2007 Aston Martin DB 9 Convertible - Complete Detail

[David Fermani]

I had the absolute pleasure of detailing this 2007 Aston Martin DB-9 Volante Convertible with 1682 miles. The vehicle retailed for approximately $200,000 and is equipped with a 6.oL V12 with 450HP. This is the 1st real detail it’s received other that the standard valet parker scratch & wash special which was quite obvious by the before pictures to follow. Because I was doing 2 vehicles this day (07 Bentley GTC Con’vt), I decided to undertake the help of fellow Autopian jgh1987 (Josh). Josh helped me prep both vehicles and did a lot of the “cleaning & protecting� (under my supervision) which allowed me to focus my efforts on the exterior correction. There really wasn’t any wasted time spent and this freed up so much more to be done to clean, correct and protect both vehicles in the 14 hrs allowed by the customer. Here’s what we did:



Prep:



Wash with Auto Magic (AM) Wash & Wash via Foam Gun

EDGE Grout Sponge (beta tested) & HD GS

AM Magnificent Wheel Cleaner scrubbed via synthetic wash mitt

AM Blue Clay Magic w/ AM Body Shine lube – examined with Cellophane which enhances your ability to feel contamination

Hand dried with cotton towels

All cracks and crevices blown out with Craftsman 1HP / 12 Gallon Compressor







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Inspection of Vehicle:



Rt Fender:

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Rt Door:

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Rt ¼:

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Trunk/Rear Bumper:

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Lt ¼:

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Lt Door:

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Lt Fender:

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All necessary trim taped off:



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Test Panel:

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Correction/Protection:

*All flats of panels dry sanded with Micro Surface 4000 grit sand paper (super micro marring)*

Menzerna SIP w/ orange LC CCS Foam

Menzerna 106ff w/ white LC CCS Foam

50/50 Wipe down

Zymol Carbon – 2 Coats







Protective trim on rockers buffed (before & after):

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Headlight (before & after):

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[David Fermani]

Other trim:

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After polishing each section, I spurred my pad & blew out the CCS pockets with compressed air to prevent dry buffing of old polish.



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The “money shot�

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Interior was dry brushed, blown out with compressed air and spot cleaned/wiped with AM Special Cleaner (713):



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Engine compartment hand washed, wiped & waxed:

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Glass sealed with Rain X:

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Interior (after cleaning & prior to final brushing/protecting with AM Leather Conditioner:



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Afters: towards the end of the detail session it rained & I was forced to keep the car inside. The only outside shots that were taken was when the owner took delivery of it & there was unfortunately no full sun shots (overcast). The car looked totally amazing & the metallic was very intense.





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[Todd@RUPES]

Looks good David. It looks like the same car Brian and I locked the keys in one time...

[baseballlover1]

Wow!!! Beautiful! I Love It!

[SpoiledMan]

Beautiful car, excellent work and nice write up!

[Brian_Brice]

Looks very nice David.

[Monte78Carlo2k1]

I see a relection of 3 or maybe even 4 Bentley`s. Awesome!

[stiffdogg06]

Where in the world in Ohio are these two vehicles LoL



I`ve seen a few Phantoms down in Columbus. But damn never those. Wish I could!



Awesome job David!!

[imported_JoshVette]

Very impressive, nice work on such a sweet car. Good documentation as well.

:goodjob

[Pats300zx]

Great writeup David...Nice work.

[gmblack3]

Good work David!

[Driven Auto Detail]

Wow, what a beatiful car. You do some amazing work. Great job!

[BLKSWAN]

wow...that came out awesome...great work.

[imported_Conan777]

Nice work Dave that car looks great. I drove in one exactly like that last week and I had no idea that there was flake in the paint. The cars paint was horrendous with halograms and the works and it too only has approx 2k miles on it. I offered to polish it for him so we`ll see.



Can you tell me how hard/soft the clear is on that car?

[David Fermani]

Looks good David. It looks like the same car Brian and I locked the keys in one time...

Thanks. Ouch. I`d hate to have to call a locksmith for one of these cars! I`d bet a replacement key would cost a fortune!




Wow!!! Beautiful! I Love It!




Beautiful car, excellent work and nice write up!






Looks very nice David.




Very impressive, nice work on such a sweet car. Good documentation as well.




Great writeup David...Nice work.




Good work David!




Wow, what a beatiful car. You do some amazing work. Great job!






wow...that came out awesome...great work.



Thanks you guys. I really enjoyed working on it. And yes, it`s a beautiful car. I always thought they were identical to a Jaguar, but after working on this one, I finally realized there`s not one similarity.






I see a relection of 3 or maybe even 4 Bentley`s. Awesome!

Your right! There were 3 there at that time. It was kinda like a Bentley gathering for a few minutes.




Where in the world in Ohio are these two vehicles LoL



I`ve seen a few Phantoms down in Columbus. But damn never those. Wish I could!



Awesome job David!!



I believe my client`s Ohio home is near Cleveland? He`s has a large collection (over 25) of high end vehicles that will hopefully make thier way down here eventually for me to take care of them. I can`t wait.....






Nice work Dave that car looks great. I drove in one exactly like that last week and I had no idea that there was flake in the paint. The cars paint was horrendous with halograms and the works and it too only has approx 2k miles on it. I offered to polish it for him so we`ll see.



Can you tell me how hard/soft the clear is on that car?



This particular color looked solid black from a distance and upon closer inspection, appears purple metallic. Absolutely gorgeous. I`d have to say the finish was medium on this one. It corrected very easy and wasn`t super prone to marring. I was told, AM`s are painted with Dupont (waterborne), so it isn`t ceramic. An absolute pleasure to work with.

Hopefully you`ll get the job and post some pics...