Interim report after wheel coating of Porsche 911

The effect of wheel coating on Porsche 911

On September 11th, 2019, the wheel coating of my favorite Porsche 911 Carrera (late 991) was done at the Porsche Center, which is always indebted.

After having the wheel coated, it became so shiny that I thought, "Is my foil like this color?", And it's slippery even if you touch it. I was thinking.

And here.

Suddenly, I confess that it's really impossible for me. Impossible. Ah, yeah, nothing is possible.

That is right. Actually ... "80 days" from the wheel coating on September 11, 2019 to November 30, 2019, when I was writing this blog.

What! !! For 80 days, I haven't washed the Porsche 911 Carrera once! !!

Hya ~. What happened to me?I love to wash CarreraNevertheless.

Porsche 911 Carrera that has not been washed for 80 days

I don't like my Porsche unless it's always shiny! I was wondering, and I also love to wash Porsche myself, so why didn't I wash Porsche for such a long 80 days?

The reason was "rain".

From September 11th to the end of November, there was a fair amount of heavy rain in Tokyo (although it was often temporary).

Even if it rains, I ride Carrera almost every day,

"Ah, the car is getting dirty a little ... I want to wash it, but it's raining again from tomorrow!"

While hesitating to wash the car, it actually rained ... I thought that the rain would make the car even more dirty. actually,

"Oh, the rain has made my car beautiful again!"

(Laughs) After a rough heavy rain, I didn't do anything, but it felt like this ↓

Really, by repeating that process, it rained again with a good feeling, as if I thought, "Oh, it's getting pretty messy!", And it returns to the shiny 911.

The Porsche Center, which is also always indebted to me, will return to a shiny state with a little heavy rain, because in July 2019, I was asked to do "maintenance of the glass coating". is.

Oh, this is the best. I can't live without a coating anymore (exaggerated).

Realize the effect of glass coating

Glass coating + This time, because of the maintenance, the Porsche 911 will return to a shiny state just by raining, which is a terrifying situation.

No, I'm really happy and too satisfied with this.

How much car wash isn't necessary anymore ^^ Isn't it amazing? ??

But, sir!

The body is coated with glass, so if it could be exposed to the rain like a shower, it would have returned to a beautiful shiny state.

However, only the wheels get dirty more and more, contrary to the shiny body.

Ah, I've already coated this wheel with a lot of effort, so I want to know "how much (wheel) car wash has become easier" and want to wash the car as soon as possible.

But.

Just in case.

When it rains and the body becomes beautiful.

Well, is it still okay?

In the meantime, the body was beautiful, but only the wheels got dirty, and it became unthinkably dirty.

Really too dirty! Sorry for the dirty image.

And I'm sorry for Carrera ... Oh, I can't stand watching it anymore. It's my fault. It's time to wash the car tonight ...

So, it's persistent.

With that in mind, it will rain after all.

No, it helps, natural car wash. ← What I'm saying falls apart every few hours (laughs).

And again, then ... again the body ...

Restored to shiny! Glass coating, too terrible ^^ (I want you to see the day when it rained and the one that became shiny, so I mix and use the one on a sunny day after that)

This persistent repetition created a situation where I wouldn't wash the Porsche for 80 days, and as a result, the wheels of the Porsche 911 Carrera became unbelievably dirty.

Feel the effect of wheel coating before washing the car

Well, it was 78 days after I stopped washing the car.

There was a situation where I went to a certain place and left Carrera in the rain for about 5 hours.

After leaving the 911 in the parking lot outside for about 5 hours in the rain, when I come back to the car ... Isn't my car seen from a distance a matte specification? It looked like "black".

At this time, my husband who was with me said, "Hey, Carrera-san, doesn't it look blacker than usual ??? Isn't it too cool ?? Why does it look blacker than usual !!" I approached the car while talking with excitement.

Oh, by the way, my husband's reply at that time was "It's too dirty, isn't it?" No, that's right (laughs).

However, I took a closer look at my car, which looked blacker than usual due to the rain and the amount of light.

Yes, I took a closer look at the "dirty Porsche 911 Carrera that hasn't been washed for 78 days".

Because even if it's dirty, it's too cool (← self-satisfaction is terrible ^^).

Then! !!

That day, I saw a wheel that had been exposed to the rain for about 5 hours. I was surprised at this.

This is the wheel after being hit by the rain for those 5 hours ↓

Do you understand? It's hard to understand if it's a photo.

This.

The area around the yellow arrow is black so that you can clearly see that the car has not been washed for 78 days, but the area around the red arrow is when the car was parked for about 5 hours on that day. It seems to be the part that was hit by the rain well ... It's beautiful!

Looking closer, this is the dirty part (the part where the rain seems to have been weak) ↓

And this right side is the part where it seems that the rain was strong.

No! very! Just by hitting the rain properly like this, will the wheels that were so black become so beautiful? ??

It was just raining and I didn't touch it or, of course, wipe it. It's like this naturally.

Even if you look at the different tires, only the part that seems to have been heavily rained is clean! ↓

This is obviously the effect of the wheel coating, isn't it? ?? very!

This is already very promising.

After all, if it's just raining and the dirt gets so clean, it's like a high-pressure washer, so just sprinkling water on it will make it pretty clean.

Hmmm, you can expect it! !! I want to wash the car!

… But. After all, thanks to the rain, the body is beautiful.

This was taken at a gas station, but it seems that the older brother at the gas station didn't realize that this car hadn't been washed for 80 days (probably ^^).

Glass coating, satisfaction is too high ^ ^

Considering whether to buy a high pressure washer for car washing

and! !!

Anyways. As an interim report this time, it was found that "wheels coated with wheels seem to be quite beautiful even if they are washed with water, which has a slight strong impact."

So ... I would like to use a high pressure washer for the next car wash.

I already have Karcher, but sometimes I don't have it for car wash, so I put it in a place different from my home where I always park my car and use it there, so every time I wash my car It's a little troublesome to bring ...

Furthermore, if possible, I want something that can be used from water in a bucket, so I'm looking to buy a new one that I found at Costco the other day ^^ Fufufufu. ↓

It's cheaper than Karcher, and it can be used from water in a bucket, so it's the best for me. At this time, I was worried and refrained from purchasing, but I wonder if I should buy it.

For the time being, before purchasing this high-pressure washer for car washing, I would like to take it somewhere to the car wash and see how clean the wheels can be with just high-pressure water.

Depending on the result, I immediately ran to Costco and bought the above product (laughs).

No, the wheel coating that was applied at the Porsche Center. It was really exciting to get a glimpse of the effect.

I am looking forward to the day when I will actually wash the car properly in the near future.

This is the wheel of the BMW 650i that has just been washed. Shiny.

I want to restore my Carrera's wheels to such a beautiful state as soon as possible. Wash the car soon ...

Before making a record of "100 days without car wash", I would like to somehow wash the car ^ ^

That's why it was an interim report of the result of having the Porsche 911 Carrera wheel coating, which can be expected to have a great effect, saying, "It seems to be pretty beautiful just by sprinkling water"!

Rika (911supercars.com)

I'm Rika, the author of this article. Ever since Porsche 911 became my favorite car, I've become totally addicted to Porsche, and I can't stop loving Porsche, so I started this blog. My favorite cars are 911 Carrera (991.2), 911 Carrera Cabriolet (992.1), and 911 Carrera T (992.1).