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This winter has been harsh on the glass of the Carrera and the wipers have been squeeking and chattering. No amount of cleaning worked so I polished them with the PC and Zaino Glass Polish. Problem solved! I will probably finish up with a coat of Rain X.

I added some Xpel to the wheel opening areas right behind the wheels. It gets chipped up here normally, especially now that the car is lowered and everything is in close proximity. No more worries! Yea!:D The front is in two pieces. You can barely see the lines of the Xpel in this shot...

With all due apologies to Redcar Guy! LOL! I had to come home tonight and wash the filthy Audi. The aftermath of a snowstorm is not a pretty sight, especially when it slowly melts. I had my therapy tonight. Took me two hours and three buckets of Zaino Shampoo with lots and lots of constant...

I finally got my Bilstein Coilovers with Factory Euro M030 Swaybars installed this week. It was an incredible job. More than just installing "shocks". The entire suspension sub-assemblies have to be removed to install these parts. In fact, to tweak the car to the proper height, I had to do this...

The Carrera got a bath outside today! First time in a month or more that I haven't been in the garage with the heat cranked up. It actually warmed up here in the Midwest. Got to nearly 60 degrees. Couldn't pass up this early morning photo op. Gotta love those wide rear fenders of the Carrera...

Well, Xpel'd it to be precise. Finally got around to getting the front end done. Had the kit lying around the house for a month but kept putting it off. What a horrible job. Much more difficult than the S4. The compound curves and shapes plus the fact that I felt the kit could have been...

Many of you may already be familiar with this but for those of you you who may not..... If you take a PC with a soft polishing pad and place it on a quality Microfiber Towel you can easily polish off compound and wax and save those tired arm muscles. Don't use any pressure and turn the rag...

Porsche offers a service where they trace the roots of your car and send you an official certificate authenticating the car, it's original factory options, colors, cost, etc. (Glad I'm not the guy who paid sales tax in 1996!) Well, I finally got my "birth certificate and there are no...

You've seen my Boxster, S4 and Carrera. What about my maroon Twin Turbo and my red Carrera Cabriolet? Or my A4 and my pickup truck? And what do you think about my new garage expansion and lifts? Ok, ok, so maybe it's not "all" my stuff or my place. Actually, it's the local Porsche...

There's a new set of wheels in the Sanctuary. A '96 Porsche Carrera 993 C4S. The color is called Polar Silver, with marble grey interior. I've done a lot of detailing on it so far. (sorry the pics don't really reflect it) So far I've: Washed with Dawn Clayed with Zaino Z18, lubed with...

The S4 comes with excellent Xenon headlights but I just replaced them with even brighter European Xenon lights with the City Lights option (the low illumination/glow light that lights up the headlight when just the parking lights are on) and also it has CLEAR side markers. I really like this...

I took many pics of the Jag before it left and couldn't resist this shot.

I took this picture while I was Zainoing the S4 because the reflection of the Porsche across the garage caught my eye.:D

The S4 got a Z-Clay touch up on the lower panels and a couple coats of ZFX all over, this weekend. The insides got a vacuum and the seats got a Z-leather clean and treatment. The rubber mats were cleaned with EF High Intensity Cleaner, the tires were done with Z, as well. The door seals were...

Here are some pictures (check the link) from the 2002 European Car Show in St. Louis There were over 130 cars on display. I didn't come close to getting pictures of them all. I missed almost all the BMW's and the Jaguars including my own. (if you look hard you can see my red 2002tii just above...

I tried something new on the Boxster for the first time. I stripped off the Souveran with Dawn and made sure the finish was squeeky clean. Following the directions on the Platinum label, I did something I don't normally do, I applied the sealant with my Porter Cable Orbital Buffer. Platinum...

Ok, so I should have taken a "before" shot! I panicked when I saw it! A 2 inch long scratch along the corner of the fender on my S4, right below the highlight in the picture. You could barely feel the scratch with your fingernail. The procedure was: 1. Meguiars sanding block 1500 grit...

Look at it sparkle!

No smears!

The new small attachments on the Sears vacuum really came in handy!