1998 Porsche Carrera. I was able to work this one in quicker than usual due to the dreadful forecast for this weekend. The car had been repainted white (it was blue), mostly OEM level quality but some areas had moderate orange peel and a few had defects that were under the clear. The goal was to get the car to 90% correction and protect it with Optimum Opti-Coat.
I brought my bike helmet light with me, its a 500 lumen LED light, turned out to be a little too bright for my camera. The swirls were definitely worse than these pictures show.
After
Full process:
ONR, Opti-Clay
Meguiars M100 using a Meguiars MF cutting pad on flat areas, Optimum MF cutting pad on curved areas (thicker foam follows contours better) using my Rupes 21 DA polisher
Optimum Hyper Polish using an Optimum orange foam cutting pad and my Rupes
ONR wash
Opti-Coat applied to paint and wheels
Opti-Glass applied to windshield
Armor All on tires/wheel wells
Had to take the pictures inside. About halfway through the compounding step, there was an absolute deluge of rain. Luckily being a small car and there not being any wind to speak of, it was in far enough to stay dry. When I had finished, the eaves were still dripping a bit and more rain was obviously on the way. In fact, by the time I got to the main street after leaving his house, the rain was falling so hard the previous downpour looked like a spring shower in comparison.
I didn't do anything to the engine but I can't mention it's supercharged without showing at least one pic of the engine!
I brought my bike helmet light with me, its a 500 lumen LED light, turned out to be a little too bright for my camera. The swirls were definitely worse than these pictures show.
After
Full process:
ONR, Opti-Clay
Meguiars M100 using a Meguiars MF cutting pad on flat areas, Optimum MF cutting pad on curved areas (thicker foam follows contours better) using my Rupes 21 DA polisher
Optimum Hyper Polish using an Optimum orange foam cutting pad and my Rupes
ONR wash
Opti-Coat applied to paint and wheels
Opti-Glass applied to windshield
Armor All on tires/wheel wells
Had to take the pictures inside. About halfway through the compounding step, there was an absolute deluge of rain. Luckily being a small car and there not being any wind to speak of, it was in far enough to stay dry. When I had finished, the eaves were still dripping a bit and more rain was obviously on the way. In fact, by the time I got to the main street after leaving his house, the rain was falling so hard the previous downpour looked like a spring shower in comparison.
I didn't do anything to the engine but I can't mention it's supercharged without showing at least one pic of the engine!
