Porsche Carrera GT Detail in NJ

[pyiu]

Alright I have to say when I got the call from my customer on this one I was very excited [:D]

The Porsche Carrera GT! Red on Black! 5000 miles in pretty good shape, it needed a very thorough claying, and had some swirls and light scratches that needed to be polished out, and off course the Swissvax Treatment! The interior was cleaned up and the engine was wiped down.

Time: about 8 hours (2 in the crew)

Take a look:
Products Used:
Adam's Car Wash
Adam's Clay Bar with Adam's Detail Spray as lube
Adam's VRT
Adam's Glass Cleaner
Adam's Undercarriage
P21S Wheel Cleaner Gel
P21S Autowash
Menzerna 106
Menzerna Top Inspection
Swissvax Cleaner Fluid
Swissvax Concorso
Einszett Leathercare
Einszett Cockpit
Einszett Glas Polish

Tools:
3m Sun Gun
Metabo 12-175 with Green and Blue E2K pads
Karcher pressure washer
Tons of towels

Procedure:
Exterior:
1. Rinsed down the wheels
2. Sprayed down the wheels with some P21S Wheel Cleaner
3. Sprayed down the wheel wells and tires with P21S Autowash
3. Brush and cleaned the wheels and tires with a Boar's Hair Brush and Spoke Brush
4. Rinsed down the wheels, tires, and wheel wells
5. Rinse the car down
6. Used Adam's Car wash (the water pressure was pretty bad so we opted on not using the foam gun)
7. Rinse car off throughly with a Karcher pressure washer
8. Brought the car in and proceeded to clay the car using Swissvax Paint Rubber(yellow/ super fine) and Detail Spray removed the excess detail spray
9. Masked the car and taped off the clear bra sections.
10. Used the Metabo with Menzerna 106 to polish out all the imperfections. (blue pad) a few passes per panel at 1500 rpm (Metabo rotary)
11. After each section was corrected I buffed off the excess polish with a MF Buffing Towel.
12. Spritzed some Menzerna Top Inspection before another look with the 3m Sun Gun.
13. Applied the Swissvax Cleaner Fluid and removed with MF Buffing Towel
14. Applied the Swissvax Concorso by hand and remove with MF Buffing Towel
15. Cleaned up the windows with Adam's Glass Cleaner (interior/exterior)
16. Polished up the glass with Einszett Glas Polish applied by hand removed by hand
17. Dressed the tires with Adam's VRT
18. Dressed wheel wells with Adam's Undercarriage Spray
19. Used Adam's Detail Spray to clean off the wheels.
20. Used the Adam's Detail Spray for a final wipe down and inspected the car.

Interior:
1. Vacuumed the Interior
2. Wiped down the door jambs with Adam's Detail Spray
3. Cleaned Windows with Adam's Glass cleaner and then polished with Einszett Glas Polish
4. Interior cleaned with Einszett Cockpit on the dash and everything else that was not leather
5. Cleaned and Conditioned the leather with Einszett Leather care

Engine:
1. Wiped down the dust with a MF towel misted with Adam's Quick Detail Spray
2. Rubber and plastics treated with Adam's In and Out Spray

Interior Before:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/beforeint1.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/beforeint.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/beforeint3.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/beforeint2.jpg

Me brushing away:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/actionint2.jpg

Interior After:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/afterint1.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/afterintshot.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/afterint.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/afterdoorsill.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/afterdoorjamb.jpg

Engine:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/engine.jpg

Before shots:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/bef1.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/bef2.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/IMG_4283.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/IMG_4278.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/doorsillbef.jpg

Dirty wheels (ceramic brakes create very little brake dust)
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/dirtywheels3.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/dirtywheels2.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/dirtywheels1.jpg

P21S wheel cleaner gel in action:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/cleaningwheels.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/IMG_4285.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/IMG_4284.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/IMG_4285.jpg

[pyiu]

Vacuuming out the vents (lots of loose road debris in there)
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/cleaningvents.jpg

Washing:

First shot little to no pressue
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/prerinse.jpg

Washing the car down:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/soap.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/soap1.jpg

Final rinse:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/rinseoff.jpg

Swissvax Paint rubber (claying):
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/swissvaxpaintrubber.jpg

Dan from Concierge Motors attention to detail
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/claybar.jpg

Masking away:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/masking1.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/masking.jpg

