Dock

Why the move?

2fcknfst

Probably looking for more rain...

EVOMS

My wife got a residency at UW, and I was in a position where it was possible to move the business to be with her for the next 4-6 years. We have downsized a lot in the last five years, back to a similar size operation as it was circa 2002-2004 . Arizona is a great place to have a business, especially one that builds fast cars. That being said, Washington is an EPIC place to play with cars; tons of enthusiasts up here who are very active and do lots of fun things. Looking forward to joining that and serving the local community in the coming months!

Sam

"02996ttx50

good luck sam. make sure you wear your pink ***** hat when you are out in public.

or wear a bleeding heart on your sleeve. lol

Capt. Obvious

This is true, there is a pretty active car culture up here, especially with European cars.

Are there plans to open a physical location in the area? What part of town are you looking to live in?

EVOMS

I have a house between Redmond and Fall City, and am shopping around for a good place for the business on the east side. The CRE market is pretty high stakes, basically have to check every day to see what comes available before someone else jumps on it. I just missed out on an ideal space at 520 and Redmond Way, would have been perfect though probably temporary as it was rezoned for high rises near the new ST light rail station going up there.

Sam

michalik.piotr

Welcome to the PNW. You will have lots of people to collaborate with or compete with.... Chris's, Cantrell, Dunton, UMV, Max RPM, Gerber's.... just to name a few who only specialize in Porsche.

Capt. Obvious

I finally managed to get some time to finish removing the old clear bra from the car and start detailing the paint.

Weapons of choice:


Here's a good example of how bad the paint is. The right side of the pic is after two rounds with M205. The are some weird imperfections in the paint on the sunroof (the little dots that look like dust) that I don't think any amount of polishing will get out. I may have to wet sand to address those, or maybe just live with them.



Here's a before/after on the hood. Much better, but still not quite where I want it.



I have only gotten the front half of the car done, and I still need to glaze/wax after that. The plan for now is to get the car detailed "good enough" so I can drive and enjoy it this summer, and this winter I will give it a deep clean and reconditioning.

Here's how it's looking so far, which is actually pretty good and a bit better than I was expecting. The picture is probably a bit deceiving, but the paint definitely has way more gloss and depth than before.

THP23

Looking really nice! Love the depth that Lapis Blue has. Have you thought about ceramic coating it instead of wax? It's actually easy and the hard part is the prep/correction...which you've got nearly done or done.

Capt. Obvious

I've thought about ceramic coating but I find it to be a bit overrated, especially if you're paying someone to do it for you. I rather like the process of waxing the car, and it mostly lives indoors, so I'm not that worried about it.

Oh, and an update on the weird specs on the roof of the car: I'm pretty sure it's solvent pop. I can't find any evidence of the roof being repainted at any point, so I can only assume the paint on this car had poor QC from the factory.

cdk4219

You ask for it, and deserve it with your opinions, which are actual attacks from you.

gietl

Great deal on that turbo, thanks for sharing your experience of bringing the car back to life. Love these kinds of threads!

jimmyz2

I checked out the Apex website and there are only 5 wheels to choose from and all only 18".

Capt. Obvious

Paint correction continues. It's looking pretty good now and I'm really happy with the results thus far. The M205 isn't quite aggressive enough of a cut for some of the blemishes on the paint, but it's "good enough" for now (I just want to drive and enjoy the car at the moment, I'll be doing a deep clean and reconditioning over the winter).



Now that I'm done with the polishing, I'll do a glaze/wax coat, and then a final coat of Bead Maker. Then I can finally drive the car without being embarrassed by the paint.

The only downside with polishing paint out to this level is it really amplifies any remaining imperfections.

hypeboost

Looks amazing! We have the same color combo (Lapis over Savannah). Let me know if you want to sell those Sport seats!