Not an everyday sight nowadays, is this 1993 Porsche 968 Tiptronic
We were contacted by the owner and given a list of items to sort out along with a budget asked what could we do on the list for the budget, well we managed to carry out everything on the list and come in under budget as well (although the timeline for completion slipped by a couple of days)
The list comprised of the following
- Front and rear bumpers repainted
- Bonnet repainted
- Side skirts repainted
- Paintless Dent Repair to 4 panels
- Wheels refurbed
- Leather interior refurb and recoloured
- Full correction detail
- Nanolex Pro Sealant application
Anyway, how it looked on delivery to us
First job was to remove all the items that were going off to our paintshop
One positive to having body parts removed is the ability to clean all those areas that are normally not accessible as can be seen in the next few photos the amounts of grime that builds up over the years is quite considerable!
With the car now minus its body panels, it was time to make a start with some of the cleaning process
Liberal amounts of de-greaser were applied and left to soak for a few minutes
While the lower panels were soaking, I turned my attention to the engine bay and wheel arches
Fair bit of tar build up over the years….
But with a fair bit of elbow grease and lots of tar remover, they came up looking pretty respectable
Same process was carried out on the other 3 arches. Once all the mucky areas had been thoroughly cleaned, the car was then washed and the paint decontamination process carried out (this was both a chemical and physical process).
Once all the wet work was completed the car was then placed on axle stands and the wheels went off for refurbing. At this stage the car was looking rather sorry for itself!
Then it was time to make a start on the paintwork correction
A test area was selected to find out what process and products were going to be need to bring the 17 year old original paintwork back to perfection
After trying out various combination, a 3 stage machine polish was going to be required to bring it back to its former glory!
Some photos of various area before correction
And finished after countless hours of machine polishing..
The wheels arrived back looking brand new
Then it was time to turn my attention to the interior, aside from thoroughly cleaning the interior, parts of it needed refurbing and recolouring, namely the front seats, centre console and handbrake.
Driver’s seat was removed
Part way through the process, with all the old finish removed, cracks repaired and second coat of recolour applied
Handbrake being prep’d for recolouring
Centre console being prep’d
Drivers seat finished (same process was carried out on the rest of the leather items)
With all of the major work completed, the repainted body panels were refitted and the paintwork was given it final polishing stage with a fine finishing polish; then given an IPA wipe down to remove any oils from the polishing stage.
This provides a totally clean surface for the Nanolex Professional Sealant to be applied.
And 20 days of work later all that was left to do was grab some final shots of the finished project.
NB Number plates were attached before the owner drove it home (with a massive smile I should add!)
