the trim back in shape?
 
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Originally Posted by djantlive
nice job bob. so the car wasn't driven much? i don't see any rock chips.
There were chips to be sure,customer did not provide the touch up paint or I could handled that issue for him.....(For a nominal additional fee lol).
 
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Excellent work!
 
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Originally Posted by HarveyMushman
Superb! What are you using to get the trim back in shape?
x2 what was used to clean it and restore it, looks like it did a GREAT job.
 
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x2 what was used to clean it and restore it, looks like it did a GREAT job.
303 Protectant.
 
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Great work! I wonder how old the wax build-up on that mirror trim was? It looked like it had been that way for a long time.

You turned a good car into a show car.
 
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Originally Posted by slik560
Great work! I wonder how old the wax build-up on that mirror trim was? It looked like it had been that way for a long time.

You turned a good car into a show car.


It had been there for a LONGTIME.....in my opinion of course(lol), thanks for the kudos and yes the car is looking it's best now.
 



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