2012 Aston Martin V8 Vantage | 56 Hour Detail

[DetailedTaco]

Hey all!

My associate and I got the opportunity to detail one of the most beautiful cars in existence, an Aston Martin V8 Vantage.

This detail was a PITA! The paint on the Aston was incredibly hard and did not want to cooperate with us at all! It took 56 hours between the two of us!!! But when it was all said and done it looked amazing!



When the car arrived, we started with a visual inspection:



Some swirls and dirt:







Looks like the owner went off-roading!!



The lower portion of the car was pretty thrashed:











Doorhandels ... Ouch



We then got started on stripping the LSP and clay:







Drying it off:



Looking at the paint completely bare:









Aston + Hoonigan =

[DetailedTaco]

We then got into correcting the paint over two days.

Test spots:







50/50 on the door handle:



50/50 on the door:



Getting to work:



Some late night detailing:



All done applying some Prima Epic:



Here are some glorious after shots:











Got rid of those nasty scratches on the rear of the bumper:





And finally the paint in the sun:





Overall I was pleased with how it turned out. The car its self is even more glorious in person. The pictures just don't do it justice.

The customer said it looked better then the day she got it!

Hope you enjoyed my 3 day headache hahaha.

[parttimer]

Beautiful ride

[hernandez.art13]

Good Job!

[KS_Detailing]

Nice job and good documentation I had the chance to detail an Aston Martin Vantage a few months ago but this one never saw the light of day. Just washed it up and applied some wax to it.

[Electro]

Gorgeous. I love that colour. Great job on the correction.

[tuscarora dave]

Nice job on a beautiful car, what compound did you use to cut the hard clear?

[Pats300zx]

Awesome job. I bet the owner was blown away at the tranformation.

[DetailedTaco]

Good Job!

Thanks!

Nice job and good documentation I had the chance to detail an Aston Martin Vantage a few months ago but this one never saw the light of day. Just washed it up and applied some wax to it.

Thanks! It is a great site to wake up to each morning in the garage!

Gorgeous. I love that colour. Great job on the correction.

Thank you! The color was absolutely gorgeous!

Nice job on a beautiful car, what compound did you use to cut the hard clear?

Thank you! We used Menzerna FG400 with a microfiber cutting pad on 5.5 on a Griots DA. We didn't even finish it! Thats how hard the paint was!

Awesome job. I bet the owner was blown away at the tranformation.

Thank you! The customer was very pleased with the car!