Manthey M410 996 GT3 pre sale detail
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Well to start... WHAT A CAR!!!
This was a pre sale tidy up that turned into a little more, it was a 1 stage polish but ended up doing 2/3 in certain areas to get the most from the paint. Anyway onto the job...
Some of these photos might look odd, the shed has terrible light for photos and the Speed Yellow is a hard colour to capture!
Engine bay looks like it never got a deep clean in all the years so the nooks and crevices were really letting it down, with the tight areas I wiped out the steam cleaner, im not really a steam cleaner fan, it does the job but not as good as most make out ;)
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So steamer out and ready to rock...
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Getting there with softening the dirt...
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Took this little strip off to get into the corners and clear them out
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cleaned up the screws
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So about 2 hours of messing about with the engine bay it was about 80% there, so outside with the car to get it cleaned down, detarred, deirioned and clayed for polishing.
Looking abit dull here...
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As usual, I always start with the wheels
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Wheel cleaner on
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Cleaned the heavy stuff off
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And applied Iron Cleanse...
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Bit of foaming, nice and light to let it run into all the gaps etc
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Shuts agitated
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Done for now
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So all that done the car was taken back inside and had a look at the exhaust tips, gave them a good going over could do with another bit but better then they have been in a long time
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Onto polishing and some before pics:
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Lights got 2 stages to make them sharp
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Before, tape applied and polisher plugged in :)
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couple of passes on the back
1
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2 and was refined a couple days later
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Headlights always have a hard life!!
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Arches were cleaned out too
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Nice!!!!!
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After
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Wheels were off the car so decided to give them a machine polish and proper seal with some Carbon Collective nano coating
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And the protection...
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Seat belts were to be looked at too, turns out they are a darker shade of red rather then dirty but I was asked to clean them so onto the job in hand...
Let the seatbelt loose and kept the buckle at the top to avoid any damage while I was cleaning them
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Rest of the interior was hovered and didn't need much more, door sills protected help keep them clean for longer.
So onto the after....
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Thanks for looking!
Manthey M410 996 GT3 pre sale detail
Feckin deadly I was looking forward to seeing this one. Well done Chris, stunning work and a stunning car.
Regards,
Andy
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Thats some yellow porn !!! well done!
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Drool!
Would have loved to have worked on those curves! ;)
Good job!
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There's been some serious motors in the shed but that's top of the table in my books, top job as always!
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Class cars..
Here's a picture of my brothers one
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RE: Manthey M410 996 GT3 pre sale detail
Wow. Fantastic work Chris and such a rare beast on our shores...!
RE: Manthey M410 996 GT3 pre sale detail
Manthey are heroes in Niurburgting 24h racing.Great job guys as always.
Manthey M410 996 GT3 pre sale detail
Great work on a great car!!!