Detailing: 2008 Porsche Carrera 4S
06-27-2011, 10:42 AM
#1
Detailing: 2008 Porsche Carrera 4S Been a bit slow for my friend and I with vacation and such… My friend and I have been looking forward to detailing this car since we booked it, and it didn’t disappoint, and a great car to get back into the swing of things!
But, how could a 2008 Porsche Carrera 4S disappoint anyways?!?!? And it’s even harder when the owner lets you deliver it back to his house!!!
The gentleman who owns this car uses it as a daily driver all year round and it has seen a New England winter or two. He contacted us after seeing some of our other work sitting in the parking lot at work and word of mouth and desired a full exterior correction and the interior brought back to life.
Overall the car was in decent shape and the black much like the Black BMW X3 we did early this year, hid it’s imperfections well until it got under the lights, then it needed lots of love. The interior was not in terrible shape it just needed a good vacuum and wipe down but the seats were in dire need of cleaning and dressing to return the black finish.
After 24man hours the outcome is a 9.5/10, front clip does need some paint and the 3m side pieces could use replacement, besides those few items we were beyond pleased with the results, car looks soaking wet when there isn’t a drop of water to be seen J
Lots of pics and I hope you enjoy!!!
Materials:
CG Citrus Wash and Gloss
CG Maxi Suds II
Westley’s Bleach White
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Adam’s APC
Mother’s Clay Bar Kit
ONR Clay Bar Dilution
IPA wipe down Dilution
Menzerna PO203
Menzerna 106FA
Menzerna 85RD
Menzerna Powerlock
Autoglym HD
Stoner’s Invisible Glass
Mequier’s Natural Finish Dressing
Lexol Leather Cleaner
Lexol Leather Conditioner
NXT2 Liquid Wax
Prima Slick
CG Xtreme Shine
CG Bare Bones
No. 7 Chrome Polish
Uber 5.5” Orange
Uber 5.5” Green
Uber 5.5” Blue
Uber 5.5” Black
Uber 3” Orange
Uber 3” Green
Uber 3” Blue
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Uber Boar’s head brush
Uber Wheel Brush
Swissvax interior brushes
CG Interior brush
Uber UFO Red Applicator Pads
Uber UFO Blue Applicator Pad
Misc MF Towels
Shop vac
Q-tips
3M Painters Tape
Process
Exterior: APC lower panels, CG Citrus Wash w/ Micro Fiber Mitt, CG Maxi Sud II Foaming, rewash with Micro Fiber Mitt, dried, taped, claybar, PO203 w/ Orange (2 passes), 106FA w/Green (1 pass), 85RD w/ Blue (1 pass), IPA wipe down, Powerlock w/ Black (45min set-up), Autoglym HD, Prima Slick during delivery
Wheels: Sonax Full Effect, Westly’s Bleach White, Wheel Brushes, dried, ONR wipe down, clay bar, NXT w/ hand applicator, tires dressed with CG Xtreme Shine
Interior: Vacuum, Door jams cleaned with ONR and sealed with NXT, hard plastic Mequier’s natural finish wipe down, Leather Lexol Cleaner and Preserve using Red Applicator pads, Glass cleaned with Invisible Glass.
Engine Compartment: Adam’s APC, misc brushes, CG citrus wash by hand, rinse, dried, dressed with Xtreme Shine
INTERIOR
BEFORE
Tight confines in the back!
AFTER
Just an idea how much dark the interior is (no flash). Seats got a real black after treatment!
MISC AREAS
BEFORE
AFTER
Tips didn’t come out as good as we wanted, but it looked like some one took sand paper to them before so we did the best we could…
But, how could a 2008 Porsche Carrera 4S disappoint anyways?!?!? And it’s even harder when the owner lets you deliver it back to his house!!!
The gentleman who owns this car uses it as a daily driver all year round and it has seen a New England winter or two. He contacted us after seeing some of our other work sitting in the parking lot at work and word of mouth and desired a full exterior correction and the interior brought back to life.
Overall the car was in decent shape and the black much like the Black BMW X3 we did early this year, hid it’s imperfections well until it got under the lights, then it needed lots of love. The interior was not in terrible shape it just needed a good vacuum and wipe down but the seats were in dire need of cleaning and dressing to return the black finish.
After 24man hours the outcome is a 9.5/10, front clip does need some paint and the 3m side pieces could use replacement, besides those few items we were beyond pleased with the results, car looks soaking wet when there isn’t a drop of water to be seen J
Lots of pics and I hope you enjoy!!!
