2008 Quadruple Black Porsche 911- Paint Correction & Pretection

[David Fermani]

On Super Bowl Sunday I had the pleasure of working on this brand new (337 miles) 2008 custom ordered 911 Carrera Cabriolet in solid black. The owner was quite disappointed with the car’s appearance and we both agreed that there was much room for improvement. I spent almost 12 hours washing, correcting & protecting the entire vehicle and if more sun light was available, I could have & would have liked to get even more carried away. I was quite surprised in both the manufacturer as well as the dealership for allowing such a caliber of vehicle to be delivered to someone paying well over $100,000 with all the obvious correctable flaws and imperfections. Below are several examples of the flaws in this brand new vehicle:
Mileage:


Holograms in left door:


Holograms in Left ¼:


You gotta love how Porsche can’t even get their bumper covers to match their factory painted bodies! Notice the color variance?


Holograms in hood:


Holograms in front bumper:


Holograms in right ¼:


Holograms in trunk:


Holograms in right ¼”


Holograms in right door:




Here’s the wash/prep process:

I used Auto Magic Wash & Wax for the 1st wash through a foam gun & HD Grout Sponge:



Look how much junk was on these brand new wiper blades:


Wheels & tires were cleaned with AM Magnificent wheel Cleaner:


Check out the buildup of the dealer tire dressing:


Gotta love how brand new fabric tops bead up!!


Next, all the painted surfaces were lightly clayed with AM Blue Clay Magic & Body Shine. After claying each panel, cellophane was used to feel any contaminants on the finish for additional touchups. I knew I was in for additional work when after claying the 1st panel, I saw slight marring from the brand new clay due to the super soft paint.


After drying, every crack & crevice was blown out with my Craftsmen Air Compressor:

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Next all the soft trim and certain cracks were taped off & protected:




Here’s an example of how precise I taped off certain trim (stone guard on ¼) to insure full contact with the painted surface for proper correction:


Most of the areas were able to be corrected with Menzerna 106ff with a 7.5 white Lake Country CCS foam pad. I then final finished with 85RD with a blue EDGE foam pad. I also experimented with different types/sizes of backing plates on certain sections of the vehicle. Each one gives a different feel.





Another thing that I did to insure clean buffing after spurring my pad was to blow it off with compressed air. I usually clean my pad several times per panel and after section gets buffed. You’d be surprised how much dust is still in/on your pads after just spurring.


Here’s some correction in progress:

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Afters:






After buffing, the car was then hand washed again with Meguiar’s 00 to remove all buffing dust and oils. I then paint sealed with 1 coat of 1Z Einszett Glanz Wax and allowed to cure/cross-link as long as possible before the sun started to go down. Immediately after, an additional coat of chilled Zymol Carbon was applied panel by panel to bring out an even better color, depth & reflection.



Direct sunlight was virtually gone at the owner’s residence so I had to drive down the street to an open parking lot for final inspection/pictures just as the sun was setting. Here’s some full sun & reflection shots:

























Here’s some final shots inside the garage at night:

[zoomzoom mazda5]

Awesome correction on the Black 911 David, looks perfect after you got a hold of it!!!!!!!

[Brian_Brice]

Nice work David, looks like a black knight!

[ZoranC]

Incredible work David!

[killrflake]

Great job bringing the Porsche to life. It is strange how a dealer of such a high end car could send it out the door in that condition. Looking at the used car dealer that Master Toto works at, he has BMWs with 75,000 miles on them that look better then a new car from that dealership. I'd rather the dealer not touch the car at all if that's the best he can offer.

[borabora1989]

A+++++ yeah i got my new 08 car with some holograms on bottom right front bumper, dealerships just suck

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gorgeous

[David Fermani]

Originally Posted by killrflake

Great job bringing the Porsche to life. It is strange how a dealer of such a high end car could send it out the door in that condition. Looking at the used car dealer that Master Toto works at, he has BMWs with 75,000 miles on them that look better then a new car from that dealership. I'd rather the dealer not touch the car at all if that's the best he can offer.

Thanks for the compliments everyone.

I'm actually kinda happy that the dealer didn't try to fix it. That saved me more work.... I'm more disappointed with Porsche for letting a vehicle like this leave their plant! It pretty clear that they tried fixing several paint imperfections by just sanding and compounding them and then shipping the car down the line hoping no one would notice. I bet almost every car they produce has the same type of problems.