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Re: In-Progress: 1986 Porsche 951 (Guards Red)
Originally Posted by Dr Oldz
I’ve seen areas like that above in the body seams. I own/Owned classic cars so I’m kinda familiar with this issue. Usually it’s years of road film build up. I have had luck with products like prep-sol. If not, a compound worked wet with some make shift tool and a terry cloth may work. But work with caution.
I bought a 2nd set of wheels for my car that had something like this inside the barrels. It seemed to be impervious to anything (polish or tar remover). I suspect this is aged layers of tar and other oil based grime.
They wheels were clear-coated so I eventually took 4/0 steel wool and solvent to them to remove it, after trying everything else including sandpaper. I of course had to follow up with sanding and polishing. They were clear-coated and wheels, not the front of a car, so much lower risk. Not recommended here.
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Re: In-Progress: 1986 Porsche 951 (Guards Red)
Huge change on that front end! It's amazing isn't it?!!
Dr O: thanks for that good info!
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Re: In-Progress: 1986 Porsche 951 (Guards Red)
Sorry it's been a while... There's been progress, just not a lot! Today's update is a duplicate of one from a couple of weeks ago. The lower rocker panel trim was damaged by someone not raising the car properly on a lift. To repair this, I had to pull the trim off, release the bend using a heat gun, and re-bend the metal bracketry. Then, a couple of reinstalls (to get it right) and it's back to normal! That should be the last of that type of job in this post hopefully. :-)
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Quite bent "before"
Much better "after" (even the fender is a better color)
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Re: In-Progress: 1986 Porsche 951 (Guards Red)
Much better! Keep this train a rolling!
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Re: In-Progress: 1986 Porsche 951 (Guards Red)
Loving this thread.....
Nice work, man!
It is no coincidence that man's best friend cannot talk.
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Re: In-Progress: 1986 Porsche 951 (Guards Red)
Soooo.. it's been a while! I'm still here and still working on the car. Life gets in the way sometimes though. I'm still looking for an original red fender if anyone knows of a source, please PM me. I'm also looking for suggestions for a LSP. My goal would be to finish out the cut process and then do the car in panels: - polish, LSP, next panel - polish, LSP, etc... this way no polished panel needs to sit unprotected with my SLOW process. Suggestions are welcome!
Today's work:
Passenger's side door + mirror. I've been treating it the M7 for a while and finally got around to compounding it out tonight. It made a nice change. :-) Sadly, it revealed a dent in the door that I didn't even see before because the paint was so flat. I may be able to do something with it though in the future, so I'm not too worried.
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1 more panel and it should be all RED again! YAY!
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Re: In-Progress: 1986 Porsche 951 (Guards Red)
Great work! And soon you are done with the cutting step corrected. The feel of the work and transformation you have accomplished I can imagine is a great feeling to have.
For the LSP I like the looks of Polish Angel products. It's a pricey brand but a little goes a long way with their products. If you are looking for a great wax I think Collinite 915 is a great looking one with a great longevity from it too. I like to go for the looks rather than the most economical ones. Not to say some economical looks good too. But I want great or awesome looking lol. It's not much that keeps them apart but that little extra gloss makes me smile
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Re: In-Progress: 1986 Porsche 951 (Guards Red)
Awesome! McKee’s hi def paint sealant, Wolfgang Fuzion, hmmmm...
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