Posted a new video up on my (GTSilver) YouTube channel....
I have a new GoPro camera and was trying-out various settings and formats for recording in a POV mode. Audio is crap -- sorry! I'll be adding an external mic ASAP. Image quality is only good considering the poor lighting conditions in my garage and as much movement I make while talking! Overall I am happy with the camera, but will continue to experiment with settings until I get better. I've decided that I'll move my posts, DIY and other various articles to Video. Enjoy....
The attached is something I didn't realize I had access to until just recently, and thought I'd pass along for those who didn't know they did either! LOL
The 991 GT3 Cup technical guide is full of interesting details about the inner-workings of the 2015 991 GT3 Cup Cars -- a whopping 321 pages of illustrations, tips, pics, and procedures! Wanna know all the functions of the steering wheel and ICD (Intelligent Color Display)? Dismantling the bearings in the gearbox? Replace the piston seal rings in the brakes? It's all there and more!
As posted in my "Removing Plastidip" post, I am also touching-up the other three wheels on my '14 991 C4S. Mounting snow tires for the NE winter caused some of the matte black dip on my 20" wheels to pull-up. Although in the previous post I was stripping the Plastidip from the wheel before respraying, I only needed to do that for the single wheel. The other three wheels had only minor pulls or rips in the black dip coating -- so I chose to clean the wheel up and respray.
This video (a bit better quality this time!) captures the process I followed to get each wheel back to "new".
I posted a (lame...) DIY video over on my GTSilver YouTube page:
The Background:
Short story is that I have had my '14 Carrera Classic wheels painted with matte black Plastidip for about a year now. I just had new tires installed, and the process of doing so pulled some of the 'dip off. The drivers side rear was in the worst shape and I decided to strip the whole wheel face and reapply. The other three just needed minor touch-ups and a respray.
I am loving this stuff... Even with harsh weather of all kinds, and many washings, the Plastidip on the wheels has held-up extremely well. I had one small instance months back where I had a "chip" in the "dip", and that was easy to fix without refinishing or painting the whole wheel.
I'll post another vid and more on the touch-up process later....
I have never removed Plastidip before, so went into this project with my fingers-crossed. I found tons of videos and online descriptions about painting wheels with dip, but very little on removing. So I decided at the last second to record my work on video, using my iPhone 4S. I know, the quality is crappy, and editing is very poor. I'll work on improving as I do more videos.
Removing Plastidip from Wheel:
The video is self-explanatory. I start-out peeling by hand, then try a heat gun, then WD-40. All worked, with the WD-40 being very effective without any harm to the underlying wheel finish whatsoever. While the peeling by hand method works, and applying heat made peeling a bit easier, the WD-40 method was super effective and I probably should have started there.
Totaling the time I spent stripping, cleaning, and respraying this one wheel I realize it is not a "quick" process. I believe I spent several hours just getting to a point where I was applying new dip. But this was my first time, and I was experimenting (and trying to video with one hand and work with the other), so I don't think next time it will take me nearly as long.
As I was starting the respray, my phone memory hit a wall, so the video abruptly cuts off... but you aren't missing much. I applied something like 7 coats, going heavy as I want the next time I have to strip the dip to be easier.
Happy to answer questions, provide more details if it would help you! Just reply / comment on the video or this post.
