cupra_clark
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Well, another day and another detail, this time on a 993 shaped 911, which in my opinion is probably the best shaped 911 to date (and last of the air cooled ones) 
Here's the car on arrival:
Not really that dirty as you can see, but the attention to detail from previous Valeting/detailing attempts were poor...
Polish residue was on everything:
And in most panel gaps:
The car had came from the same Dealership as my dads 993 did last year down in London and back then i wasnt impressed with the preperation of the car, this was no exception - kind of surprising for a dealership that specialises in Porsches and Ferrari's mainly...
Anyways...the car was first foamed with APC through the foam gun and i sprayed both the door shuts/wheel arches etc with APC also while it dwelled on the car. It was then rinsed and i foamed again before washing with the two bucket method, the wheels/tyres & calipers were cleaned with a non acidic gel due to signs of some laquer lifting and small blisters on the rims, the inner rims were also tarnished a bit which detracted the final look from the wheels a wee bit but there's nothing i could do about that
Door shuts etc were pressure washed too
The car was then rinsed and i removed the majority of the tar off the paint with a Tar & Glue remover before claying the paint and glass with Zymol Lehm Clay & Lube.
I then dried with a waffle weave and dressed the arches at this point too (this leaves them with a "run-free" finish by the time the detail is complete).
Then into the garage along side its twin:...
I unbolted the badge off the bonnet too so i could get full swirl removal:
I then inspected the paint to see what sort of defects i was dealing with, as it was silver it was hard to get pictures of the swirls - but they were moderate to bad in some places, with some RIDS in areas also.
A couple of pics i managed to give you some kind of idea:
Here's the car on arrival:
Not really that dirty as you can see, but the attention to detail from previous Valeting/detailing attempts were poor...
Polish residue was on everything:
And in most panel gaps:
The car had came from the same Dealership as my dads 993 did last year down in London and back then i wasnt impressed with the preperation of the car, this was no exception - kind of surprising for a dealership that specialises in Porsches and Ferrari's mainly...
Anyways...the car was first foamed with APC through the foam gun and i sprayed both the door shuts/wheel arches etc with APC also while it dwelled on the car. It was then rinsed and i foamed again before washing with the two bucket method, the wheels/tyres & calipers were cleaned with a non acidic gel due to signs of some laquer lifting and small blisters on the rims, the inner rims were also tarnished a bit which detracted the final look from the wheels a wee bit but there's nothing i could do about that
Door shuts etc were pressure washed too
The car was then rinsed and i removed the majority of the tar off the paint with a Tar & Glue remover before claying the paint and glass with Zymol Lehm Clay & Lube.
I then dried with a waffle weave and dressed the arches at this point too (this leaves them with a "run-free" finish by the time the detail is complete).
Then into the garage along side its twin:...
I unbolted the badge off the bonnet too so i could get full swirl removal:
I then inspected the paint to see what sort of defects i was dealing with, as it was silver it was hard to get pictures of the swirls - but they were moderate to bad in some places, with some RIDS in areas also.
A couple of pics i managed to give you some kind of idea:
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