Stutopia

I won’t lie. Although the inspiration on the badges and driving it there and back was all me, Ricey did contribute a respectable chunk of the overall work, so he does deserve his fair share of the glory The reflections are out of this world. I’ll be getting the proper camera out soon and finding a glamorous, isolated Yorkshire location to do his work justice sometime soon.

Regular readers will know I like to get my hands dirty when it comes to keeping my cars clean, but sometimes a job needs indoor space and professional skills, way beyond my own. Older members will know @Ricey struck out to follow his passion a few years ago and I have been watching his work from afar on here and Faceballz ever since. After letting him practice on lesser marques like Maserati, Aston Martin and Ferrari, I've been looking forward to having the right job to send his way. I wasn't expecting perfect paint on a 6 year old black car, but one of my first visits to the petrol station revealed just how bad things were. As well as correcting this horror show, I also booked in to have some protection applied and a "little" job that's been on my list for a while. I've never really liked the black badges, I know it's part of the whole GTS thing, but I personally think badges need a contrast. Black letters on other colours looks great, but on black, it doesn't work for me. So, I secured some genuine Porsche parts and then expertly gave them to Paul to sort out First the easy bit. Then the template. All done. I'm super pleased with the result. I know chrome is not for everyone, but it is literally the only non-black part of the whole car, so I think it's not too bling. The spacing and alignment are absolutely spot on. Onto the paint. As you can see, he had his work cut out. But he was more than match for the hard Porsche paint. Two stages of correction has given it a beautiful depth, removed all the minor marks and a lot of the big ones too. Where they've not been eliminated, they've been softened so much as to make them almost unnoticeable. Also the wheels came off for some love and protection on them and the callipers too. He even cleansed the leather and alcantara, leaving a layer of protection inside and a little signature. He also stocked me up on the good stuff from Envy. I am a big fan of all the Envy products I have used to date, not tried Iron Awe yet so looking forward to that. I also left with some SC-MIST to keep the ceramic protection topped up. You see, as well as making her look almost perfect, Paul's done his best to lock it in with a couple of layers of Envy Futureproof+. I'm impressed just by the gloss and I hope I'll be the same for many months to come, perhaps even years. After all that, now for the glamour. She came up alright. Looking ever better outside, in the sunshine. As you can imagine, I'm absolutely delighted with the outcome. From following Revolve Automotive on Facebook for years, I had really high expectations but Paul's manage to surpass them with his skill. It's almost a different colour, much more like the 'Jet' black that Porsche call this shade. On top of doing amazing work on the car, the process of booking in, discussing what work was needed, talking through options for coatings, agreeing a price and even throwing in a charming courtesy car - the whole service was superb and I'm really, really pleased. If you want to do something special for your pride & joy, I can't think of much better - I think it even goes a bit quicker. http://www.revolveautomotiveltd.com

Weird one that. Not seen it before. There’s nothing in the settings I can do for you on that issue, sorry mate.

That would be ideal. Often they are unplanned. At work, I’d usually schedule changes weeks in advance with plenty of comms, but I have a team of 30 and millions of pounds. This amazing place hangs together by the goodwill of a dwindling few and we seldom have anything other than availability of people or urgency of need under consideration. Apologies for any panic, we do try to post on the faceballz to keep people appraised but it’s not always possible. A genuine constraint of running on a shoestring and keeping it free to members. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Regarding Chrome or other browsers pop ups or warning messages. They’re generic and we have no control over how alarmist they are.

Not any more.

Glad it’s largely been positive for everyone.

No such thing as coincidence, issue with a certificate. All good.

You will have noticed that we've had a minor refresh to the look of the forum as part of keeping up to date. I think we've fixed all the little things that broke, like the background and logo and some links - but if you spot anything broken, please let me know below. We may be able to fix it, we may not, but please do let us know

Nice tech support @Shunter8 much appreciated

Just a quick run through of the shots that made it.

I can’t believe you’re bonkers enough to try this, big respect for being in that cold for minutes on end. If I do it for 5 seconds in the shower I’m a wreck.

Just seen this thread for the first time, WHAT A PROJECT! Thanks for sharing it.

Thanks, I’d love to take credit but it’s just a list of dates without the photos members send in. Hopefully 2021 might see more opportunities for everyone to get out a take more gorgeous shots.

Nice one, thanks for letting me know, I'll give it a week or so and then post up some pics/vid of them for the whole gang to have a look

These have arrived and I've packed them for shipping today. There are none left, no spares.

Big shout out of thanks for everyone who's paid already

Time Gentlemen (and Ladies) please... 1. Stutopia x2 2. Kev T 3. Jack94 4. Harrison140 5. davey83 6. StormtrooperZ 7. andy James x1 8. Andy_Muxlow x1 9. zzIncubus x1 10. ILikeDolphins 11. NeeZ 12. Ricochet 13. Grumpyoldjanner 14. Flashback x1 15 glrnet 16. Paul K 17. Woodzman 18. MBS x2 19. Lyndzzz 20. da.murf

Easy. 981 Cayman GTS.

Cracking work this, really makes such difference, the only thing from the Subaru I miss.

Cutting it close. Send em over to admin@350z-uk.com

Bump, getting close to last orders gentlemen, drink up please.

Merry Christmas gang. XOXO

Look at all those NISMO goodies! PS - that's one hell of a cat flap in the left wall...

Happy to move it to a build if you want.

also, related reading here - good article - https://catdrivertraining.co.uk/car-blog/5-pro-tips-to-enhance-your-car-photography/?utm_source=email-blaster&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=rich-pearce-blog&utm_content=Button&emb_track=UUJ3dEZ1SlNJZkk4WVRySkZubGs