Bodyshop disaster - Porsche 718 Cayman Detailing, paint correction and Ceramic Coating

Join us on the journey to restore this Porsche back to it's full potential - The Transformation is huge on this one.

timestamps:

Intro - 0:45
Exterior Clean - 1:54
Interior Clean - 8:45
Paint correction - 11:15
Bodyshop nightmare - 17:10
Wheels clean and ceramic coating - 25:32
Refinement - 27:30
Glass and Paint ceramic coating - 28:44
Finished clips - 31:28

This lovely Porsche Cayman 718 had been to a local Bodyshop for some minor repairs and unfortunately had been left in a really poor condition. The painted areas had very deep sanding marks and holograms from poor polishing, the replacement panel had barely any paint (less than 90 Microns!) and the rest of the car was covered in the standard swirl marks and minor scratching in keeping with regular use!

over the course of about 35 hours of work this car has been restored to an as new condition, how Porsche intended it to look.

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Total hours spent on this project was around 40 man hours.

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[johnkleiscaraudio]

Love the production and style of video! tempted to give it a go ourselves 👌🏼 great work as always jay!

[ColinProcter-vd]

An amazing difference, im looking forward to having my GT silver 718 done now. Thanks

[carllynch]

Looking forward to getting my 718 detailed by you guys 😎👍🏻

[danielbrooks]

Thanks for a top job guys, my car now looks outstanding 😎👍

[paultucker]

Fantastic detail and an excellent work, chaps!

[adblf]

First watch, really enjoyed this so thanks for the time and effort that goes into filming the process. I am similarly minded to yourself, though just a sideline for myself.. I enjoy much of the same equipment, cutting and finishing pads as you've used here

Couple of general ideas / comments that I had as I watched.. I'd hope for similar comments if I was ever brave enough to film my process!!!;

- hydrophobic spray and rinse is definitely a time saver and is removed from the paintwork through polishing, but not on the plastic trim and glass, unless polishing it too. Worth considering as it can impact the bonding of the coating IF the panel wipe doesn't strip it entirely.
- this was unlikely to be your normal process but assume for the other 3 wheels the pre-wash (or APC for the arches) or snow foam were applied to help get the crud off the wheels before making contact.
- quite plush towels for ceramic coating initial wipe! I typically go for 300-350gsm and then use a 500gsm for the final wipe, I find the lower GSM (still high quality, edgeless) give better initial bite and are more cost effective!

Really interested to hear your thoughts on veritas as a panel wipe.. tried many, tend to stick with Eraser or Gtech but not tried Labo's.

[PDTW]

Another great job! Love the video as always 😘

Definitely given me the motivation to get mine looking good soon!

[philmarsh]

Guys that is literally voodoo magic that you’ve performed on that 718, it looked too far gone at the start and now it’s better than factory. As a fellow 718 owner I’m curious what that package must have cost? Mine isn’t body shop damaged but it has a similar degree of legacy swirling as the left hand side of that one did.