Porsche 911 (87): Restoring The Rear Wheel House
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.พ. 2021
- This film is about the restoration of the rear wheel house of my Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 from 1987.
It all started with a careful cleaning, but I soon noticed that under its so-called rust protection some corrosion issues were waiting to be dismantled. I've repaired all the rust damages by welding up the holes, restored the corrosion protection and did a spot repair of the paint.
I'm using body sealant, stone guard, filler, water based paint and two-component clear to realize a blend paint job and bring the whole thing back to its original state - as much as possible.
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At 13:07 I say I had to remove the door sill. Thank god, in fact I hadn’t!
What I wanted to say is: I had to remove the door seal.
This man never fails to impress us with the level of his work!
A true perfectionist I'd say...
Thanks, guys. It’s twice the fun when it gets nice. Wouldn’t call it perfect though.
Always such a high standard, both of workmanship and video making. There are few TH-camrs I genuinely look forward to, but you are certainly one.
So good to read this, James. Thanks a ton!
GF is a top vintage Porsche youtube creator.
Thank you Ken. Much appreciated.
Hey Mr fingers I seeing your videos many times they are addictive please tray to post some more .pleeeessss
Great series, love your content and skill, inspiring me to work on my 964 that also has some small rust issues. In the past I have welded such holes by backing them with a piece of thick copper plate. You can get much nicer fill and added bonus of a heat sink.
Thanks, mate!
I use the copper plate method myself sometimes. Point is: no gap allowed between steel and copper.
Sir, you are a Master.
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I love your vidéos. You are à mix of Da Vinci and Botticelli in the art of car restoration : one side engineer and artist the other.
That’s one of the most enchanting feedbacks I’ve heard till now.
Thank you very very much, Cédric!
Love the work!
Thanks!
I appreciate the preview of work I look forward to when I finally buy my first 911. Your attention to detail guarantees your machine will be around for future generations to appreciate.
Fingers crossed you’ll join the club soon,
working on my porsche and repairing those details is priceless and enjoyable. Great job
Thanks!
Fingers crossed for your project.
Great content, good sir.
Love your videos. Keep up the good work buddy
Thanks, Phil!
Another satisfied subscriber...
Excellent content!!
Thanks, John! 😀
Dein Hochdruckreiniger ist unglaublich!
Danke, Tom.
Ja, der kann was. Es wäre nicht möglich gewesen, ohne ihn dieses Sanders-Zeug abzubekommen.
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nicely done man!
Hi Greasy. Love your site. I like that you take the time to explain and comment. So many youtubers just either play horrible music and don't say anything or hit the fast forward and expect viewers to learn something. You sire are modeling the way. Thank you. Now any idea on replacing the 911 door rubber on the door frame? Also on removing the felt on the inside of the door frame. I know many have the gooey, rubbery mess on their small front quarter window and no way to get it off. Take care and continue your good work.
Thanks a ton, Trenton. It’s really reassuring to read such extensive feedback that sort of confirms the whole idea of my channel. Much appreciated!
A great channel!! Thank you!
Thanks, mate!
Nice job and very atmospheric and looking forward to the next episode
Thank you, Paul. Yeah, a bit of atmosphere can’t be bad, I thought.
Perfect job, perfect video..
I hope next Friday we will see another one.
Thanks, Pantelis! I’m desperately waiting for a parcel from the plater which is overdue now for 5 days. If it arrives before Tuesday, I can release another film on Friday.
Great content
Thanks, glad you like it!
I always thought rubberized stone guard eventually lifted and trapped moisture.. I live in socal, and my car is from 1991 and I seen signs of lifting and slight surface rust. I think the best option to stop this, is to take off all the factory stone guard, get the metal completely bare, epoxy primer to seal in the metal completely, then a stone guard to protect the epoxy primer. It’s Impossible for moisture to makes its way under epoxy primer.
I am thinking of getting a wire wheel on a high speed angle grinder, and taking off my factory under coating/stone guard to start fresh.
