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Ivan Rajic
03-24-2008, 01:26 AM
Another Porsche for me and another bad case of a previous detailing job, but even worse than the last one I corrected. Finish looked and felt like they used #85 and wool for hours, maybe even steel wool.

Unfortunately I couldn't get it to 100% as I didn't want to polish too much, not knowing what was previously done on the soft paint, so here's what I did and the photos...

Wash: Meg's Gold Class, wheels got wheel brightener 4:1
Dry: Cali blade and meg's water magnet
Clayed with Meg's Smooth Surface clay

Polish:
Menzerna SIP | Meg's 7006 pad | Makita rotary @ 1500 RPM
Menzerna 106ff | Meg's 8006 pad | Makita rotary @ 1500 RPM
Menzerna 106ff | Meg's 8006 pad | PC random orbital @ speed 5
Klasse SG on top

Meg's Hyper Dressing on all exterior trim and wheel wells 2:1
Meg's NXT on tires
KSG on wheels
Mother's on exhaust tips

Interior:
Vacuumed everything
Meg's hyper dressing on all interior plastic/trim/vynil 2:1
Lexol on leather

Stoner IG on glass inside & out

Took a little over 9 hours


Photos: (first couple after shots were taken after SIP/7006 so some hazing and holograms were still present) I'm hoping to get a few whole car photos out in the sun tomorrow when the owner picks it up as snow is melting here and everything is wet.

Before:
http://www.lustrdetail.com/Images/porsche%202002%20911%20Turbo%20Joe%2003.20.08/before/porsche911joebefore%20%281%29.JPG
http://www.lustrdetail.com/Images/porsche%202002%20911%20Turbo%20Joe%2003.20.08/before/porsche911joebefore%20%284%29.JPG
http://www.lustrdetail.com/Images/porsche%202002%20911%20Turbo%20Joe%2003.20.08/before/porsche911joebefore%20%289%29.JPG
http://www.lustrdetail.com/Images/porsche%202002%20911%20Turbo%20Joe%2003.20.08/before/porsche911joebefore%20%282%29.JPG

After:
http://www.lustrdetail.com/Images/porsche%202002%20911%20Turbo%20Joe%2003.20.08/after/porsche911joeafter%20%281%29.JPG
http://www.lustrdetail.com/Images/porsche%202002%20911%20Turbo%20Joe%2003.20.08/after/porsche911joeafter%20%284%29.JPG
http://www.lustrdetail.com/Images/porsche%202002%20911%20Turbo%20Joe%2003.20.08/after/porsche911joeafter%20%286%29.JPG
http://www.lustrdetail.com/Images/porsche%202002%20911%20Turbo%20Joe%2003.20.08/after/porsche911joeafter%20%288%29.JPG

Showroom Shine
03-24-2008, 06:02 AM
Great job on the Porsche. The person who wrecked it before you should be punished severely. That's a Great turn around. 9 hours,Wow.
What was the total charge for the detail. Once again good job!

Totoland Mach
03-24-2008, 06:37 AM
Ivan: OUTSTANDING paint correction! I've done a few black Porsches and one had even been burned by the "authorized" dealer... what a rip. The same dealer wanted to hire me and pay me a whopping $47.50 per car and expected 2 cars per day. Gee, now I see why.

Toto

MadOzodi
03-24-2008, 09:48 AM
Great job turning that around!

Ivan Rajic
03-24-2008, 09:57 AM
Great job on the Porsche. The person who wrecked it before you should be punished severely. That's a Great turn around. 9 hours,Wow.
What was the total charge for the detail. Once again good job!

I didn't increase the price even though I estimated the job at ~7hours due to the fact that I had Thurs-Sun to work on it... so the 9 hours didn't seem like the 9 hours you pull off in one day haha. He's picking it up today actually due to today being the first somewhat nice day after a few days of snowing and snow melting here in Chicago.
To answer your question, $320 for the complete detail

AUdakota
03-24-2008, 10:14 AM
WOW that paint looked really bad

Jrgs-r
03-24-2008, 11:59 AM
whaoo you save it, excellent work on that paint :cheers:

supercharged
03-24-2008, 05:52 PM
EWWWW! So many swirls, wonder if that car was washed with a toothbrush...

Great job on it, superb!

AL417
03-25-2008, 07:53 AM
That had some nasty swirlage on it. You brought it back to a beautiful finish.

Smokin
03-25-2008, 08:19 AM
Awesome turnaround. Client should be very happy now. Good job

Sa//|XP
03-25-2008, 10:12 AM
I didn't increase the price even though I estimated the job at ~7hours due to the fact that I had Thurs-Sun to work on it... so the 9 hours didn't seem like the 9 hours you pull off in one day haha. He's picking it up today actually due to today being the first somewhat nice day after a few days of snowing and snow melting here in Chicago.
To answer your question, $320 for the complete detail
Great work! The customer got a bargain.