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Porsche Cayenne 955 -restoring her back
- Thread starter swisstony
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Spent some of saturday giving the girl a deep clean, snow foam, two buckets (of course) etc.
Then sunday cracked out the machine polisher and set to doing a little paint correction.
Two stage on the bodywork , wiped down and then two coats of Blackfire wax and she is good to go, only took about 6 hours
fullsizeoutput_6193 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
fullsizeoutput_6197 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
fullsizeoutput_619b by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
fullsizeoutput_61a2 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
Then sunday cracked out the machine polisher and set to doing a little paint correction.
Two stage on the bodywork , wiped down and then two coats of Blackfire wax and she is good to go, only took about 6 hours
fullsizeoutput_6193 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickrfullsizeoutput_6197 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickrfullsizeoutput_619b by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickrfullsizeoutput_61a2 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrThis weekend was all about callipers. Thought I would treat the " trouble and strife" as I know she always wanted them a different colour. This was all done with a brush so it is not 100% perfect in my eyes but a hellva lot less masking compared to spraying. I might do the rear with spray cans to see the difference.
First up time to clean and degrease the original ones. They were a bit shot so had to rub them down with scotchbrite which made short work of the letting.
IMG_3082 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
IMG_3086 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
IMG_3088 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
IMG_3089 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
Masked up and then two coats. This is epoxy paint with hardener, thin and thick coat and it goes off pretty quick
IMG_3107 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
IMG_3104 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
Found time to clean up the bolts as they were a bit rubbish
IMG_3152 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
IMG_3153 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
then onto the lettering. Managed to mess the first one up but luckily they give you three as they know you might ***** up at least one
IMG_3161 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
Whacked the wheels back on and job done
IMG_3170 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
IMG_3169 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
Time for some brownie points me thinks 8)
First up time to clean and degrease the original ones. They were a bit shot so had to rub them down with scotchbrite which made short work of the letting.
IMG_3082 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrIMG_3086 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrIMG_3088 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrIMG_3089 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrMasked up and then two coats. This is epoxy paint with hardener, thin and thick coat and it goes off pretty quick
IMG_3107 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrIMG_3104 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrFound time to clean up the bolts as they were a bit rubbish
IMG_3152 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrIMG_3153 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickrthen onto the lettering. Managed to mess the first one up but luckily they give you three as they know you might ***** up at least one
IMG_3161 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrWhacked the wheels back on and job done
IMG_3170 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrIMG_3169 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrTime for some brownie points me thinks 8)
Her ladyship said silver so silver is what she got.
Bells needed cleaning up and painting so whilst I was under there, I decided to repaint the wishbones, suspension arms etc. Nothing fancy just the stuff that looked tatty.
IMG_3257 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
IMG_3259 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
IMG_3260 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
Masked up
IMG_3265 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
IMG_3267 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
IMG_3269 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
IMG_3270 by Chris Dodsworth, on Flickr
Bells needed cleaning up and painting so whilst I was under there, I decided to repaint the wishbones, suspension arms etc. Nothing fancy just the stuff that looked tatty.
IMG_3257 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrIMG_3259 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrIMG_3260 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrMasked up
IMG_3265 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrIMG_3267 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrIMG_3269 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrIMG_3270 by Chris Dodsworth, on FlickrdeMort said:
That is very kind of you to say . I only post on here to show the progress but also as a way of helping other owners if they are doing similar. As we are new to the marquee and dont have the luxury of just plonking it in a garage with an open chequebook , forums like this are an invaluable help to us.
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ragpicker said:
Glad you found the thread helpful
It is the wife's so ago be honest I dont get to driver her ! Muggins here is left to fix and clean things up but on the odd occasion I have been allowed to drive, found the seating person fantastic, seats are proper comfy , heated seats and steering wheel a bonus at this time of year !! All in all a good interior, road handling is pretty good for such a big car though compared to the touareg, the suspension is harsh ( more sporty) so dont be fooled into thinking it is going to be all soft and marshmallow like
I guess the turbo with its air suspension might be better but the S is not. But certainly goes like stink ..hope that helpsragpicker said:
well in your neck of the woods you will need it
( dont tell anyone but thats where I am from originally though now a lapsed shandy drinking southerner
)TBH the ride is great in the S but the turbo does come with a few more toys, e.g memory seat position , steering rake controls, different dash instrument cluster etc but it really comes down to the options that were specified at time of purchase. My wife's boss has an S but he has german style rear bumper with twin exhausts tips, different wheels and so on. So when buying second hand you need to search for what you want. Everything extra is a brucie bonus !
Swiss, did you ever get around to changing the B/C pillars to black? Thinking of doing this on mine but would probably go the vinyl route as removing the C pillar needs the glass to be removed.
Just wondering if you did it and if so, how?
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Just wondering if you did it and if so, how?
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