Yes, you’re absolutely right, 2Component epoxy primer must always be the first layer on naked steel followed by stone guard. In my experience, rubber based stone guard has made some progress in the past years and I used it in the project that you commented on. These days, I‘m switching to bedliner as stone guard, there’s a film in the Giulia series about this.
Still, the first layer is epoxy primer.
If the car that you’re restoring is post 76 Porsche 911, I recommend not to wire wheel the original stone guard off. And that’s for two reasons: the stone guard Porsche used back then is extraordinarily resilient and unless you see it coming off at spots, there’s no reason to distrust it.
The second reason is that heavy wire wheeling will also remove the zinc layer which I often find totally sound after all these years.
HTH
Wow ich bin sehr beeindruckt von deiner Arbeit! Folge dir schon etwas länger:D Deine Videos und deren Inhalt haben eine sehr hohe Qualität! Vielen Dank dafür und ich freu mich auf die nächsten Videos ☺️
Danke, J D! Darf ich fragen, bei welchem Video Du eingestiegen bist und wo Du vom Kanal gehört hast?
@@GreasyFingers beim Video von den 911 Door Sills. Ich bin auf den Kanal gekommen als ich nach Videos bezüglich Restaurationsarbeiten gesucht habe. Ich mag das 911 Model sehr und habe einen alten Mini den ich selbst restaurier. Daher find ich die gesamte Thematik deiner Videos super ☺️
Excellent video. Let there be light!
Thanks, mate! 😀
Really love your work and your commentary. I recently restored a 996 4s and it was very invasive - your process is very professional. Thanks for the films.
Many thanks, Mark! So first 996‘s going through restorations these days ...
@@GreasyFingers seems that was. Echoing your thoughts many people think they don't / won't rust. Especially the new 996 guys, they're always surprised to find the rot!
Yeah, I know what you’re talking about.
There’s a 996 in the place where I store one of my cars (the place that used to be my workshop). Don’t know the name of the colour, but I’d call it champagne. These cars are looking better with every month that passes.
Beautiful work and video. I had rust work done on my 3.2 Carrera around 10 years ago and a lot of metal was cut out of the car. Great to see you fixed it early on!
Thank you, Richard.
With this ridiculous design of the b-pillar / jacking point area it really goes south very quickly if you overlook it just a bit too long.
@@GreasyFingers ask me how i know! forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/426404-rust-repairs-sit-down-before-you-read.html
Good Lord.
The usual suspects plus some extra.
Stick a copper sheet behind the hole, makes it so much easier to fill.
Love the shifting spanners ! Haha
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Wow, just found your channel. Love the video, the car, the music and your approach to the work. Thank you! I restore 60’s Porsche’s for a hobby so consider me subscribed.
Thank you, Andrew. It’s great to have experts around. Hope you keep enjoying it.
Definitely‘acceptable’. 😀. Another word would be perfect but you are being very modest. Thanks for all your advice.
Many thanks, James. I thought they were synonyms. 😁
@@GreasyFingers no criticism of your words at all but from others perspective your level of acceptable is a very high standard. I would be delighted just to get close to it. I’ve been thinking about buying a more classic Porsche (I have a modern 911) and seeing the areas you are working on in great detail is very helpful. Salty winter UK roads are not very kind to older cars so knowing what I need to check really is helping me a lot.
Yeah, finding only perfect acceptable, I sometimes find is a brain disease of mine. I pour so much time into this, it’s madness.
I really encourage you to go for an old 911. Prices are low and once the Corona mess is over the only way is up. Needless to say the fun is incredible.
The spots I showed in the past films basically cover 90% of the damages that you normally find on reasonably maintained cars, so if these are okay, there’s not much more to worry about.
Hallo wie immer ein schönes Video top👍👍👍👍 Mit freundlichen Grüßen aus dem Ruhrgebiet 👋👋👋Kai✌️
Danke, Kai! Was macht der T4?
@@GreasyFingers Der Läuft und Läuft😂👍
Wonderful video! So, are we getting a slew of weekly videos from you? That's awesome news, thank you! :)
That’s how I planned it.
