I was looking for things to do to the CTT I own, and decided it will need a refresh of the door sill aluminum plates.
Have one of these on each door, plus rear bumper skid pad and rear trunk like bottom edge. So had to repeat this on every plate I wanted to apply this to.

Simple process:

1. Buy equipment
- aluminum polish kit - Harbor Freight Tools - under $5 including tax (believe it was $3.99)
- masking tape for taping off areas you do not want to touch (about $2)
- general cleaner/degreaser to cleaning of the sills after job is done ( about $4)
- corded drill (any will do, but cord drill will not discharge forcing you to wait - any self respecting man already has one)

2. Prep car
- mask off each plate that you want to restore
- Use exacto or other device to trim along plates for perfect coverage

3. Do the job
- Apply polish compound to buffer
- Slowly work one section at a time, pressing medium light, to medium pressure (slightly harder than pressure applied when buffing a car surface - remember, you are polishing scratches out)
- continue to work small section at a time, for about 30 minutes total per plate
- continue to apply more polish compound onto buffer when noticing compound not getting getting applied onto plates anymore when buffing
- Wipe plate off to verify you achieved proper sheen and scratch removal (if not, continue, focusing on areas/scratches to remove)
- When done, wipe clean and clean out entire sill area (polish compound peels off and gets thrown around the area - vacuum is best way to remove)

4. Repeat on every door sill plate you want this done to.

5. Inspect and enjoy the result of work

 

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Very nice! I know what I am piddling with this weekend now. Lol. Thanks, they look much better

 

Nice.

 

That came out pretty good may try that on mine also

 

...piddle away my friend. Just take time and use med light to medium pressure, and use the Polish. It made a big difference. Thanks and good luck.

 

That turned out great! Awesome job I used our Eastwood Buffing Kit on the Bow light housing and rub rails on a boat I was working on with the same effect, it included a bit more but with the same effect.

 

Nice work. I polished my 996TT stainless sills much the same way. I just (this week) got at 2009 Cayenne Turbo S with the illuminated sills - nice feature, but how to polish around the illuminated "TURBO S" emblem in the sill, any advice other than masking and cutting the tape with xacto knife?

 

That is exactly what I would do. I would take a strong piece of tape tape it up nicely and take X-Acto knife or something sharp and gently cut out exactly to the shape of the cut out. After that just make sure you don't press hard when you're polishing on top of that area. Should be good to go and it will look awesome after you're done.

Way to go with TTS selection.