08 911 Turbo + Opti Coat

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Feb 26, 2012 | 01:15 AM
  #1  
The owner of this car had just bought it with 30k miles on the clock, he saw and liked our previous Carrera write up and decided to hire me and my partner to restore gloss and lay down some serious protection for his new ride. This is the process of the multiple step detail we performed for this client, and boy was he ecstatic!

Wheel before:

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Wheels/calipers after:

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Cleaning the emblem here with a degreaser:

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Then we gave the car a foam bath:

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Can't forget about behind the gas lid!

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And vents + leftover wax on edge of clear bra!

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Crack between taillights and bumper got a cleaning too!

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And finally door handles!

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Feb 26, 2012 | 01:16 AM
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True condition of the car:

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Covering this up so we don't have to deal with the polishing dust!

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Driver side of the hood (Prior to polishing):

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Passenger side of the hood (After polishing):

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Feb 26, 2012 | 01:18 AM
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Sun shots after the initial step:

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Giving the car its second bath!

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Feb 26, 2012 | 01:18 AM
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After its second bath, we pulled the car inside for the second step, prepped the car for coating, then applied opti coat

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This is just a teaser of our next project, a 1996 Mercedes S500

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Thanks for looking everyone!
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Feb 26, 2012 | 01:28 AM
  #5  
Great outcome. How many times can you do a paint correction. Using this car as an example?
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Feb 26, 2012 | 04:07 PM
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Quote: Great outcome. How many times can you do a paint correction. Using this car as an example?
Ideally you'd want to have one major correction, and just small maintenance details here and there.
Doing major paint corrections every year and the clear coat won't last. It's hard to say how many times you can do it, all I can say it don't do it often, it'll cause the clear coat to fail prematurely.
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Feb 26, 2012 | 04:23 PM
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nice work cousin.......looks like a good gig you have going...
this kind of attention to detail is something many many car
owners would pay a lot for..........as you know.......

good luck
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