997 Turbo fully wrapped with film correction

[imported_Auto Concierge]

Another Porsche completed LATE last night........... had the usual problems ie:water spots,scuffs,stains and tons of fallout as it is a daily driver.

The biggest challenge though was the wheels, full polished HRE 8 series with chemical etching on the right front wheel and general oxidation and there is no easy way out on these just lot's "o" rubbin with metal polish.

This car had a unique and fully optioned interior(the customer checked every box on the Porsche configurator lol).

First thing dismount the wheels and settle in for a loooonnnnngggg day

Example of chemical etching on the wheell

Coming back to life

Removed the center cao and re-indexed it to line up with the lug configuration

While I had the wheels off I tightened up the wheel wells and suspension assembly

Re-mounted the wheels and torqued to spec(96ft lbs) this is the after pic

Tar marks on the film

Super cleaness

As mentioned before there were some bad scuffs and scratches in a couple of places

After patient correcting

Working the film with 106 FA and the Festool

Look at this interior!! carbon fiber galore(me likey)

Working the trim with GI TRV

Finished at 7:00 pm so no sun pics(sorry)

 

[Jack Kruer]

Bob, the car looks magnificent, but the detail on the center caps? it is truly sick. I love it! As I mentioned in my reply to one of Junebug?s threads today, it is people like you that have that attention to detail that separate the professionals from the hacks. Thank you for sharing this. I though I was the only sicko to look at how the caps aligned when on a rim?.
jk:notworthy:

 

[imported_Auto Concierge]

There is no cure for the OCD detail sickness and you are not alone in this

 

[Old Pirate]

This is a great sickness to have! Awesome work Bob, love the way the 997 turn out:drool5:

 

[imported_Luster]

Great work on the Turbo!!! I just love those in white. (Nice to have a lift also!):cornut::thumbup:

 

[imported_Pats300zx]

Incredible as always Bob !!!!! :thumbup:

 

[Puckman]

Beautiful work!

 

[imported_Jokeman]

Very nice work. Impressive metal polishing job. It's a job I hate after doing my snowmobile trailer and snowmobile tunnel.

 

[imported_Flash Gordon]

Stunning..... :notworthy: I would expect nothing less of you

That interior is retarded(In a good way :wink: )

 

[imported_broker99]

nice job. I always look forward to your posts. The cars and the your work are awesome.

 

[gmblack3]

Great work Bob!

I like the interior. :thumbup:

 

[imported_Slik560]

There are two things in life that you can't have enough of: money and carbon fiber! :biggrin:

"Well done" is an understatement.

My favorite shot is the one that shows ol' Lonesome Bob, working late at night, under a single light, polishing wheels by hand. Dedication is when you leave the polisher on the shelf and grab a microfiber instead.

 

[Greg Nichols]

Bob,

As always the car looks great. You need a steamer for the inside of the wheels, would have saved you tons of effort and time.

Cheers,
GREG

 

[imported_broker99]

did the whole car need correction with film on it? Maybe I missed that.

 

[Tuck91]

Solid work, you did an excellent job . :hurray:

 

[imported_Auto Concierge]

Bob,

As always the car looks great. You need a steamer for the inside of the wheels, would have saved you tons of effort and time.

Cheers,
GREG

Have a steamer, just did not post the pics of that step as I agitated with cleaner then zapped it with steaming action!!!.