2012 Aston Martin Virage Volante by Richie's Custom Detailing Central/South Florida

[Richie's Custom Detailing]

My client recently acquired this beautiful 2012 Aston Martin Virage Volante in Morning Frost White.

He was unsatisfied with the initial appearance after taking delivery so I was contacted to restore this beauty to a proper state.

Upon my initial inspection it didn't look too bad but the halogens would tell a different story.

8:00 am. Time to get started.

Some DA sand marks left behind and obviously missed by QC in England.:clap1:

Corrected.

One of many RIDS to be corrected.

Corrected.

Almost every panel had DA sand marks right up to the edges.

Corrected.

More DA sand marks.

Corrected.

Random scratch on the deck lid.

Gone.

Heavy pigtails.

Corrected.

 

[Richie's Custom Detailing]

After.

Before pulling the car outside for some pics a little visitor decided to show up.

Top down.

Engine shot.

Final shot.

 

[sc_S13]

Nice job man, must have been a pleasure to work on that. I think I still like the Vantage better though

So hard to see those imperfections on white paint, but my eyes are probably untrained. Any tips?

 

[mjlinane]

Awesome work and stunning car!!

 

[juliom2]

Beautiful color......nice work!!!!!

 

[Eric_Witt]

Botta BING!

Richie, sick car. I cant wait to do an Aston Martin. What kind of camera are you using. there should be a manual focus somewhere on it, to where you can manually focus in on those defects. it was very hard to see them in the pictures. just thought i would put that in there. beautiful house and cars for sure.

 

[CH.Detailing]

You getting tired of these Astons yet?

Nice job man.

 

[Pockets]

Looks like a whole new color!! Great job

 

[Pats300zx]

Another fantastic job Richie. You are the "King of Astons" !!!

 

[CT3]

Look at that interior!:drool: ... not to mention, that V12.

Nice job.

 

[cmichael258]

Dang....my keyboard keeps shorting out from all of the drooling over
the cars you post
:drool:

 

[Street Dreams]

Excellent work, correction on metallic white not the easiest thing to do/show!

Interior is win city too!

 

[AndrewBigA]

nice work. time for a camera upgrade though!
i <3 AM

 

[fergnation]

Beautiful work and beautiful car. Yesterday had to drive a Rapide to have a wheel looked at. The Astons just drive like a dream. Also after you push that key in and hold it down what follows is the sound of Angels.

 

[Richie's Custom Detailing]

Thanks for the comments.

Andrew, I am a detailer not a professional photographer and I do the best I can with the amount of time I schedule for a car. Sometimes I can spend more time on the photos and sometimes I can't especially when I am mobile.

Ok back to the thread.

Small update to this thread.

My client entered the Virage in the 8th Annual Cars for the Cure show.

There were more than 200 cars in attendance.

He took home one of three People's Choice Awards. I've attended this show four years in a row and I have had clients take home at least one trophy from this event three out of four years.

My client was extremely happy and insisted I have my picture taken with his car and trophy, normally I don't do this but my client wouldn't take no for an answer so who am I to argue with a client?

Well here are the pics.

My Client.

and yours truly.

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Great work on an equally great car (with an equally great interior). Thanks for sharing Bing, and congrats on the victory!

 

[Richie's Custom Detailing]

Thanks Todd.

 

[Addicted2Bling]

That is one sexy car...