Detailed Designs

When it comes to reviving and turning back the clock on existing paint, paint restoration(paint correction) is the bee's knees. This 21k mile 1994 3.6 Turbo got just that. As the pictures show, her paint was wanting some attention.

As a relatively new acquisition that would be daily driven (2 miles per day) by my client, absolute perfection was not the goal. Something beautiful, but livable and manageable was the primary target. We set the target at a 7 out of 10 on a restorative detail scale...though, I think he came away a bit better than a 7...

We picked her up from my client's home in our enclosed custom hauler, took our time with the restoration and then delivered the car to him at the Caffeine and Exotics car show in Atlanta(which we sponsor). It is not uncommon for a client's car to get featured in our spot at the show but more often than not we are showing a newer car getting paint protection film, Modesta coatings, etc., etc. So having a 3.6 Turbo that got extensive paint restoration and no new car protection services was really neat for us as paint restoration and extensive restorative detailing was what my business was founded on 10 years ago. It was like stepping back in time and getting to share it with others was a treat for me.

At the show, the car was a huge hit. There were a lot of drooling car enthusiasts enjoying this rare bird.

Thanks for clicking and I hope you enjoy the content.

Loaded up at our client's home and ready to make the trip to "Pork and Bean County"(hah) where our shop is located.



She's definitely ready for some sweet sweet attention. (Our client knew he was about to drop some coin so he was okay getting his money's worth not washing it prior to us picking it up )







After a wash and decontamination we could see what was really going on with the paint. Here are some before and after shots of the paint showing the payoff on the investment.





















Emblems removed to get 24 years of junk out and paint properly restored.



Too many years without this being done means intense etching occurs and cuts through the paint. Not uncommon on on classics at all though. But now when it all goes back together it will look 100x better.



All plastics were restored to a former glory that was a distant memory.





The paint was not the only surfaces to be restored. The rubber seals and trim were given the same care that the paint got. The devil's in the details. Learn how we did it here:


When the dust settled, this rare bird looked better than it had in decades.

























Although it was not featured in this piece. The interior got many hours of attention to restore the look, feel and smell of the leather seats, the hard vinyl surfaces were stripped on years of oily products and conditioned and carpets were steam cleaned. In short, this girl was made up for the ball.



Before loading it in our trailer we shot a bit of video showing off the attitude this car now had.


After all this work was done, we scheduled to deliver the car to our client at the Caffeine and Exotics car show in Atlanta where it would be featured.



Before the show opened up and was surrounded by drooling car enthusiasts...



It was a fun project that my staff and I really found a lot of joy in working on. I hope that all of you enjoyed this brief write up. If you have any questions, fire away!

Detailed Designs

This has to be a record for views with no replies

maverick

Beautiful job.....curious how were the stone guards behind the doors on the rear fender? Sadly small forum theses days......so not always viewed everyday.....you only posted yesterday��

Detailed Designs

Thank you.

We discussed removing them but my client had anxiety over what would happen with the paint if we removed them. He had concern over lifting paint, so we polished them to just clean them up a bit.

The post has 2400 views. Just making a crack.

Metal Guru

Yes, that plastic gets foggy but it polishes up nice.
Perhaps the low response count is due to the low number of 965's in the U.S.
It's kind of a shame that your customer is going to daily drive such a valuable car.
It will be more expensive to maintain it than a normal DD.

Detailed Designs

Welp, it isn't being daily'd anymore. I spoke to him 2 days ago and he said that after he saw it restored that he would be wise to sell it as it sat.

(Anyone interested ones can PM me or shoot me an email)

He enjoys many Porsche's and wants a CGT now.

Metal Guru

Hope his life insurance is paid up

Nashvegas

Saw the car at Caffeine & Exotics and it.looked.superb - exceptional job, JC> Ben

Detailed Designs

Thanks Ben. And thank you for sharing your in-person feedback. So many times folks can take flattering pictures, but the real life results are a shadow of the pictures. We hoped everyone at the show could see what was really up with this one in direct sunlight.

cobalt

Nice job.

Black always looks great when maintained but is a royal PITA to own. BTW did you clean the headlights as well? How many miles were on this car?

Detailed Designs

There are 21,xxx miles on the car and we just cleaned the headlights.

Petza914

JC,

Phenomenal Job - again !

Still need to catch-up with you about the Widebody Cayenne, but it's still being built so we have some time.

Where in GA are you located?

Thanks.

Detailed Designs

Thank you!

We are rrrrrrrrigggght here...

uicnick

Looks great! Hopefully the owner will choose to daily drive the car, you can always spend money and get it to shine again!

Detailed Designs

You can be my new spokesperson lol!