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It was a 993, so perhaps things have changed since then.
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Since Porsche ships cars by boat to the US they use Cosmoline as a protectant.
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Certain high end detailing places will do it for you for a price using some kind of industrial solvents.
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When a friend's aquaintance took delivery of his new GT3 he looked under it to admire the hardware only to find that the factory has literally sprayed S**T everywhere called cosmoline.
Can somebody clue me in, how can this stuff be worth anything? Does it have a purpose other than to P**S off the owner.
Anyone got ideas on how to get it off?
Since Porsche ships cars by boat to the US they use Cosmoline as a protectant.
Zymol makes some stuff called "Strik" that's listed as removing Cosmoline. Care Care Online showed 4 bottles in stock.
Here are a few resources I found about the topic:
Another
More stuff
Some other products:
Purple Plus from
www.encochem.com/vw.html
Something from
www.ichem.com/des9.html
Goof-Off
High temperature steam
From what I understand, you can order the car without cosmoline as a delete option, but you need to pay to have the car airshipped. They don't want the car to get rusty on the ocean ride without the protectant.
Certain high end detailing places will do it for you for a price using some kind of industrial solvents. It doesn't bother me anough to pay to have it removed though
Damien in NJ: While Porsche used to offer air shipment to the US ($4K option FLY) it is no longer listed in the PCNA order guides. And there isn't a cosmoline delete option but you may be right that if you'd ordered air shipment you wouldn't get the cosmoline treatment.
Thanks for the replies.
Interesting that the stuff is supposed to be a protectant since it barely covers anything of significance, just enought to make it a mess, not enought to really protect.
Steve, I stand corrected. I heard this at a PCA Concours event, where someone had ordered their car in that manner. It was a 993, so perhaps things have changed since then.
