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New Porsche 911 CS Correction.

I got a call from my customer telling me he just got a new 911 CS and asked me to take a look at it, I guess to my surprise I got a pretty swirled/hologram imperfect new 911! It always surprises me that dealers selling cars can do this, I feel its the dealers' job to present a perfectly prepped new car to a customer in fact they should do this for pre-owned cars as well.

Enough ranting, here is the write up.

What was done -
Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with P21S Total Autowash and washed down
- Wheel wells were spritzed down with P21S Total Autowash
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Paint inspected and measured
- Wheel Wells were cleaned and dressed
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- 3 Step Paint correction (Meguiars M105 with an Uber Yellow, Menzerna Super Intensive Polish with an Uber Green and Menzerna PO85RD with an Uber Blue)
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step - Menzerna Power Lock
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Engine Cleaned up and dressed

Products used:
(feel free to click the link below for more info)
Exterior:
Lusso Auto Bathe
P21S Total Auto Wash
Uber Yellow Wash Sponge
Uber Clay Bar kit with Optimum No Rinse
Einszett Spray Wax
Meguiars M105
Menzerna Super Intensive Polish
Menzerna PO85RD
Menzerna Power Lock

Wheels/Tires
Sonax Wheel Cleaner
Swissvax Pneu

Glass
Adam's Glass Cleaner
Adam's Glass Sealant

Tools:
Infratech 5300
Fenix TK11
Brinkmann
Fenix TK40
Flex 3403
Makita
Metabo
The Uber Foam Pads (5.5inch)
Tons of "Uber" Microfiber Towels
Uber Drying Towels
Brushes
Cam Spray Pressure Wash and Foam Canon Attachment

Before



The paint imperfections!







Closer


Dirty wheels



Sonax in action



Clean wheels



Before shots of the engine




Cleaned up



Einszett Vinyl Rubber Care was used to dressed the engine


After shot of the engine



Sorry no foam actions shots

Clay



Masking




Paint Depth Measurements


Corrections shots (50/50)







Rear fender (50/50)


After


Final Rinse before Power Lock

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Menzerna Power Lock


Power Lock was applied using a Porter Cable 7424XP


Removing Power Lock


Before exhaust tips


After tips where cleaned up


Swissvax Autobahn on the wheels



After shots













(Permission for the write up granted by the customer)

jason952

what does the thickness usually measures after polishing? 88 seems thin for a new car...am I correct on that?

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i have seen 79 to 140 microns on Porsches.

95_993

Phil,

Another amazing job. So sad to see how bad this car was.

BTW - Adam's In/Out Spray is amazing stuff. I hit the the engine on my Audi last weekend after a good cleaning. Simply Awesome.

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that's great news!

dertub

That looked like a used car. What about that scratch in the clear coat behind the side rear window?

Most polishing for a scratch like that will show as fine scratches in the paint even after waxing.

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if you thought that was used check out this new car prep on a 458.

https://rennlist.com/forums/concours...-160-pics.html

dertub

Incredible to believe that Ferrari would ship something like that.
I detail my own Porsches at delivery. The paint is not perfect, but light years better than your 'before' photos.

BTW. Your work is A+, but I would still guess that Ferrari is far from perfect when viewed under halogen work lights. Why was it so scratched to begin with? I'm sure they use a clear coat, but that thing looked buffed indiscriminately by who, the dealer?

Or is Ferrari notoriously bad about paint finishes from the factory...

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dealers for the most part (not all) but at least around here they don't care.

if you put a light to it at delivery you would see nothing 40 hours into the paint trust me and 4 figures later it was how it should have been.