'76 Porsche 912e
 

This car was a new acquisition from a client of mine who had chased this particular car for a few years and through a couple of different owners before he was finally able to call it his. The previous owner had used it for a daily driver, so it had some issues. My client was taking it to a Porsche gathering at the end of this month, so he wanted it freshened up. Another note, this car had been repainted in base/clear, it was not the original paint.

Process:

Wash: Foam with Meguiar's Shampoo Plus mixed with Optimum Power Clean, then 2-bucket wash with Shampoo Plus
Wheels, tires and wheel wells cleaned with Optimum Power Clean 3:1
Clay: Clay Magic Blue
Compounded with M105/D300 on Meguiar's MF pads/Griot's Garage DA
Polished with HD Polish on Green Buff and Shine pads/Tangerine Hydro-Tech pads
Sealed with HD Poxy
Tires dressed with AutoFinesse Gloss


There was a lot of issues to clean up before I started the detail. White residue on trim, dried compound around all the seams and more on the taillights.

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The condition of the paint wasn't too bad, but it definitely needed some improvement.

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Afters

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Thanks for looking!

Good Job Mike!!!

Wow, that really is a marked improvement!

Feel like, I should care more about my cars, whenever I see pictures of this kind of fantastic work!

Thank you Tuan! :happy0180:

Thanks man, I'm glad you liked it. I'm sure you still take better care of your cars than most people, or else you wouldn't be looking in the detail forum!