130 hour restoration detail - Bentley GT (Auto Concierge & Immaculate Reflections)

[white gecko]

This Bentley required extensive work and an extreme number of hours to get it looking as it should, flawless jet black. I did my best to document the entire process that ended up being right around 130 hours. This was far beyond detailing, this was in restoration territory.



When the new owner took delivery of the car, he took it straight to the bodyshop to have the front bumper license plate holes filled in and then repainted. Once they were done with it, we got to work. There was a lot to do.











Swirls, RIDS (random isolated deep scratches), holograms/buffer trails, overspray, and just about any defect you could ask for.... This was the initial condition, before removing the previous wax to find even more defects.











































































We did a Dawn wash to strip the previous wax. You can see a total lack of beading on the trunk where we had stripped it off.

























After getting it into the shop, we clayed it and I started to document the issues now showing in their full glory.





































Under the lights the car didn`t even look black. Yes it looked rough under direct light...but how does it look under INDIRECT light? You be the judge....

















This was where I started the correction as it was one of the worst areas on the car.

























Decided to do a different take on the usual 50/50 shot. How about a diamond?





















Remember that INDIRECT light picture? Well this was shot under the exact same lighting conditions.























After compounding steps were completed and medium polishing was carried out..... (final polishing to be carried out later)







































Carefully polishing the fuel door with the Griots 3" DA



















"Issues" on the passenger door.



























Experimented with another variation on the classic 50/50 shot.























Bob working some heavy compounding to sort out the issues on the door.





















Making progress..... The compounding leaves a more leveled surface but its lacking in gloss. Multiple polishing steps would follow to restore a deep gloss to the paint.





















Time to work the other side...

























Dry, lifeless paint......





























After compounding

















After medium polishing















At this point we pulled it out in the sun (or what little sun there was...) to take a look at the progress.

[white gecko]

Wheels were removed for a thorough cleaning.





























Looking much better



























Next up was the wheel wells and brake calipers. Some parts needed refinishing/replacing, but we did what we could within the time-frame we had to work on the car.

























































Here I am polishing the centercaps...





















Reinstalling...





















The start of MANY hours jeweling the finish to as brilliant a shine as possible.























After all the paintwork was done, I took some reflection shots inside the shop before we took it out for copious sun pics.

























































































What`s this beast lurking in the background?





























Go ahead....take a dive into that paint!



















Interior was shown a few hours of love too and was looking ship shape.

[white gecko]

Time for the sun pics































My Z06 lurking in the background....

















































































































































Bob looking very official while flipping the car around for the shots of the other side....



























































I hope you guys like these shots.....I laid down in the middle of the busy street to get them.































Thanks for reading!

[Greg Gellas]

I like the 50/50 designs....REALLY nice work!!

[C. Charles Hahn]

Damn, guys! From washed with a scotchbrite to dialed in perfect... consider me impressed!



Not that I`d expect anything else from the dynamic duo of Jeff and Bob. I`m just astonished a car like that was treated so poorly as to wind up in the condition it came to you in.

[Leadfootluke]

Fantastic turn around.

That paint was absolutely trashed!

[MarcHarris]

Jeff and Bob,

Please stop.



-The mortals of detailing.

[Jokeman]

Great work guys!

[gmblack3]

Wow! What a mess it was. Best looking BGT anywhere I bet.

[DaGonz]

Damn, guys! From washed with a scotchbrite to dialed in perfect... consider me impressed!



Not that I`d expect anything else from the dynamic duo of Jeff and Bob. I`m just astonished a car like that was treated so poorly as to wind up in the condition it came to you in.

I can`t say it any better than Charlie did...

[bigfish528]

Very nice, especially like this photo http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/b...ions/427-2.jpg



could not get it any better.

[Scottwax]

Never fails to stun me seeing how badly people can mess up a car...and how well autopian level detailers can make it right!

[autoconcierge]

Let it be known that Jeff is no longer working with me on any jobs in the future.

[imported_MCA]

Very nice work! If you mind me asking, was the paint incredibly soft? It just surprises me that an absolute gorgeous car would have that much marring - unless the owner visits the local $5 swirl-o-matic car wash facility on a weekly basis.

[Paul Sparks]

Let it be known that Jeff is no longer working with me on any jobs in the future.

For REAL ? Looks as if you guys did a great job on that beast.