Unfortunately DHL has lost the parcel from the plater, so next Friday subject to them finding it again.
@@GreasyFingers Ouch! Sorry to hear that.. And I hope they'll find it soon!!!
Universal knowledge transfers to multiple marques. I'm hooked..Still dont think I'm ready for a Porsche-Alfas are enough heartbreak as it is. FWIW-thank god for soothing music-there are other channels that might be good but I can't get past the MetalHeads Head Bangers Ball approach. Great work here-its the details that take a job to the next level
Thank you, Steve.
Yeah, I’m happy with the music too.
My original plan for the channel was to widely avoid music, but Jethro and George sort of showed me the way.
@@GreasyFingers Don't know George-an Alfa guy? Hope Jethro is OK. I pinged him on his youtube channel and never heard back. a bit worried with the South African CV19 stuff going around
@@stevewuertz3598 Jethro, I think he‘s fine. George - the guy from Soup Classic Motoring.
@@GreasyFingers I will look for him. thanks
I would recommend the use of a welding blanket you could of found yourself with a lot of nasty burn holes in that interior
Yeah, it’s easily forgotten in the heat of the moment.
Great work again. My brother purchased a 1989 Targa 3.2 with the 5 speed G50 about 8 years ago; I believe he paid £9000 U.K. Sterling. It was red like yours, and I didn’t like it at the time as I felt it was cumbersome to drive. Additionally, the hinged clutch pedal just reminded me of a beetle.
I wonder what it’s worth now? I recall a colleague having one about 5 years ago he valued at £30,000.
I don’t think my brother regrets it; we have owned numerous cars including E30 M3’s, Skylines etc etc. I guess you can’t keep them all! He’s since had a number of 911 turbos including the 991. Currently he has an Alfa collection including a 75 3.0 V6, a 164 24v Cloverleaf, and I’ve just sold him my Fiat Coupe Turbo LE.
I still keep a 916 GTV in my collection. Fabulous cars Alfa Romeo are, if you are prepared to maintain them correctly.
That is an impressive list of cars.
I had a 916 spider myself and interest to buy a 916 Coupé comes over me in waves, same with the Fiat Coupé.
With my dad working for BMW in the eighties, my need for E30‘s is still satisfied. I think the family must have had at least 10 of these when employees discounts weren’t yet to be taxed.
911 are probably the cars with the widest range of driving behaviours from total mess to adorable, depending on how they are adjusted and maintained. Mine still has issues, so you have to keep watching …
@@GreasyFingers I’ve had three 916 Spiders including two in Zoe yellow, fabulous colour. They’re great cars and the 2.0 TS is all you need (the V6 is bad enough for weight in the Coupe). As for the Fiat Coupe, this was my ninth car and my second LE; I am bored of them after nearly 15 years with them yet it’s my brothers first, so I thought I’d let him experience it. They’re great useable cars, but I guess I’ve had one too many.
You mention the E30, I used to be known amongst my social group as ‘the E30 man’. I don’t keep cars long, but the E30 M3 I kept over 5 years! Says a lot about them, only my current E38 740i Schnitzer I’ve had for longer (6.5 years).
For your information, the said brother still maintains a 1990 E30 325i Motorsport convertible (798 chassis code) in Sebring Grey with a manual transmission and the fabulous ‘bubble’ leather. He’s owned it around 10 years and it’s only covered around 1300 miles during that period. It’s probably the best one left, and only on 91,000 miles.
We are petrol heads as an extended family and still own some Ferrari (360/355), two more Porsche 911 including a GT3RS and many more including a 1994 Audi RS2 wagon which really needs restoration (it’s been off road 20 years and was stored in a barn).
So impressive, as always! Have you ever considered to use dry ice blasting to clean the underbody and wheelarches? Thanks a lot for this cool video!
Thanks, mate.
I basically like the concept of ice blasting, but to me the problem is logistics. You know, in order to really get all the benefit of it, you have to first disassemble the car and then I don’t know how to get it to the blast man - though I’m lucky to have one in the next village.
