sy272004

This 72k mile daily driver, was clearly showing it's use, as expected. Definitely not abused, however, it needed some revival. We spent quite a bit of time restoring this beauty to factory like condition. The wheels came off, the top was treated, the mufflers were polished in the wheel wells, as well as the control arms and a-arms and so on! The leather was brought back to it's delicious tan color and the paint looking fresh. The pics do a lot of the talking here, so check it out!

Products used:
Meguairs M105 + purple wool pad
Meguairs M105 + yellow pad
Menzerna 203 + orange pad
Menzerna 106 + white pad
Menzerna 106 + black pad
Meguairs M38 trim dressing
Meguairs Wheel Brightener
Meguairs Super Degreaser
Meguairs Last Touch
Meguairs APC
Mink oil leather conditioner
P21S Paint cleanser
P21S TAW
P21S Polishing soap
Stoners Tarminator
3M Adhesive remover
CG Citruswash Clear
CG Wheel cleaner
CG Diablo Wheel gel
#000 steel wool
Plexus clear bra cleaner
RAGGTOPP Fabric Protectant
RAGGTOPP Fabric/Vinyl Cleaner
Sonus green ultrafine clay
CG Maxisuds clay solution
Collonite 476 (for rims)
Wolfgang Fuzion wax
Sprayway ammonia free window cleaner
Rejex
Might be other products

Procedure: We took care of the convertible top by first spraying with Raggtop cleaner, agitating with swissvax brushes and then rinsing. The car was pre-rinsed, soaked with TAW and left to dwell for a couple minutes while misting to keep from drying. Afterward the car was rinsed off, washed with citrus based car soap and lambs wool mitts. Once rinsed, vehicle was clayed, good amount of contamination on it. Car was then dried and all water was blown out. Convertible top was sprayed with fabric protectant and removed per instructions on the product. After it top dried with air, it was covered up and taped off. Car was moved to polishing area, put on jack stands and all wheels were removed for cleaning. Wheels were cleaned then sprayed with Tarminator to remove all tar, then cleaned more. The final cleaning with wheel cleaner removed all previously used chemicals, then dried and waxed with collonite wax for protection. Exhaust tips were cleaned. While the wheels were being cleaned, wheel wells were cleaned and dressed; control arms and exhaust tanks were polished; calipers cleaned and sealed with Rejex. The wheels were put back on, the car was lowered and wheels were taped off to prevent dusting during polishing stage. At this point, the car was ready for polishing but first, the interior needed to be cleaned. The leather was cleaned with Meguairs APC solution and then conditioned with Mink Oil. The interior and floor mats were vacuumed. We tried several polishing combinations on several panels and used what worked best. Plastic panels were polished with wool pad and M105, then Menzerna 203 and then Menzerna 106. Final stage of polishing was done in 2 steps. Menzerna 106 with white pad until polish broke down then switched to black pad to finish polishing for maximum results. Some were done with yellow instead of wool because the paint was softer and not as damaged. Menzerna 203 and 106 was used on the car as the medium and final polish. After all of the polishing was done, the clear bra was polished/cleaned with plexus product then wiped down with alcohol mix and polished with Menzerna 106 and a green pad. This made huge improvement on clarity of clear bra. The tail lights were polished with the same products as rest of the car. Car was then paint cleansed and waxed with Wolfgang Fuzion wax. We let the wax cure for half hour before rinsing the car off with water and drying. The front and rear engine compartments were dressed and all of the jambs and glass were cleaned.

Onto the pictures.



Convertible top treatment



Clay bar after a panel


Interior before, after and 50/50









Wheels before/after




After waxing


Finished pictures



Wheel wells







Exhaust tips





Front and Rear engine compartments before/after





Clear bra cleaning/polishing 50/50


Correction pictures: before/after and 50/50














Reflection and Final pictures

VQPower37

wow car looks great, i wanna get the same done for my car when i hit 100k

PortlandRL

AMAZING work!!! That car looks great!

03tLsNBP

iTrader: (9)

whoa those were some serious swirls! nice work!

conan777

Great Job! Top Notch work

nsxtl

unreal

Steven Bell

iTrader: (2)

Anyone who owns a Porsche like this and takes such bad care of it should have the car taken away from them. It amazes me how people spend so much money to buy these types of cars and do not take care of them.

Beautiful job (by the way)....

Aman

Whoa, the before/after of the wheels is what amazes me most. Unbelievable, but great on the rest of the car as well

vinnier6

iTrader: (1)

nice work...i dont get why porsche does the interiors the way they do...how ugly in my opinion is a tan interior with a tan steering wheel, shift knob and dash....atleast make the dash, steering wheel and shift knob black...

MaxMike93

IMO, if you use a 911 4S as a daily driver then for you, money > sense fantastic work though

princelybug

iTrader: (16)

Great job!

tommystyle86

iTrader: (2)

omg, amazing job, im very jealous. can you please give me a step by step with product info and where i can find it for the paint. it came out amazing

PortlandRL

I looked through his product list at the very top of the write-up and can tell you that you'll find almost none of that at your local auto-parts store. Pretty much everything he used is only available online through professional detail supply websites and that kind of paint recovery is not easy. Looking at these pictures I can tell you I could easily use at least two days to get the same results if I worked alone, maybe more but obviously less if I had help.

Now that's not to say you can't do it yourself but there's a considerable investment required and a learning curve, as well. Also I'll warn you this 'hobby' can get addicting and VERY expensive.

tommystyle86

iTrader: (2)

my cars paint needs some help and since i still have 2 years on my loan i want it perfect. im willing to learn to do it and spend the money if i have it

jwr0ng626

iTrader: (1)

wow got rid of all the swirl marks, sweet job!

Oakes

Well, someone said it best, if this is someones daily...you can imagine what else they have in the garage. We will be doing the owners prized car soon, and you will most likely all get to see it. Until then, I will leave you in suspense!

Thanks for the kind words guys!