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Invisible Touch Detailing - Porsche 996 Turbo

Postby InvisibleTouchDetailing » Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:28 pm

Hi,

Here we have a Porsche 996 Turbo, with a few extras :) The car is now producing a monsterous 650hp at the wheels!

The car came to Invisible Touch to recieve a stage 1 paintwork enhancement with 2 applications of protection and a caliper refresh. This was the car on arrival...

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Firstly the car was jetwashed and then many areas cleaned with APC and fine brushes were washing alone would not reach

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It was then snow foamed before being washed by 2 bucket method using Shampoo Plus

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Then dried and taken inside for paint thickness readings. Many readings were taken per panel, the higher numbers showing clear evidence of previous paintwork

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The paintwork was then inspected under halogen and LED lighting

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Polished with the Makita rotary, 3M polishing pad and backing plate using Meguiars 205 as the primary polish, with a small amount of #83 to give a little more bite

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Proceeding around the Porsche

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Onto the beautiful carbon spolier

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Once all polishing was complete, i turned to the calipers. As quite often seen with these, the lacquer was beginning to peel. Several options were available to this from rubbing them down to remove the peel thus creating a good key and then hand finishing, to completely stripping them and powder coating. If the latter was chosen it would obviously make perfect sense to also use a rebuild kit in the process. As they were functioning fine, the first option was chosen

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New Porsche decals were also applied

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Although soon to be replaced, whilst the wheels were off they were given a good clean inside and out. Being on the ramp and having a good view underneath, it would have been criminal not to give the stunning exhaust system a really good polish. Sadly i forgot to take finished pics of it!

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The paintwork was fully wiped down with IPA to remove polishing oils allowing the finishing products to bond better, increasing their durability. After discussing options, it was chosen to firstly apply 1 layer of Collinite. This was buffed off and left over night to fully cure

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The following day i applied another layer of Swissvax Best Of Show

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Glass was polished, plastics and tyres dressed. The interior was hoovered and dusted. These were the final pictures :)

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Hope you enjoyed the read...

Christian
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Re: Invisible Touch Detailing - Porsche 996 Turbo

Postby Chris B » Sun Jan 13, 2013 10:41 am

Top job Christian,great looking car brought back to as new.
Heaven can wait....I'm playing with my scooby.
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Re: Invisible Touch Detailing - Porsche 996 Turbo

Postby ktm jon » Sun Jan 13, 2013 2:38 pm

fantastic thanks for posting..............wheels are horrible though
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Re: Invisible Touch Detailing - Porsche 996 Turbo

Postby Mark WR1 102 » Sun Jan 13, 2013 4:29 pm

It's fantastic what you can do. Yeah I'm not much for the wheels either.
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Re: Invisible Touch Detailing - Porsche 996 Turbo

Postby SteveS » Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:13 pm

Been meaning to take a Makita rotary and 3M polishing pad to my 1, but havent got the minerals to do it Image
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Re: Invisible Touch Detailing - Porsche 996 Turbo

Postby Gary75 » Wed Jan 16, 2013 9:31 am

ktm jon wrote:fantastic thanks for posting..............wheels are horrible though


Car looks great, but the wheels are still covered in thick brake dust :( i think it needs a clarking........................ :D
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Re: Invisible Touch Detailing - Porsche 996 Turbo

Postby InvisibleTouchDetailing » Thu Jan 17, 2013 10:46 pm

Lol :)

The alloys are matt black and not in great condition, they are certainly not covered in thick brake dust.

A far better suited replacement is also on its way from the states. And yes i agree, they are not doing the car any favours :)
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Re: Invisible Touch Detailing - Porsche 996 Turbo

Postby Megaman » Thu Jan 17, 2013 11:44 pm

I think Gary is talking about the brake discs which get a layer of rust on them very easily. A simple trip around the block braking lightly as to keep the discs cool will soon have the rust off the discs. My AP brakes get a layer of rust as I wash my car so its difficult to stop them doing this :)
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