Detailed: 05 Bentley GT (29) pics..I got camera happy lol

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Today’s detail included this beautiful 2005 Bentley Continental GT! For those unfamiliar with its stats… V12 Twin Turbo 552hp @ 6100 rpms and 479 @ 1600rpms and AWD to boot! This vehicle belong to the same owner of the F430 and 760Li I posted. The cars sits outside 24/7 and if you all have seen the other cars, this wasn’t in the best of shape. Its lighter color did make it easier but the paint was a little harder then the other two cars I did. Weather was cloudy but the sun peaked out here and there to get some nice shots. Like the title says “I got picture happy! Trying to capture a majority of the swirls with my camera was a PITA because of the cars light color and me trying to figure out the right exposure and such. Anyways here was the process:



Paint:

Wash- Meg’s Gold Class

Clay- Sonus Detail Clay (Clayed as I washed)

Horizontal panels- Polished with Menzerna IP with polishing pad via rotary @ 1500rpms

Along with IP on horizontal panels the whole car got Zaino ZPC with polishing pad via rotary @ 1500rpms then slowed down to 1000rpms to finish.

LSP – Collinite IW845 by hand. (After application clarity, range and wetness went through the roof with this color!)



Wheels and tires:

Wheels cleaned with Meg’s Wheel Brightener diluted 50/50 and various brushes. Then rewashed with Meg’s gold class to neutralize.

Tires got Mothers FX-Tire Shine. For some reason in the pics the tires look REALLY shiny, after I took the pics I buffed with mf towel to reduce shine.

Wheels hand polished with Zaino ZPC.



Interior:

Vacuum, everything cleaned with woolite 8:1. Treated all vinyl, dash etc with 303, and leather got Zaino Leather conditioner. Glass cleaned with Stoner’s IG.



Total time 8 hours.



PICS!



Wheel Before:





Wheel After:





Hood Before:





Hood Before Again:





Hood After:





Hood After again:

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Hood Before: (should have closed the garage door the sunlight difused the halogens light and swirls didnt show very well)





Hood After:





Rear door after:





Fender and hood After:





Trunk Lid Before





Trunk Lid After

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Outside shots!!

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Of Course some more shots...told you all I got camera happy!

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Last four from the outsie of the car.....One pic of the interior...







These two was taken when it was a little cloudy and when I was working on the interior.... gave the paint some nice reflections!











The F430 looks like it wants to come out and play! :woot2:







Interior shot:







Whew...all done. Questions and comments welcomed as always!

[BigAl3]

very nice! that bentley looks sick :woot2:

[lemans23]

Beautiful work, but the car is too gaudy for my tastes for some reason.

[01bluecls]

The more I worked on it the more I grew on it and the color. The only thing I would change is the wheels. Definetly a nice touring coupe!

[Eliot Ness]

Beautiful car, a beautiful color, and a great detail

[lemans23]

The more I worked on it the more I grew on it and the color. The only thing I would change is the wheels. Definetly a nice touring coupe!

Yeah, the wheels are too flamboyant for me. I don`t really like chrome wheels, and those wheels make the car look too flashy.

[Superior Shine]

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Beautiful car, a beautiful color, and a great detail

[OCD Nick]

I wouldve been camera happy too

[mr.ikon]

Damn that is a clean *** car. Ooh my gosh that is nice. Paint looks nice and slick. What did the bill turn out to?

[euro]

Wow , Collinite did that??....Unbelievable crystal wetness. :2thumbs:



Thing that struck me was...why isn`t the 760 parked out in the sun instead? I mean it`s a freaking Bentley, not the "see 10-a-day Beemer."

[finerdetails]

fantastic detail, well done, great write up and pics to suit