Imperfections it hard to tell but its there:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/imperfections.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/imp1.jpg

After Polish:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after3.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after2.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after106fa.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after106.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after1.jpg

After Swissvax Cleaner Fluid:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/afterswisscleaner.jpg

Concorso:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/concorso.jpg

Concorso applied:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/concorsoapplied.jpg

Dan removing the Concorso:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/danremoving.jpg

[pyiu]

Tons of Afters:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/afterconcorso.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after9.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after8.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after7.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after6.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after5.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after4.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after17.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after16.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after15.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after14.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after13.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after12.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/after11.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/28.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/27.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/26.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/25.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/24.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/23.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/22.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/21.jpg
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/20.jpg

Last shot:
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f149/pyiu/jason%20cohen%20carrera%20gt/finishlast.jpg

[pdisme]

WOW :headbang:

[demetri]

WOW :headbang:

:stupid:

[Shawn]

Awesome car and awesome detail!!

[Stage3]

Very awesome detail! One bit of advice for the next time you do such an amazing car... Leave the camera on Auto rather than messing with the ISO settings... It makes the photos very grainy and makes it hard to appreciate the great job that you did from our end! :)

Fantastic job... :grinning-smiley-003

[Tapout]

Now THAT is what I call some detailing! Incredible. Just 1 question of curiosity, after spending that much time around a car like that, is it still an exotic piece of timeless beauty or do you somehow get accustomed to it being right there in front of you?

[pdisme]

Now THAT is what I call some detailing! Incredible. Just 1 question of curiosity, after spending that much time around a car like that, is it still an exotic piece of timeless beauty or do you somehow get accustomed to it being right there in front of you?

When you have an exotic you get used to it; I think that's why owners tend to change their cars fairly often. Not that I don't love my Gallardo, and I have no plans to get rid of it, but when I first got it I'd check the weather reports for the number of hours I expected to have it out, I'd take pictures of it all the time, carefully plan where I was going if it involved streets I knew were in rough condition, etc. all because I had this strong sense of it being a privilege to own and my luck to have reached the point where I could own it. But, as time went on, I realized I enjoyed driving it more than looking at it so I take it out whenever I feel like it, drive it to the store to get food, let it get dirty and wash it well after I should have, etc. and I love it even more now. :)

[Stage3]

When you have an exotic you get used to it; I think that's why owners tend to change their cars fairly often. Not that I don't love my Gallardo, and I have no plans to get rid of it, but when I first got it I'd check the weather reports for the number of hours I expected to have it out, I'd take pictures of it all the time, carefully plan where I was going if it involved streets I knew were in rough condition, etc. all because I had this strong sense of it being a privilege to own and my luck to have reached the point where I could own it. But, as time went on, I realized I enjoyed driving it more than looking at it so I take it out whenever I feel like it, drive it to the store to get food, let it get dirty and wash it well after I should have, etc. and I love it even more now. :)

+Rep for actually DRIVING and enjoying an exotic and not letting it be a dust collector in your garage!:grinning-smiley-003

[Minch00]

Mouse wheel asplode!

[Tapout]

Wow Pdisme. That was deep. Lol. But yea definitely a +1 to you for actually, you know, using the car for what it's original design was created. (Did that make sense?)

[j0nnywalker]

wowww very nice detail!!! i'm impressed.
I have a question for pyiu, where in NJ are you? I gota stop by or something. And how long does the finish last? roughly.

[Lasombra52]

Amazing job!!! That car looks great after the detail.

[zeeshan66]

great jobs...immaculate! what would a job like that run someone?

[Omega_man]

Great detail job. That car looked great when done!!!!
After going to the Supercar weekend last Saturday in Palm Bch & seeing the red CGT's, this car is in my target now. Just a matter of time...lol.

Lots of nice rides (Enzo, P45, Veyron, Aero TT, etc, ect...)
http://picasaweb.google.com/omegaman1961/Supercar_weekend2008

[pdisme]

Great detail job. That car looked great when done!!!!
After going to the Supercar weekend last Saturday in Palm Bch & seeing the red CGT's, this car is in my target now. Just a matter of time...lol.


Can't go wrong with it; there's a member of Chin Motorsports that brings one to the track, throws some slicks on it and really puts it through its paces on a regular basis. He doesn't like letting me pass him in the Radical but the car does very well for a street car, quite impressive.