looking for recommendations about tyres for a 997 Carrera S . Currently running Pirellis which I find harsh with lots of road noise. I’m looking for a good road tyre, not for track days but for every day use. 

Much appreciated 

Ash

Here is a video that shows you how to apply it.  

The questions and answers below the video are informative and are actually answered by AUTOGLYM.

Hit the youtube logo on the bottom right for the Qand A's    

I am a real idiot. 

I used a dry "chux" cleaning cloth to clean off some dry water spots on my car and in doing so have caused multiple linear scratches and lines on a small area of the black paint above the wheel arch

its only visible if you look closely and under certain light.

what damage have I done and how can it be fixed?

any help appreciated

I think I have asked this question before but cannot find the post so I am asking again.

What tyre "blackener" do people use.  I have been using Maguairs Hot Shine Tyre Gel for years but I am sick and tired of the excess splatter I get on my cars (they are all white by the way). I have tried everything to ensure that the stuff is applied so it will not spatter, but there is always some excess in the groves and my nice clean car has black dots all down the side after the next drive.  It drives me crazy.

First off this all started after a weekend away and my trip down the Putty Rd resulted in my car copping a bit of a beating from the falling/fallen sticks from the extremely high winds we encountered that day.

And i will say when it comes to my cars i am a bit OCD, but not as bad as some who take their cars down the road to a car wash when we do an over nighter, you know who you are.

I figure you pay decent money for a nice car you should keep it looking as best you can.

So when we were away Peter M offered to lend me his polishing gear to get the scratches out of my car. I tried some of my polish which will get rid of scratches and swirls and the marks were gone pretty swiftly. I then used some of Pete's compound and the difference was amazing. This compound was the Menzerna 500 heavy cut compound used with a cutting pad. by the end of the weekend i was on the Car care products Australia website searching for which kit i would buy.

I ended up with this https://www.carcareproducts.com. which from what i could tell was the same as Pete's. 

It is a 3 stage compound system for doing almost any car, i used the heavy cut compound and on a car like mine i was glad i had 2 cutting pads in my kit because i used both on my car. As it is a solid color with no clearcoat the compound combined with the cutting pads really bites in to the paint and takes off a fine layer and reveals a deep gloss. Now this gloss gets better when you move down through the compounds and match it with the pads supplied, this is the result i achieved. 

I have to say as well that i have no background in doing this sort of thing professionally and have no affiliation with car care products, this was just me having a go in my garage and getting a pretty satisfying result, it's not perfect but i'm happy. Sorry the pics aren't that great.

I have always had trouble trying to remove those pesky tar spots that appear on your wheels.  

Car wash and water just doesn't do it.

Enter ........De..Solv-it.

Great product, and it's all natural.

squirt it on the tar and watch it dissolve.... Just like magic

Then do the car wash and water, straight after.

Bunnings sell it.   Makes getting gunk of the wheels very very easy...   

I am fearful that peeling these off may take some paint also?  Are these standard Porsche parts you can order, or do people just order online or source elsewhere?  Appreciate any feedback.

I have just ordered a Carrera White kit and am waiting for it to arrive.

I will report back with results for those who are interested, but by all reports people are raving about this product.

Picture quality may not be the best but it shows what is achievable using some decent products and a willingness to have a try. I am super happy with the outcome that i got, the car is far from perfect but the finish on the paint is pretty good now.

Before

This one is particularly nasty and unfortunately not much i could do.

After

Tman had mentioned how good Steve P's GT3 looked after Chris had given it a good ceramic coating recently.

So it was decided to give Tman's 993 the ceramic job as well.   

A group of PFAers,  aka  "the elitists" put on our ballistic vests, helmets, lock nuts on the wheels and headed over to the Northern burbs.

Chris and Tman gave the 993 a cloth/clay job and then Chris prerformed his magic while the rest of us looked on and ate spicy sausages and Bread that BAFE had cooked  for the ocassion.

Plus a few cold refreshers to wash it down with.

Tman showed his skills with 7 or 8 various pizzas which were cooked to perfection.

Great day was had by all.   And...Chris has the 993 looking like a new one.

After the cloth/clay job, then a rinsing and about to be dried.

The work has begun, ... Steve P Dougy and Chris 

Bugger the work...it's lunch time, and the master chef and his apprentice start the cooking. TMan and Bafe

The only Greek Pizza chef in the Northern Suburbs in action.....