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Es gibt von Standox ein SMARTBLEND spray aus der dose, mit dem man den klarlack übergang glatt spritz. Dann braucht man nicht so eine scharfe kante polieren. Bin beruflich Smart lacker und muss sagen ,,hut ab"✌️
Danke fürs Feedback! Ich würde mich freuen, noch ein paar Tips zu bekommen.
Magst mich mal auf der Mail-Adresse im Kanal kontaktieren?
I like your car hoist, would make life easier.
Yeah, best investment since long.
Love how you painted that patch, what are those cylindrical foam things you used to taper the edges?
Thank you, Alex.
It’s called Soft Edge Tape, the brand is 3M.
Nice work and a good lesson for those who love their cars. I have two questions. Do you recomand the use of one column car lift device? Working in automotive repair is your profession or hobby? Thank you again for sharing this!
Thank you, Bogdan. Really glad you like it.
The lift is awesome.
I’m an automotive engineer, hence sort of a professional, but I don’t have a specific education in any of the crafts I’m doing in my films.
Wow....
Glad you like it, Sjoerd.
Mega channel....
Thank you. Take care you won’t get a GreasyFingers-overflow! 😆
Very nice. What compressor are you using. It looks quite small so might be suitable for my small garage
Hi Paul. It’s a rather cheap one from Amazon. The manufacturer’s name is implotex.
What brand car lift are you using?
Great video! I've noticed your portable lift in a few videos; how do you like it? What brand is it?
Thanks, Andy.
It’s a good lift, the brand is Twin Busch.
What are your thoughts please on keeping vs removing factory cosmoline?
There’s not much I can say about it, only I doubt that after decades it will still do its job properly.
Gute Arbeit. Ich bin besonders von der kleinen Spritzpistole angetan. Was ist das für eine ?
Danke!
Das ist eine Anest Iwata. Wenn’s Dich näher interessiert, suche ich Dir den Typ raus ...
Please let me know where you got that lift. It looked like it can be rolled around from place to place. How much power and what voltage is required? Thank you, Rod
Hey Rod.
The brand is TwinBusch from Germany. It’s available in Europe and the US with according AC voltages and three phase too.
Great!!!
So isn't true that the carreras 3.2 are aware of rust....
Thanks, Giorgio.
God, no!
It just takes a little longer till the rust has eaten through the zinc.
Hallo, besten Dank erst mal für die guten Tipps… Baue ebenfalls an einem 11er, deshalb ist das wirklich sehr interessant…... Die Iwata würde ich mir auch gerne beschaffen… Welches wäre denn die beste Allround-Düsengröße? Danke und beste Grüße, Holger
Danke, Horst & viel Glück mit Deinem Elfer. Welche iwata meinst Du? Die kleine, die ich für die Spot Repair benutze, oder die mittlere für die Radhauslackierung?
Greasy Fingers
Hallo, Danke für die Antwort… Ich meinte die mittlere, das kannte ich noch nicht. Habe danach gesucht, aber es gibt einige Düsengrössen... Eine kleine Airbrush-Pistole habe ich bereits…. LG
@@horstmartino6089 Das ist eine Anest Iwata LPH 80, ich habe beide Düsen (ich glaube 0,8 und 1 mm), aber bei meiner Art zu lackieren spüre ich keinen relevanten Unterschied.
Greasy Finger
Besten Dank für die Info, hilft mir weiter... ich probiers dann auch mal mit den Radhäusern... zum Glück rostfrei...
Viel Erfolg weiterhin... LG
Überlegst du einen Innenkotflügel (Lokari) zu installieren ? Um deine Arbeit zu Schützen, oder bist du dem kritisch gegenüber ?
Hi Andreas. Ich glaube, Lokaris sind im Prinzip eine gute Sache, auch wenn meine Sorge ist, dass sich dahinter Dreck einnistet und den Bereich feucht hält. Man könnte natürlich hin und wieder mal rein sehen und sauber machen, aber da ich das sowieso mache, kann ich’s mir auch sparen.