A Turbo Dreammmmmm!

[Anthony@MFAD]

Hey all, just wanted to share a really cool car I got to work on not too long ago.

A beautiful Porsche 911 Turbo,I believe i was told it was an 83'
& more than just another "job", its my dream car!

Hope to own one of these one day...But on to the write up!



Products/tools used:

Wheels/tires/arches
-LA's totally awesome wheel cleaner
-3Ds Wheel Acid
-IronX
-wheel woolies + various other brushes

Plastics
-CG grime reaper
-BlackWow Pro
-Various brushes

Paint/glass
-CG maxi suds spiked with CG grime reaper
-IronX
-UWW+
-Speedy prep mitt (fine)
-OptiSeal

Polishing
-Rupes 15
-Harbor Freight DA (3" BP)
-Hd Cut
-B&S orange pad
-Hd Speed
-B&S black pad



Few pics of how she was looking when I arrived

Haziness is very apparent in the paint
http://i60.tinypic.com/foho3b.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/fu5ldk.jpg

Reflection i was getting with my cameras add on LED light
http://i62.tinypic.com/9v9ut1.jpg

Once the licence plate was removed. Don't think it had been cleaned there in a while!
http://i60.tinypic.com/28rin9k.jpg


As always i got started with the wheels.

Tires still had previous dressing but at least the arches weren't too bad.
http://i58.tinypic.com/xgcvtg.jpg

The insides of these wheels were dirty! Grime was so baked on & thick not even a finger swipe would remove any to show how bad it was.

http://i59.tinypic.com/2ebv289.jpg

http://i62.tinypic.com/vg3g5y.jpg

Now I don't like using acid & try to avoid it at all costs. But nothing i threw at these wheels made difference. So out came the acid & so did the grime. I then neutralized it with some apc which also cleaned a tiny bit. & finally hit it with IronX to remove the last amount of what was removable.

IronX doing its thing
http://i62.tinypic.com/10fs0f7.jpg

http://i57.tinypic.com/xlyq2b.jpg

Rims were then given some Hyrdo2 lovin!


Next up were Plastics & crevices

http://i59.tinypic.com/347ipon.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/2dv4dip.jpg

Made sure to clean the fabric border that goes around the sun roof.
http://i62.tinypic.com/2e2qkk1.jpg

& of course you cant forget to give the gas cap area some love, specially considering the condition it was in.
http://i61.tinypic.com/ekn768.jpg


I then "foamed" the car down with a apc spiked mix to remove any previous LSPs.
My pressure washers "foam attachment"...i think its safe to say foam is the last thing this thing was made for haha

http://i58.tinypic.com/o02i3a.jpg

Unfortunately i forgot to get any interior pics, but here you can see the kick ass roll cage inside.
Needless to say, that back window was a mission on its own just to clean.
http://i61.tinypic.com/6ti8v7.jpg


Car was then washed, IronX'ed, & clayed.
Few shots of the paint in the sun/overcast once it was all set & done.

http://i60.tinypic.com/2lbjcky.jpg

http://i60.tinypic.com/25jle0m.jpg

http://i60.tinypic.com/219p9ba.jpg


I then got her all taped up & ready for polishing!

http://i58.tinypic.com/nlvm9y.jpg


The plastics in that whale tail were a royal pain in the @$$ to tape up! :mad:
http://i61.tinypic.com/244bbkh.jpg

Making sure that fabric border doesnt get any compound or polish on it
http://i62.tinypic.com/2eaumnk.jpg

Some before/afters of the paint correction process

Front right fender before
http://i62.tinypic.com/97io9w.jpg

After compounding
http://i58.tinypic.com/2qdmo7c.jpg

Accidentally took these in black & white but,

Passenger side skirt before
http://i59.tinypic.com/24l396b.jpg

After compounding
http://i61.tinypic.com/4r2vc7.jpg

Rear fender before
http://i57.tinypic.com/vfyx.jpg

After
http://i61.tinypic.com/2we9owy.jpg

Unfortunately it has not been possible to get some after pics in beautiful Cali sun, so here are some with an LED work light.

http://i57.tinypic.com/slicuv.jpg

http://i62.tinypic.com/dg5gg3.jpg

http://i61.tinypic.com/2ntlam9.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/i5dqqb.jpg


& some all around after shots!

http://i61.tinypic.com/5kj6kj.jpg

http://i57.tinypic.com/11wfpdl.jpg

http://i62.tinypic.com/21o0n5i.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/b7fn1h.jpg

& my favorite shot of all!!!
http://i60.tinypic.com/1z2lizr.jpg


A few funnies...

At the end of the day i had used up enough tape to make myself a tapeman lol
http://i58.tinypic.com/8wjl7k.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/otlqjc.jpg

http://i58.tinypic.com/2vulrm1.jpg

Even the tapeman could resist to look at that wide rear end:xyxthumbs:
http://i57.tinypic.com/2cdhopf.jpg

Thanks for looking!

[Sizzle Chest]

Very nice! I like your favorite shot too!

[javip2k]

Fantastic, great job!

[Just02896]

Great work! Screw the 911....I want tapeman as my mascot! Lol!

[Tato]

Very nice! I like your favorite shot too!

Hey you stole my answer! Just what I was about to say... :iagree:

Apart from favorite pic, everything demonstrates a very professional work, your after pics are amazing, that paint looks really sharp and depth impressed me a lot.

Congratulations on this one,

Thanks for sharing.

Kind Regards.

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Beautiful work on that Classic Schwarz 911 turbo.

[valleyrider]

Continue with the excellent environmental work!

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/21/h14c.png

[iBoost]

Wow nice job and stunning ride!

[BrianMcLeod]

Nice job and I like your favorite shot! Hope you get your dream car someday!

[JSou]

Just immaculate. I love the car. Funny tapeman.

[RMM]

Nice Job! :dblthumb2:

That's a Porsche 993 Turbo (it was in production from 1995 till 1998).

[Anthony@MFAD]

Very nice! I like your favorite shot too!

Thanks! Im slowly starting to dig photography more & more (i still suck at it though lol)


Fantastic, great job!

Thank you!


Great work! Screw the 911....I want tapeman as my mascot! Lol!

Thanks! Hahaha glad you liked it, thought it was pretty funny after working on the car for so long.


Hey you stole my answer! Just what I was about to say... :iagree:

Apart from favorite pic, everything demonstrates a very professional work, your after pics are amazing, that paint looks really sharp and depth impressed me a lot.

Congratulations on this one,

Thanks for sharing.

Kind Regards.

Thanks for the kind words! It was certainly looking good for a 20+ year car!

Thanks for looking!


Beautiful work on that Classic Schwarz 911 turbo.

Thanks!


Continue with the excellent environmental work!

Lol I love that pic you put!


Wow nice job and stunning ride!

Thanks! Yup it certainly is!


Nice job and I like your favorite shot! Hope you get your dream car someday!

Thank you! Yeah me too! Gona drive the hell out of it when i do!:xyxthumbs:


Just immaculate. I love the car. Funny tapeman.

Thanks! Yeah it certainly is a beauty! lol thanks


Nice Job! :dblthumb2:

That's a Porsche 993 Turbo (it was in production from 1995 till 1998).

Thanks!

Your probably right, i was called by his secretary so i might have heard things worng.lol