Apollo_Auto
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Hi kids! Here's a 2002 Maserati Coupe GT that I had the pleasure of spending a week with. The owner called me and asked if I could have a look at his new baby and see if there was anything that needed to be done to it and upon inspection I actually found a couple of spots on the car that were rusted. One was on the passenger door where someone had scraped the door on the ground as they were opening it. The shape of the car hid the damage very well because you could only see it if you were on all 4's. Anyway, rust had started to spread its way through the paint, almost like varicose veins... and the paint had started to bubble on that corner of the car. Also, there was a part on the back wing where the bumper and the body meet that had started to rust, which also needed to be addressed.
You may be thinking, "A rusty Maserati??? How dare they???!!!" This car sat in a garage in the UK for a very long time before finding a good owner like my client. He only had 19k original miles on him, as well so other than the dust/rust/washing scratches he was in fairly good condition. So I advised the owner on what should be done, we agreed and he left the car with me for a week to get the repaint and detailing done. First I dropped him off at the airport on Monday morning then took Gino (that's the car's name
) to my paint and body guy. The color was a bit difficult to match perfectly but in the end it was spot on. I picked the car up on Wednesday night and then took it to the dealership on Thursday morning.
After closer inspection, I realized that the paint wasn't up to my standards (had some OP and specks of dust in it) and took it back to my guy immediately. It wasn't actually my friend that did or even inspected the work so I won't hold it against him. Anyway, everything was OK after some sanding and polishing so I went back to my work and finished late on Saturday afternoon. Enough of my lip... I present you with Gino and unless someone's got one of these that's got 0 km on it and is tucked away in a bubble somewhere, I think this is now the cleanest Coupé on the streets >>
Plenty of contamination to remove from this car... don't think it had ever seen a drop of wax before I got it...
This was the only decent shot I got of the damage, but the entire car was a swirly monster.
A 50/50 of the passenger door. Poor Gino (that's the car's name) was a dirty boy both inside and out.
Some 50/50's of the passenger seat... somebody was a little piggy.
Seats laid all the way back to clean the bottoms.
Message to previous owner: Slap yourself. Harder. I spent a good 2 hours removing pieces and seats in this car to remove all the shipping plastic that was still all over the interior.
What was removed from the passenger side alone...
Had to squeeze the door grommets back into place.
The driver's seat... funk.
After being scrubbed with a small detail brush and a 1:20 mix of Insta Finish Super APC...
From the back of the car...
Had to remove the door seals to get everything cleaned up.
Some small details in the trunk
Some rusty nuts... in the engine compartment, that I removed and repainted. This car was obviously kept in a damp garage or maybe even outside. Poor little guy.
Topped off the washer fluid (this detail was done back in the beginning of October so not freezing yet
)
Engine cleaned by hand with APC then dressed with Insta Finish Super Dress All.
The polishing was done with Insta Finish Insta Cut #15 and a Scholl wool pad, followed by Insta Cut #15 and a finishing pad. The LSP for today was Swissvax Concorso. Enjoy the afters!
You may be thinking, "A rusty Maserati??? How dare they???!!!" This car sat in a garage in the UK for a very long time before finding a good owner like my client. He only had 19k original miles on him, as well so other than the dust/rust/washing scratches he was in fairly good condition. So I advised the owner on what should be done, we agreed and he left the car with me for a week to get the repaint and detailing done. First I dropped him off at the airport on Monday morning then took Gino (that's the car's name
) to my paint and body guy. The color was a bit difficult to match perfectly but in the end it was spot on. I picked the car up on Wednesday night and then took it to the dealership on Thursday morning.After closer inspection, I realized that the paint wasn't up to my standards (had some OP and specks of dust in it) and took it back to my guy immediately. It wasn't actually my friend that did or even inspected the work so I won't hold it against him. Anyway, everything was OK after some sanding and polishing so I went back to my work and finished late on Saturday afternoon. Enough of my lip... I present you with Gino and unless someone's got one of these that's got 0 km on it and is tucked away in a bubble somewhere, I think this is now the cleanest Coupé on the streets
>>Plenty of contamination to remove from this car... don't think it had ever seen a drop of wax before I got it...
This was the only decent shot I got of the damage, but the entire car was a swirly monster.
A 50/50 of the passenger door. Poor Gino (that's the car's name
) was a dirty boy both inside and out.
Some 50/50's of the passenger seat... somebody was a little piggy.
Seats laid all the way back to clean the bottoms.
Message to previous owner: Slap yourself. Harder. I spent a good 2 hours removing pieces and seats in this car to remove all the shipping plastic that was still all over the interior.
What was removed from the passenger side alone...
Had to squeeze the door grommets back into place.
The driver's seat... funk.
After being scrubbed with a small detail brush and a 1:20 mix of Insta Finish Super APC...
From the back of the car...
Had to remove the door seals to get everything cleaned up.
Some small details in the trunk
Some rusty nuts...
in the engine compartment, that I removed and repainted. This car was obviously kept in a damp garage or maybe even outside. Poor little guy.
Topped off the washer fluid (this detail was done back in the beginning of October so not freezing yet
)
Engine cleaned by hand with APC then dressed with Insta Finish Super Dress All.
The polishing was done with Insta Finish Insta Cut #15 and a Scholl wool pad, followed by Insta Cut #15 and a finishing pad. The LSP for today was Swissvax Concorso. Enjoy the afters!