 Mmmmmm Pizza time...Steve and Dougy

And the finished product, the car looking sensational at the end of the day.  Tman..Dougy..Niko..Chris..Bafe the bread man..Steve P

Perhaps Im also looking for one I that retracts into a carrier?? 

Suggestions , examples , anyone gotta good suppliers

You can also brag about the head of your hose if you like ...

The $10 bunning special in the rental property has to go. 

Anyone using car positioning jacks..are the cheap ones ok, aka ebay $125 .

Thoughts experiences.. Im gonna try squeeze some of my cars close together in store...

Any good contacts for supply?

Does anyone else need some? Cos I will go hsutle someone for a bulk price..

Seeing as there is Fuch all going on in the buying and selling arena , I guess we are all gonna get back to working on and repairing our cars - yippee

So back to stuff , tools and things , I lost my multimeter

Whats your recommendations or best fandangled gadgets for battery tests , circuit testing , general use etc etc

Big week in the garage .. the porsches run fine, the bikes too ..but the Escort still needs more love, especially in the dogy earth department and alternator areana  

Ok go… suppliers recommendations and discussions

Someone must have worked for one of the suppliers or wired someone to the HT leads as sexual torture or something ..

Spring means fixing more things  and it seems I have lost many tools in my move from my house. Either that or they are packed still with the rest of the house ..in the box markled the shit you find  kitchen drawer!!!

Again I wanna know about your prefs? What you using when you cant get a big mother wrench in the space and when your lying under the car.. and you want to do a nut and bolt check front to back  of suspension

What you using for , wheel nuts ?

Do you have more than one..?

You buying quality or happy with a cheaper brand?

I was always very fastidious with my cars, hand washed once a week whether they needed it or not - always chamois dry and wax/polish every four washes.  It always annoyed me that the paint on some of my cars still felt a little 'gritty' - even after all that. 

Quite by chance today I found about about clay blocks.  So, since I had the day off work - cruised down to the local auto shop and found the Meguiars kit my friend had told me about.  (no, i don't work for them!).

Well, I have to say, I am very impressed.  I guess you're all sitting back laughing 'yep... about time' - but to those of you that have never seen this stuff before - you'll be amazed.  It is just so simple.  

All I did was made sure the car was clean/free of dust - then sprayed on the provided 'quik detailer' fluid  (kind of like soapy water).  You get a piece of clay with the kit - i cut it in half and kneaded it out flat - sprayed some of the fluid on the back and then rubbed the area where I had just sprayed.  You don't have to rub hard , or in any particular pattern.  Takes a minute - then wipe the whole lot off with a micro fibre cloth.  Job's done.  The difference between the bit i did and the bit i didn't was clearly noticeable.  

I did this on my 2012 Cruze (yep, test dummy...).   I then went and analysed my Porsche.  The paint is near perfect, but yes - on closer 'feel' it did have some grittiness to it.  So - after five minutes - now it doesn't.

Anyway - excitement over ....   Hope it might help someone out there !

Here is a youtube video demo if you're interested http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wzIAtA1TMY

Anyone know how to remove the black paint from the window trim?

Thanks

Second Question

Removing the window tint

Seems to be two options

1. Scraper and razor blade

2. Add heaps of steam and pick at the film.

Anyone have any success with either option or an alternative?

Once again, Thanks 

- Can you get it resprayed in a different colour and have it look factory good (or better)

- How much would such a job cost?

- In Melbourne, who would be a good company to go to for such a thing?

- Assuming the new colour was not an outlandish colour, what do people think this would do to resale value?  Would it tank based on not having the colour from the VIN?

Appreciate any help.

Also, where can you buy black vinyl? For re-doing RS door cards. Is it all the same shade of black? Are there different qualities, special RS door ones...?

suggestions or recommendations welcome, thanks...

It looks like the film has been on from when the car was new, so around 20 years and is proving almost impossible to remove. It has started to go yellowish and crack.

Have used heat gun, chemicals etc and nothing seems to be working. Even a professional car detailers is having problems removing it.

Anyone have any suggestions?  And if you have it, probably a good idea to refresh it every few years!!

Appreciate any advice. Thanks.

Sure it looks better when looking under the car but that is not how it left the factory.

I always thought that for the full concourse the car had to be as original as possible.

Cheers

Honest Ron.