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Porsche 911 Turbo (996) - Lapis Blue

Hi Guys, thanks for reading another write up of mine. This time it's a lovely 996 turbo which is 10 years old now, so needed some TLC!

This car was booked in for:
- Light Correction detail to remove around 85-90% of the defects, sometimes more
- Full wheel refurbishment
- Leather detail
- Brake Caliper re-finish
- Brake Hub Refinish


Here is the car on arrival…















The car was taken outside and thoroughly washed, then brought in for the real work to begin!

Another photo to show after a wash how many swirls there were in the paint. This robbed the paint from its true colour and clarity. 10 years of bad washes have no doubt caused this.



The car was clayed, dried and we then inspected the paintwork under various lighting to spot any repairs if any. We also checked the paint thickness.

Now we are onto the paint correction stages. The following all demonstrate the amount of defects removed from the clear coat, bringing back the colour shine and gloss. Please note the after shots were taken before any refining. Also, it was an incredibly muggy day, my camera lens kept steaming up slightly when I was focusing! :(



The Porsche badge was removed to properly polish the surround areas.







This ensured the best possible job around the badge and no swirls left very close to the badge.

The bonnet in my opinion has been painted a number of years ago and a lot of buffer trails and swirling had been left by the body shop.

Before



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As with a lot of Porsches, unfortunately the rear wiper has been placed down incorrectly and cut through the paint. This is worryingly common, which sucks. To fully repair this the whole rear quarter would need repainting plus blending any surrounding panels. The owner asked me to do what I could..

Before



After



Still evidence of it, as the scratch has gone through the clear coat, but no longer a ghastly mess on the panel.

Some more before/after photos of various areas during paint correction. Under Metal Halide lighting to properly show up the defects, plus IPA wipe downs.























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Now it was time to get the wheels off the car for the next stage of the job.

The calipers had suffered during the years, and the discs were looking tired. The lacquer on the calipers had failed due to brake fluid leaking on them during servicing.



Preparing them..









After



Now the wheels had really seen better days. These were fully refurbished









Wow.. much better right??







Now, all that's been done all the finishing items were carried out including

Seals
panel gaps dusted
arches dressed
tyres dressed
paint waxed
exhaust tips
glass cleaned and sealed
and many other items I've probably forgotten about!
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Now it was time to get the wheels off the car for the next stage of the job.

The calipers had suffered during the years, and the discs were looking tired. The lacquer on the calipers had failed due to brake fluid leaking on them during servicing.



Preparing them..









After



Now the wheels had really seen better days. These were fully refurbished









Wow.. much better right??







Now, all that's been done all the finishing items were carried out including

Seals
panel gaps dusted
arches dressed
tyres dressed
paint waxed
exhaust tips
glass cleaned and sealed
and many other items I've probably forgotten about!

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The paint was waxed with Swissvax Shield




(clammy photo sorry!)

The carpets were cleaned and extracted as much as they could be. They came up quite well for 10-year-old fabric!





All the leather inside was properly cleaned and protected


50/50 leather shot! I mentioned to the owner when I first saw the car that the leather desperately needs a clean. He couldn't see there would be too much of a difference, and was hesitant to take me on with the extra cost for leather cleaning. I convinced him it would definitely be money well spent. What do you guys think??












The owner was over the moon with how fresh the leather looked afterwards!

Once all that was done, it was ready to leave and for the owner to pick the "new" Porsche up!

Let me know how you think it looked afterwards!























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awesome mate

looks better than new

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great work mate!! that paint was in a pretty bad state! looks awesome after the detail.

as for the leather! i was at a friends unit at the weekend and one of our mates does detailing down there. we where doing some work on a particular Porche fitting and installing head unit, hands free and parking sensors on it. mean while our friend who does detailing made the same statement about the leathers in his car, the guy who owned the porche said "nah nah i cleaned the leather last week" (was quite clear that all he had done is wiped them with a dirty rag) then after my friend used some of his leather cleaning product the guy was buzzin at the difference it made and couldnt wait to pay him to clean his leathers  :grin:

moral of the story: listen to the pro's!!  :happy2:



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Mate that looks fcukin awesome!! bet the guy was WELL chuffed!!  :happy2: :happy2:


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Absolutely jaw dropping that jay. Amazing results  :congrats:

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Lovely job Jay. That colour is awesome. :happy2:

What did you do to the brakes?

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Stunning car! Awesome work pal!  :congrats:

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Jay... You my friend are a fcuking genius  :notworthy:

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Thanks for the kind words guys! ;)