Aston Martin Rapide Restorative Detail

[autoconcierge]

Just finished yesterday, a longtime client picked up this pre-owned Rapide that was not well maintained so I was brought in to get the vehicle back into "As-new" condition. Daniel from Car Connoisseur was up this week to help me with some major correction details.



Vehicle before the wash/decon steps were carried out.

Condition of the clearfilm on the hood, someone had used a rotary on it...................... not good.

Compound residue in the jambs(Shuts for the UK guys......).

Fingernail damage.

Deep scratches on the rear of the car(95 % correction later as the finish in that area was sub 97 microns).

Compound residue was everywhere.

Typical Aston DA sand scratches left behind.

Scratches removed.

More defects in the same area.

Defects corrected.

Daniel cutting out defects from the rear passenger door.

Why I missed my lift back at the shop.

Daniel working hard along side me(We would get three days of work done in two due to his work ethic).

Cutting the roof.

Some 50/50's of the one of the doors.

During polishing stage.

 

[autoconcierge]

Hard water etch plus compound/dirt, this would "Take a little while" to fix was a understatement.

As I knew the completion of the job would be late into the evening, I took sun pics .......................... *note the car in not finalized with glass, crevices, LSP *. Wanted nice sun pics to show the beauty of the flake in the finish.

Engine bay free of water spots& grime.

Daniel cleaning the interior(Burning the midnight oil literally).

Spotless wheels.

LED light pic.

All finished and ready to be enjoyed.

 

[JSFM35X]

Bob/Daniel,



Another nice job done and that guys spead aint to bad either!



Always enjoy your posts and commentary.



Happy New Year.

 

[Scottwax]

Pretty amazing transformation! :bow



And those wheels...apparently whoever designed (and approved them for production) didn't take into account someone would have to clean them. :wall

 

[C. Charles Hahn]

Why I missed my lift back at the shop.

Looks like you need one of these to save your back:



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[MirandaDetailin]

That is an incredible looking vehicle!! Beautiful work on such an awesome car!

 

[JohnKleven]

Nice work guys, paint looks awesome. I haven't seen a Rapide yet, is the paint as defective as the rest of the Aston's? I find more sanding scratches in Aston's than even F-cars.

 

[Richie's Custom Detailing]

Nice work guys, paint looks awesome. I haven't seen a Rapide yet, is the paint as defective as the rest of the Aston's? I find more sanding scratches in Aston's than even F-cars.

Depends John,



Sometimes the guys on the finishing line are really on or they are really off.



I've corrected about 15 Rapides and some have been about average in terms of the usual paint defects found in an Aston and some have been total basket cases. The extra surface area just makes it that much worse.