02 Porsche Carrera Correctional

[premiershine9]

Hey all-

Haven't had time to document my work recently, will document more once April and May roll around before I relocate.

Up here is a Carrera with significant defects- marring, heavy swirling and the drivers door which was burned and unfinished from a body shop- you'll see the pics.

Correctional was performed over two days and took around 15 hours to complete.

Equipment used:
- FLEX DA
- RUPES 21
- PC 7424
- various pads- yellow/ green foam and Surbuf R
- M105, Menz SIP, Sonax PF

LSP applied- two coats of Menzerna PL


Interior was given a Full Basic treatment- interior carpet and mats exracted, leather conditioned with Leatherique overnight and all the hard plastic cleaned and degreased.
Quick shot of the rear seats out and getting leatheriqued


Onto the befores:

Dull, oxidized and heavily swirled paint










Sanding marks






The Heavily defected area- thanks body shop!




Full Decon wash was performed- Sonax FE wheel cleaner/ Iron Cut to help the inner barrels- Megs. APC in the wells and profile of the tire- Dawn/ CG Citrus wash mix
Uber Blue clay after with ONR to clay the surface





Under the lights- near 99% correction achieved
My camera was low on battery and had to be charged- only snapped a couple 50/50 and before and afters






The heavily defected door....


After two passes with M105



Headlights were wetsanded with with 1500 grit on up to 3K and hand polished/ hit with my PC and a small 3 inch pad



Afters







































Thanks for looking!
- Dan K.

[ScottyB]

that door is painful to look at.

i'm still pretty sure you are skilled in the arts of witchcraft and magic. what a turnaround.

[Goodspeed]

Holly hell that car needed some work. Awesome job on the turnaround and

lol at your car in the background :thumbup:

[premiershine9]

^^^^ I literally never get time to take care of my own car- the Passat is due for a major claying/ one stepper and finally a thick coating application like opti coat or another ceramic coating.

You should've seen the front end- this was from coming back up from WV and the MM Ski trip

[kcook]

love these threads. I want another detail this spring. Can we set something up?

[premiershine9]

love these threads. I want another detail this spring. Can we set something up?

Can't tell you how many clients I have booked/ backed up- i'll throw you on the list though man! Taking care of friends first of course!

[WRXtranceformed]

You are still planning on moving down to Raleigh / Durham right? If so I will make a day trip up there for your service at some point this year My paint isn't that bad, but it is close.

Do you have experiencing buffing / waxing around areas that have been hit with Plastidip? I am worried about it ripping off during the process

[premiershine9]

You are still planning on moving down to Raleigh / Durham right? If so I will make a day trip up there for your service at some point this year My paint isn't that bad, but it is close.

Do you have experiencing buffing / waxing around areas that have been hit with Plastidip? I am worried about it ripping off during the process

Yes, whether or not that will be in May or later in the year will depend upon finding an internship there

Unfortunately, I haven't had experience with plasti dip- generally, as I do with any graphics/ clear film material, I simply mask off the outer most edge- would you say the coating would be harmed if I were to apply tape to it? For reference I am using 3M green. I can do some research as well.

[WRXtranceformed]

I don't think tape will hurt it. I can always touch it up if it gets pulled off!

[premiershine9]

I don't think tape will hurt it. I can always touch it up if it gets pulled off!

sounds good! :thumbup:

[ScottyB]

If so I will make a day trip up there for your service at some point this year

i smell a BBQ/detail chillout session with some NC MM cars in the makings :thumbup:

[premiershine9]

If so I will make a day trip up there for your service at some point this year

i smell a BBQ/detail chillout session with some NC MM cars in the makings :thumbup:

I'll bring the Newcastle :thumbup: