OCDetailing Detailed: Trashed Black 2005 Porsche Carrera S

nikku · 04-29-2009, 04:51 PM

Hey,

Sorry I have not posted in a while. Things have been a little hectic the past week.

Anyways so the past couple of days I spent my time at the Porsche dealership on a trade in that was in horrendous condition. It was my first detail at that dealership and the people there were great. Although it was disappointing that someone would treat a car, any car the way the previous owner treated this beauty.

During the inspection stage the roof and rear hatch had particularly low paint reading and was hit with the PC DA with a much less aggresive combination.

Please excuse some of the untouched wheel wells. The car was washed and sat in the bay. I did a quick ONR on the paintwork and went at it.

Whoops one last thing. I was only to address the paintwork at the request of the client.

Anyways enough of my babbling.

Enjoy,
Nick

Products
Process

Clay:
1:5 ratio of QID with water
Riccardo Yellow Clay

Paint Correction:
Menzerna Power Gloss
Menzerna Super Intesive
Menzerna Nano Polish
3M US Perfect it 3000 Ultrafine
Sonus Yellow
Sonus White
Sonus Blue

Protection:
Opti-Seal

LSP:
Optimum Car Wax

Equipment:
Defelsko P6000
Brinkman
Metabo PE12-175
Makita 9227C
PC DA
3M Backing Plate
Globe 1000w Halogen x 2

Befores

Swirls on the rear lights

During

50/50 of ROOF - Right side was hit with two passes of PG with Yellow

50/50 of passenger side door panel

Driver door panel polished and rear driver side quarter panel unpolished

Another unpolished shot of the rear driver side quarter panel.

Panels polished

Compounded prior to final polish.

Swirls and holos in rear lights.

50/50

All cleared up

Now you see the massive scratches.

Now you don't. Yes I know i forgot to use the halogens.

Another 50/50 of rear passenger side quarter panel

AFTERS

Total Hours Worked: 19 Hours.

achenator · 04-29-2009, 04:56 PM

Beautiful work. Was the dealer happy to pay your price? What did they think of the job?
It has been my experience in different endeavors that dealers want to charge the max and pay the least.

goowatchi · 04-29-2009, 04:57 PM

WOW. Excellent job! I wish the SF Bay Area had detailers of your calibur! I have yet to find one here!

jopa489 · 04-29-2009, 05:05 PM

Wow, amazing work. That was in really rough condition. Looks awesome now though!

nikku · 04-29-2009, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by achenator

Beautiful work. Was the dealer happy to pay your price? What did they think of the job?
It has been my experience in different endeavors that dealers want to charge the max and pay the least.

Dealers are never happy to pay something they don't think they need but in this case they knew they needed it.

From what I understood, they loved the job. Sometimes they play hard ball. They'll love it just enough to say I don't want to pay that much but hate it if it's a bad job. However I had a very positive experience with the dealership. Great focused management at that location.

Quote:

Originally Posted by goowatchi

WOW. Excellent job! I wish the SF Bay Area had detailers of your calibur! I have yet to find one here!

I definitely appreciate that comment. I am sure there are a couple in the SF area that are good at what they do

Quote:

Originally Posted by jopa489

Wow, amazing work. That was in really rough condition. Looks awesome now though!

Thanks for the kind words jopa. I expect you to tell me different if I miss a step.

ToadHollow · 04-29-2009, 06:11 PM

It absolutely blows my mind that some people will go out and purchase a beautiful car only to neglect it.

Beautiful detail!

catch · 04-29-2009, 06:22 PM

came out amazing! but shame on the previous owner. I dont care if it was leased even, if you're not going to take care of it at all buy a kia

Craig@SupremePower · 04-29-2009, 06:57 PM

wow looks great...

SpecC · 04-29-2009, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goowatchi

WOW. Excellent job! I wish the SF Bay Area had detailers of your calibur! I have yet to find one here!

we've never talked before...

19 hours on a four step polish? you're on detailing steroids man

Andy M · 04-29-2009, 10:56 PM

Wow that's an awesome job. I feel sorry for that car for having to get to that stage in the first place. Bravo on the detail!

nikku · 04-30-2009, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpecC

we've never talked before...

19 hours on a four step polish? you're on detailing steroids man

It a 3 step polish although a couple of scratch spots I did do four. 11 hours the first day non stop , no breaks but it was fun. Second day I did 8 hours non stop no breaks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToadHollow

It absolutely blows my mind that some people will go out and purchase a beautiful car only to neglect it.

Beautiful detail!

Thanks for the compliment.

Quote:

Originally Posted by catch

came out amazing! but shame on the previous owner. I dont care if it was leased even, if you're not going to take care of it at all buy a kia

I know what you mean. It happens. Some people just have more money to play with. It is what it is

Thanks for the compliment.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Craig@SupremePower

wow looks great...

Thanks

Quote:

Originally Posted by Andy M

Wow that's an awesome job. I feel sorry for that car for having to get to that stage in the first place. Bravo on the detail!

Yea it is sad sometimes but what can you do? Thanks for the compliment and thanks for looking.

Malek@MRF · 04-30-2009, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ToadHollow

It absolutely blows my mind that some people will go out and purchase a beautiful car only to neglect it.

Beautiful detail!

I agree with you 100% Btw, your car is looking great bro, love it!

Nikku, GREAT JOB man. Brought that poor thing back to life.. Don't know what's up with a lot of Porsche owners, everyone I see is kinda thrashed badly.

ToadHollow · 04-30-2009, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Malekreza11

I agree with you 100% Btw, your car is looking great bro, love it!

Nikku, GREAT JOB man. Brought that poor thing back to life.. Don't know what's up with a lot of Porsche owners, everyone I see is kinda thrashed badly.

Much appreciated bro

BK · 04-30-2009, 12:55 PM

Big thumbs up. Beautiful work and a beautiful car.

I've always wondered how you guys polish in and around areas like the door handle. This one you clearly polished. Do you just put some SIP or 106FF on a foam applicator and polish those spots by hand? Luckily, I've never had to do that.

rubber_ducky · 04-30-2009, 01:50 PM

amazing job.

Maxtor · 04-30-2009, 02:44 PM

Beautiful work. Brought the car back to life.

ejazbmw · 04-30-2009, 03:28 PM

impressive job man

Gig103 · 04-30-2009, 04:53 PM

I wanted to cry when I saw some of the "before" pictures. My guess is the guy was "babying" his car by bringing it to the car wash every week or every time he drove it.

Not that it mattered in this case, but if you had been hired by a guy who handed you the keys to that car, would you give him some pro-bono cleaning advice? Like "DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY DOING!" ?

brandon @ eas · 04-30-2009, 06:04 PM

amazing work!!

Detailers Domain · 05-01-2009, 12:19 AM

great job!

UncleWede · 05-01-2009, 12:29 PM

When you hand them the bill and they complain (if they do) put it in their perspective language. Personally, the before pictured vehicle is worth $2500-5000 LESS than the after vehicle, just as I walk up to it on a lot.

04-29-2009, 04:51 PM	#1
nikku Detailing Nerd 13 Rep 311 Posts Drives: Infiniti G35 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Toronto, Ontario iTrader: (0)	OCDetailing Detailed: Trashed Black 2005 Porsche Carrera S Hey, Sorry I have not posted in a while. Things have been a little hectic the past week. Anyways so the past couple of days I spent my time at the Porsche dealership on a trade in that was in horrendous condition. It was my first detail at that dealership and the people there were great. Although it was disappointing that someone would treat a car, any car the way the previous owner treated this beauty. During the inspection stage the roof and rear hatch had particularly low paint reading and was hit with the PC DA with a much less aggresive combination. Please excuse some of the untouched wheel wells. The car was washed and sat in the bay. I did a quick ONR on the paintwork and went at it. Whoops one last thing. I was only to address the paintwork at the request of the client. Anyways enough of my babbling. Enjoy, Nick Products Process Clay: 1:5 ratio of QID with water Riccardo Yellow Clay Paint Correction: Menzerna Power Gloss Menzerna Super Intesive Menzerna Nano Polish 3M US Perfect it 3000 Ultrafine Sonus Yellow Sonus White Sonus Blue Protection: Opti-Seal LSP: Optimum Car Wax Equipment: Defelsko P6000 Brinkman Metabo PE12-175 Makita 9227C PC DA 3M Backing Plate Globe 1000w Halogen x 2 Befores Swirls on the rear lights During 50/50 of ROOF - Right side was hit with two passes of PG with Yellow 50/50 of passenger side door panel Driver door panel polished and rear driver side quarter panel unpolished Another unpolished shot of the rear driver side quarter panel. Panels polished Compounded prior to final polish. Swirls and holos in rear lights. 50/50 All cleared up Now you see the massive scratches. Now you don't. Yes I know i forgot to use the halogens. Another 50/50 of rear passenger side quarter panel AFTERS Total Hours Worked: 19 Hours. __________________ Toronto, Ontario
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achenator Lieutenant 26 Rep 549 Posts Drives: 2017 LBB M2, 2017 R8+ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Louisiana iTrader: (0)	Beautiful work. Was the dealer happy to pay your price? What did they think of the job? It has been my experience in different endeavors that dealers want to charge the max and pay the least.
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goowatchi Chairman of the Board. 16 Rep 452 Posts Drives: F15 X5 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: CA iTrader: (7)	WOW. Excellent job! I wish the SF Bay Area had detailers of your calibur! I have yet to find one here!
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jopa489 Major General 122 Rep 6,594 Posts Drives: Anything with Wheels Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: USA iTrader: (9)	Wow, amazing work. That was in really rough condition. Looks awesome now though! __________________ X7 LCI // Incoming C7 ZR1 ZTK // Sebring + TRX // Hydro + Raptor Gen1 Roush // Tuxedo
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catch Major General 668 Rep 7,148 Posts Drives: F80 M3 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Thornhill iTrader: (27)	came out amazing! but shame on the previous owner. I dont care if it was leased even, if you're not going to take care of it at all buy a kia __________________ 2016 F80 M3 Mineral White/Sakhir Orange 2013 BMW S1000RR Flat Silver <stolen> 2007 BMW E92 335i Jet Black/Jade Grey <sold>
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Andy M 77 Rep 1,208 Posts Drives: 09 BMW 335i xdrive Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Toronto iTrader: (5)	Wow that's an awesome job. I feel sorry for that car for having to get to that stage in the first place. Bravo on the detail!
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Gig103 Major 68 Rep 1,324 Posts Drives: 2014 Tesla P85D Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Gilbert, AZ iTrader: (1)	I wanted to cry when I saw some of the "before" pictures. My guess is the guy was "babying" his car by bringing it to the car wash every week or every time he drove it. Not that it mattered in this case, but if you had been hired by a guy who handed you the keys to that car, would you give him some pro-bono cleaning advice? Like "DO THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY DOING!" ? __________________ Was: 2008 335xi sedan 6MT Black Sapphire Metallic Is: 2014 Tesla P85D (Blue Metallic) Wife's: 2013 Infiniti G37 S sedan 6MT, Black
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brandon @ eas 516 Rep 3,613 Posts Drives: F30 335i Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Anaheim, CA iTrader: (10)	amazing work!!
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UncleWede Long Time Admirer, First Time Owner 17963 Rep 9,377 Posts Drives: G01 X3 M40i Dark Graphite Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Oxnard, CA iTrader: (0)	When you hand them the bill and they complain (if they do) put it in their perspective language. Personally, the before pictured vehicle is worth $2500-5000 LESS than the after vehicle, just as I walk up to it on a lot.
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