Zaino'd Porsche 996 911 Turbo by Midlands Car Care

[RussZS]

Thanks once again for taking the time to view one of our write ups.

The owner of this 10 year old 996 Turbo wanted some life restoring into the tired looking paint and some solid protection applying to ensure its easy to maintain in future.

The car was booked in for one of our Enhancement Details and Zaino was selected for protection.

Some befores:


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Wheels, calipers, tyres and arches were up first, dealt with using Smart Wheels, G101 and various safe brushes:


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Wheel Wooly used on rear of the wheels:


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Smallest Valet Pro brush on the wheel faces:


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and calipers:


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G101 on the tyres:


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and arches, with largest wheel wooly:


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after rinsing, IronX was used to safely remove fallout and brake dust pitted into the wheels' clearcoat:


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and rinsed:


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Door shuts and sills were attended to next with G101:

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Next the car was pressure rinsed then hand washed and rinsed away. This was followed with IronX to remove any fallout from the paintwork:


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Then rinsed and followed up with Auto Finesse Oblitarate where required, then rinsed again and moved inside for claying:


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Next the car was thoroughly dried with drying towels and a blower:


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After drying the paint was assessed for thickness, any paintwork and the general condition.  It was noted that the passenger side had been polished before as the level of defects/swirling present was significantly lower than the rest of the car and there was significant hologramming present:


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This was swiftly dealt with using a finishing pad and polish via rotary:


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The rest of the car was suffering from relatively bad defects in particular swirling which was robbing the car of its potential finish

50/50 shot:


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Very apparent colour difference after polishing:


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There was also some oxidisation present on the headlight which was addressed:


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Rear lights were corrected too:

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Revive was used on the rubber and plastics to great effect:


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Mint Rims and Z16 on the wheels and tyres:


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The paintwork was protected with Z2 and Z8 with Z6 used in between and for a final wipedown:


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Finally, some after shots:


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Thanks for reading!!  The owner was delighted with the finish on his 10 year old beast of a car and I was pleased with such sharp results on silver.

Next we have this to contend with...


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Thanks for reading...


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Russ.