Crazy Eddie

So when you say light polish ( what polish are you using on the film that you applied )
And then you are using a coating ( what might that be ?
TIA
Regards
Ed
ps Car looks great !

NOPDK

I was surprised as well. Paint does look much better after the light polish. It pops more now. He also polished surface of clear bra lightly as he said that smooths out the slight irregularities of the surface without damaging the material. It looks better to my eye as well.

NOPDK

This is what the detailer used. Not sure which polish he used. I just write the checks...

If anybody is in South Florida he does great work. PM me for his contact info.

NOPDK

after coating. before I get it filthy again

Crazy Eddie

LOL
Thanks bud very much
Being in Northern CA I may just do it myself
Looks great !!!
regards
Ed

csbear

NOPDK, gorgeous car and pics! They are a "tad" large though, hehe. Can you resize?

NOPDK

I see your point. I don't know why the forum doesn't automatically size things. Lets see if this pict is any better. When you look at forum on an iPad the pictures render a normal size.

Accel Junky

^^^ So much right about that carmine/black combo!

NOPDK

added 300 miles on car yesterday taking my daughter up to Kennedy space center. Almost at 1k miles. She fit great in front with porsche booster seat. She said she was much happier in front of GT4 than in back of 991S.

Second picture is her take on the GT4.

NOPDK

Last picture shows how much longer the Cayman is than a 73 911.

number 9

Hi NOPDK,
Carmine is looking really sweet! That's a clean machine. I've been away on a little vacation and just getting back to Rennlist after a long week away. I'm anxious to catch up on your thread, especially to know how the tint is fending off our Florida heat, and I'm still wondering why the ceramic coating goes on top of the Xpel? Why wouldn't we want to do the initial polish/ paint correction on the paint, apply the nano coating, and THEN do the Xpel? I'll probably find the answers when I take more time to read each post...

Thanks for certifying me as anything other than 'stalker', lol. The way I chased after your Carmine from dealer to clear installer... 'Enthusiast' does sound much better! Thanks also for the kind mention of my R! Octobers getting close

Brian 96C2

Thanks for the photos of your '73 along side the GT4 for size comparison. I have been wondering how much longer the Cayman is than an early 911. My shop is a bit tight with the 3 aircooled 911s now and am wondering how the Cayman will fit in place of the 964 after it is sold. Going to be tight I think.

Your '73 looks fantastic BTW

Maverick1

From that pic you can really see the darker hue of Carmine red, looks great.

switchface

Two quick thoughts:

* your car is ridiculously glossy after your paint steps...great wet look!

* your '73 is old, you should just get rid of it...send me your address, I'll be a good samaritan.

(seriously beautiful pair of cars you have there)

NOPDK

likely best way to do it is to do paint correction polish first. Apply clear bra. Once that is set to have the surface of clear bra lightly polished to smooth out. then do full coatings over exposed paint and more simple sealant over clear bra areas. Problem is that is a lot of back and forth as clear bra guy is different than polish/nano coating guy. All depends how much shuttling you can tolerate.