My Next Restoration Project 85.5
#121
Brought the car home from storage yesterday and bled the cooling system as the gauge was rising and acting funny with no heat from the heater. Started cleaning it up a bit from sitting since November. Today I decided to take it out and get some pics. Once the rain stopped, I took the 944 out to the end of the road and snapped some pics to share. First of the season!
#127
Curious to see if other guards red / India red owners have experienced this, on the topic of paint detailing.
1) paint looks oxidized and cloudy
2) you detail it, including polish and wax. Paint is slightly cut, to where there is pink/red on the pad.
3) a few months later the paint looks crappy again, repeat process.
Even parking in the garage, this seems to keep being the case, original single stage paint. Any suggestions? I've used different polishes, clay bar, etc, doing my due diligence to keep the paint nice. (No thread hijack intended.)
1) paint looks oxidized and cloudy
2) you detail it, including polish and wax. Paint is slightly cut, to where there is pink/red on the pad.
3) a few months later the paint looks crappy again, repeat process.
Even parking in the garage, this seems to keep being the case, original single stage paint. Any suggestions? I've used different polishes, clay bar, etc, doing my due diligence to keep the paint nice. (No thread hijack intended.)
#128
Originally Posted by odonnell
Curious to see if other guards red / India red owners have experienced this, on the topic of paint detailing.
1) paint looks oxidized and cloudy
2) you detail it, including polish and wax. Paint is slightly cut, to where there is pink/red on the pad.
3) a few months later the paint looks crappy again, repeat process.
Even parking in the garage, this seems to keep being the case, original single stage paint. Any suggestions? I've used different polishes, clay bar, etc, doing my due diligence to keep the paint nice. (No thread hijack intended.)
1) paint looks oxidized and cloudy
2) you detail it, including polish and wax. Paint is slightly cut, to where there is pink/red on the pad.
3) a few months later the paint looks crappy again, repeat process.
Even parking in the garage, this seems to keep being the case, original single stage paint. Any suggestions? I've used different polishes, clay bar, etc, doing my due diligence to keep the paint nice. (No thread hijack intended.)
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It still has some spider webbing if you look at it in the right light at night. But it's spotless during the day and I'm not gonna attempt compounding the car unless something terrible happens. I should note that I do all my detailing by hand without any machines and use Meguiar's products exclusively on the exterior, save for the sealant, which is from Klasse.
#129
Karl, your 944 is one of the most amazing 944's I've had the pleasure of working on. The paint seems to be in amazing condition! I would be happy to let you have a go at the paint on my 944!
#130
Same issues
Great job. I recently bought my own project, started out even rougher, an '86 NA for $400. Doesn't run yet but I haven't had much of a chance to work on it yet. I do have two of the same issues you had; my front sway bar is also disconnected at both ends and I also had a small amount of fluid in my air box. Did you ever figure those two issues out?
#131
For the oil in the air box I replaced the air oil separator seals and that solved that issue. I just reconnected the front sway bar into the end bushing. It was painful to do at it smashed my finger. I should replace the bushings though.
#132
#134
The last couple years haven't been so great for me. I've been through a lot with a job loss and some ups and downs financially. This is the one 944 that I was able to hang onto through all of life's ups and downs. I have some things to do on the car. More pictures will follow as the weather breaks a little and the 944 continues its restoration!