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Old Jul 21, 2019 | 11:29 AM
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This 930 Turbo arrived with some nasty paint issues, bad washing and bad paint repairs, I had to re paint the top of the front bumper and rear whale tail surround, this car then had our Premium plus detail, the plus was all suspension cleaned, engine bay brake caliper paint wheel polish and to top it all off, a full car wet sand and 5 stage polish, the finished car was then ceramic coated using Gtechniq Serum light and 2 coats of exo.
I hated the color when the car arrived but fell in love as the depth of finished started to arrive during the polishing process.
The polishing was carried out using only rotary polishers knowing that it would give a sharper finish than the orbital polisher that we use on more delicate paints.
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Old Jul 21, 2019 | 11:38 AM
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Wow, that is just stunning. Looks like an early 3.0?

unusual to see the fuchs polished like that as normally a satin anodise unless the early cars were different or refurbed I guess.

great finish, back when they put a lot of paint on cars
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Old Jul 21, 2019 | 11:51 AM
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Hi Mate, you are correct, the wheels should have been satin as where all the Magnesium wheels but I was asked to polish them, the car had been sent back to the Porsche factory when it was 5 years old and had the full LE conversion, the cost of the conversion was as much as the the car cost when new.
The work that I was commissioned to carry out was to get it presentable for sale, when the car arrived it had a large box inside containing the most comprehensive history of a car that I have ever seen, including the letter and a copy of the cheque that was sent to the dealer for the deposit, then every invoice for work it had ever received, I had the pleasure of selling the car to another of my regular car collecting clients so I still get to see the car now and then.
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Old Jul 22, 2019 | 04:32 PM
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Nice one....I do love a good history on a car.
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