05 Ford GT and 88 Porsche 930 Turbo... (42 pics)

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01bluecls

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Whew, what a weekend! I will get right into it. The owner has both the 2005 Ford GT and the 1988 Porsche 930 Turbo. The GT was bought new about two years ago I believe and the Porsche was just bought used a month ago. I apologize in advance for lack of better “sun-shining� pictures. It was raining all day Friday and yesterday was cloudy ALL day :( :( All the pics were taken yesterday (Saturday) evening. It was the only time I had and sun wasn’t playing nice throughout the day.



First the Ford GT completed on Friday. Car was already pretty clean. Did a QD wipe down and the wheels were cleaned with APC and MF towels with the little brake dust that was on there. The car isn’t driven much and half of its 2,5XX miles are on the track. The condition was very good with only minor swirls and some marring here and there. This detail took a long time due to its design (so many crevices, vents, curves, angles, and the clear bra) The clear coat is also pretty hard!! The clear bra had the most evident swirls but since they are very soft its usually easier to correct.



Final Process:

QD Wipe down and Clay to lower panels and some areas of top surfaces as needed.

APC on the wheels.

Menzerna 106FF with orange cut pad @1300rpms (D@mn minor swirls in hard clear!)

Clear Bra polished with blue finessing pad @ 1000-1200rpms

Plasti-x protect on clear bra.

Menzerna 106FF with blue finessing pad @1300rpms

Zymol HD Cleanse

Zymol Vintage

Glass cleaned with Sprayaway

Interior was a quick wipe down and vacuum.

Quick wipedown with FK425 of Engine Bay

Tires dressed with Z-16



Started: 8:45am left at 9pm with a one hour lunch during.

Total Time about on the detail about 11 hours.



No Before Pics…Swirls didn’t show up on camera very well





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This 930 Turbo was completed yesterday and boy was it one tough job. Overall the car’s general condition is excellent. The car only has 25,xxx miles!!!! Like I stated above, he had just recently purchased it a month ago and wanted it to look its best. BUT the moderate to heavy swirls were deep into the finish of this ORIGINAL Single Stage Finish. Not one panel has been repainted! I took paint gauge reading and almost everywhere was reading from 130-145. Although the paint had light to medium hardness, the swirls that were in there required a lot of work to get out. I tried multiple combos for almost an hour getting frustrated in the progress. Certain combos didn’t get the swirls out or others left bad half circle marring. I never had this much trouble with any other single stage finish I have done. What was Porsche using in ‘88 when they painted this car! After everything was said and done, I simply did not have enough time to perfect the entire car. The major panels came out pretty good but the areas such as the A-pillars, parts on the rear end (wing area), areas of the small bumpers, and some others needed to be addressed. My 4inch pads wouldn’t fit into most of the areas safely so I polished by hand those areas to “brighten� them although the swirls still remain. Also, having to clean my pad after every panel and having to tape ungodly amounts of trim on the car delayed me as well.



Final Process…



Wash and Clay (car was pretty contaminated)

Hi Temp EC / 106FF (80/30) with Orange Cutting pad @ 1500rpms

Hi Temp EC / 106FF (50/50) with white polish pad @ 1500rpms

Menzerna 106FF with grey finish pad @ 1500rpms to 1200rpms

Fk425 Wipedown

LSP – Souveran (Wanted to do Zymol Ital but I knew I wouldn’t have enough time)

Wheels and exhaust polished by hand with Flitz

Tires Dressed with Z-16

Glass cleaned with Sprayaway

Interior wipe down and vacuum



Started at 9:00am (took no lunch break) finished up everything I could at 10:00pm.

Total Time on the detail was 13 hours. Honestly it still could use some more for those areas I mentioned.



Pics….



After Wash... looks good eh?



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Hood Before:

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Hood After...Fender has not been polished yet.

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Hood After Close Up.... There was some light pitting in the paint throughout the car.

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Before

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After... That one scratch still remained.

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Before

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After

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After Close up:

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Door after...Forgot to snap before pics on the door! :(

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Lower Door after:

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Before:

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After:

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Before:

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After:

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After:

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Before:

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After

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Outside Afters...(Wheels have not been polished at this point) Wanted to snap some pics before the sun was completely down.



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I think the word WOW comes to mind? how much would you charge btw for a 10-13 hr day? you can PM me that if ud like.



I just finished working on a 96 explorer i did, spend pretty much 8-9 hrs on it and could have spent more, a friend of mine helped me do the interior to
 
I charge 50 an hour. You can imagine the bill was not cheap. :) I always try to get the finish near flawless as I can with time allotted. Everyone has heard of the "10 footer" car (looks great from 10 feet away), I like to make a car a "4 incher" :)
 
G35stilez said:
They both look truly awesome.





What's with all the Zymol :)?
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Im addicted to carnuaba!! Last year I ordered the Zymol pebble beach kit which at the time I was told the last of a few kits in the U.S still available and I had to pay a premium! :( I have two 8oz jars of the Zymol Ital, just got the CG's Pete's 53' a few weeks ago. Still have about 1/5th of Souveran left. I have so much stuff right now.
 
Is the zymol wax really that good? i wanted to try out zymol japon wax but idk i might just try souveran first. Car is arctic blue.
 
both cars look absolutely beautiful especially the porsche......did u miss dressing the front ground efffect from foglight to foglight?...kinda looks like you can see where you stopped dressing it..iam not picking at your work i was just wondering if i was seeing it right..
 
I cant speak for Zymol Japon so Im not sure. I have and tried Zymol Vintage, Atlantique, Destiny, and Ital. I still love Souveran though. Zymol Eg's IMO give a nice clarity and depth and range I havent found with other LSP's. (Please everyone dont let this get into another Zymol war thread! :) )
 
rockz9 said:
both cars look absolutely beautiful especially the porsche......did u miss dressing the front ground efffect from foglight to foglight?...kinda looks like you can see where you stopped dressing it..iam not picking at your work i was just wondering if i was seeing it right..
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I see what you mean in the pic. I actually didnt dress any of the exterior trim at all. I think it is the lighting. :nixweiss
 
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