Originally Posted by myflat6

I finally got around to replacing the stone guards on my car. Turned into a bigger job than I planned for but I am thrilled about how it all came out. I used a blow dryer to remove the old guards. It was not as difficult as I expected but it does take some time, so I got a comfortable seat and played some tunes and it was a nice bonding experience with my car - haha. The trick is to apply some heat but not too much. When you apply too much heat, the guards begin to tear into small pieces and the glue is left behind. Luckily I figured this out pretty quickly and was able to remove both sides with very little of the glue left behind. Now the unexpected part. Once I removed the stone guards, I was amazed to see how much brighter the Glacier White was beneath the guards compared to the rest of the paint. My car still wears it's original paint, and it always looked spectacular to me and others. Glacier white is very bright, but I couldn't believe how many shades brighter it should have been. So, I got myself the Griot's car polishing kit and decided to do paint correction for the first time in my life. I started with a clay bar, then correcting polish and finally their best of show wax - using their 6" RO polisher. This was a long and exhausting process. I took my time because I had never done this before and was paranoid that I would burn through or damage the clear coat. I worked on and off for two weeks to get the contaminants out of the paint, but the finished product is amazing. I was able to get the rest of my car's paint to match much more closely to the virgin paint color under the guards and now my car is blindingly white. My car was factory delivered with color matched wheels so this really made a difference helping brighten the white. Back to the stone guards. I decided to replace them with the original Porsche guards. As some of you already know, for a few of the colors Porsche actually used color matched guards instead of clear - Glacier White is one of those colors. They were expensive and are thinner than those from FD and others, but I wanted the factory look. Installing the guards took more time and effort than I expected due to getting air bubbles out, but I followed the instructions I found on Rennlist for the slip spray and alcohol solutions and it worked great. I managed to put a micro tear when I was rubbing out the air bubbles but only I will notice it due to location. The OEM guards are thin!
Here are some photos. The first photo is what the car looked like with the guard removed. Look at the clear color differences! The next photo shows the area after the paint correction so you can see the contaminants were removed and the paint is now crazy bright and is now more closely matched around the car. The final photo is just showing off