Materials:
CG Citrus Wash and Gloss
CG Maxi Suds II
Westley’s Bleach White
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Adam’s APC
Mother’s Clay Bar Kit
ONR Clay Bar Dilution
IPA wipe down Dilution
Menzerna PO203
Menzerna 106FA
Menzerna 85RD
Menzerna Powerlock
Autoglym HD
Stoner’s Invisible Glass
Mequier’s Natural Finish Dressing
Lexol Leather Cleaner
Lexol Leather Conditioner
NXT2 Liquid Wax
Prima Slick
CG Xtreme Shine
CG Bare Bones
No. 7 Chrome Polish
Uber 5.5” Orange
Uber 5.5” Green
Uber 5.5” Blue
Uber 5.5” Black
Uber 3” Orange
Uber 3” Green
Uber 3” Blue
Swissvax Wheel Brush
Uber Boar’s head brush
Uber Wheel Brush
Swissvax interior brushes
CG Interior brush
Uber UFO Red Applicator Pads
Uber UFO Blue Applicator Pad
Misc MF Towels
Shop vac
Q-tips
3M Painters Tape
Process
Exterior: APC lower panels, CG Citrus Wash w/ Micro Fiber Mitt, CG Maxi Sud II Foaming, rewash with Micro Fiber Mitt, dried, taped, claybar, PO203 w/ Orange (2 passes), 106FA w/Green (1 pass), 85RD w/ Blue (1 pass), IPA wipe down, Powerlock w/ Black (45min set-up), Autoglym HD, Prima Slick during delivery
Wheels: Sonax Full Effect, Westly’s Bleach White, Wheel Brushes, dried, ONR wipe down, clay bar, NXT w/ hand applicator, tires dressed with CG Xtreme Shine
Interior: Vacuum, Door jams cleaned with ONR and sealed with NXT, hard plastic Mequier’s natural finish wipe down, Leather Lexol Cleaner and Preserve using Red Applicator pads, Glass cleaned with Invisible Glass.
Engine Compartment: Adam’s APC, misc brushes, CG citrus wash by hand, rinse, dried, dressed with Xtreme Shine
INTERIOR
BEFORE
Tight confines in the back!
AFTER
Just an idea how much dark the interior is (no flash). Seats got a real black after treatment!
MISC AREAS
BEFORE
AFTER
Tips didn’t come out as good as we wanted, but it looked like some one took sand paper to them before so we did the best we could…
06-27-2011, 10:44 AM
#3
3M Fender protector needs some attention….
Claybar’ing overall wasn’t too bad…
Lil’ 50/50 from when we were working out the process for the car…
Hood corrected waiting for LSP… Liquid mirror J
Misc in-process shots…
A friend stop by to hang out and made the mistake of asking if we needed any help… he got the wheels and he did a GREAT job!
LSP is on, nearing the home strech!
AFTER
3M fender protector cleaned up and looking worlds better!
Claybar’ing overall wasn’t too bad…
Lil’ 50/50 from when we were working out the process for the car…
Hood corrected waiting for LSP… Liquid mirror J
Misc in-process shots…
A friend stop by to hang out and made the mistake of asking if we needed any help… he got the wheels and he did a GREAT job!
LSP is on, nearing the home strech!
AFTER
3M fender protector cleaned up and looking worlds better!
06-27-2011, 10:51 AM
#5
We gave this car the extra attention. I worked on just correcting the hood for over 3 hrs to get it just right.
Great car to work on! Driving it after was the icing on the cake.
We both loved it.
The 85RD micro polish made a difference on this black.
Great car to work on! Driving it after was the icing on the cake.
We both loved it.
The 85RD micro polish made a difference on this black.
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06-28-2011, 06:26 AM
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Regarding pricing and things of the sort I will answer that by quoting myself
https://ls1tech.com/forums/14895438-post10.html
You see we are both car guys, both have desk jobs, this breaks the monotony and we really have a passion for doing it. In a years time we do under a couple dozens cars, so its really a limited few we can feasibly do while still maintaining other responsibilities and staying married lol.
So its really a hobby for us and all the cars we do are friends/family/word of mouth, I love sharing results and just brushing up on the topic in general when I can. We've done cars from people on this board and even have them pitch in.
06-28-2011, 04:36 PM
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Damn guys, another great job! Tom never even washed that car during the winter either.... went through some pretty rough winter conditions with his winter tire package on it too. Now if I can only get him into the autocross... 