A little while back I had the opportunity to work on this very rare and beautiful car. Over several days a full paint correction, engine and interior detail were carried out.
No need to post every performance figure of the MC12, we all know what it can do. This car is 7 feet wide and nearly 17 feet long, in person the its massive! Its built on the Ferarri Enzo chassis... the Enzo accelerates quicker, stops shorter and has a higher top speed BUT the MC12 is still faster around the Nurburgring because its body creates so much downforce and far less drag... thanks in part to the not so polisher friendly tail section :lol
The car was produced only between 2004 and 2005, a total of 50 road going MC12s were made and only 45 were allowed to be sold, 5 were kept by Maserati.
(This one is in there somewhere)
Onto the writeup...
Began with the wheels as usual, this car spent some time at the track so the wheels were dirtier than expected, P21s wheel gel was left to sit for a few minutes before agitating with various brushes.
The wheel wells were degreased and the tires were cleaned twice, old silicone based tire dressing needed to be removed completely.
The smaller EZ brush was a big help on the wheel wells and air inlets by the front wheels
Rear before...
And after...
Onto washing the car with the 2 bucket method and microfiber mitts
Next the entire car including glass and wheels were clayed with a fine grade bar using ONR as lube. After the car was dried with some DD waffle weave towels and the wheels and crevices were blown out with the electric blower.
The between areas of the slits on the front nose had a lot of contamination, most likely from track driving.
Small tar spots were found on the front nose and lower panels, some Tardis on a MF towel cleaned them up without issue.
Onto the paint correction work. Cant ever say this car would look better in red because the roadcars only came in 1 color scheme, the white is called Bianco Fuji.
The finish was very hard ceramic paint. After inspection under the Halogen and LED lights and a few test spots I landed on a process that would yield as close to 100% correction as possible, the biggest problem areas was the massive wing section which had lots of RIDS, buffer trails and hazing.
A total of 4 correction steps were needed to finish down the entire wing section
Before...
After first 2 steps all the RIDS were remove
After the final 2 steps
No need to post every performance figure of the MC12, we all know what it can do. This car is 7 feet wide and nearly 17 feet long, in person the its massive! Its built on the Ferarri Enzo chassis... the Enzo accelerates quicker, stops shorter and has a higher top speed BUT the MC12 is still faster around the Nurburgring because its body creates so much downforce and far less drag... thanks in part to the not so polisher friendly tail section :lol
The car was produced only between 2004 and 2005, a total of 50 road going MC12s were made and only 45 were allowed to be sold, 5 were kept by Maserati.
(This one is in there somewhere)
Onto the writeup...
Began with the wheels as usual, this car spent some time at the track so the wheels were dirtier than expected, P21s wheel gel was left to sit for a few minutes before agitating with various brushes.
The wheel wells were degreased and the tires were cleaned twice, old silicone based tire dressing needed to be removed completely.
The smaller EZ brush was a big help on the wheel wells and air inlets by the front wheels
Rear before...
And after...
Onto washing the car with the 2 bucket method and microfiber mitts
Next the entire car including glass and wheels were clayed with a fine grade bar using ONR as lube. After the car was dried with some DD waffle weave towels and the wheels and crevices were blown out with the electric blower.
The between areas of the slits on the front nose had a lot of contamination, most likely from track driving.
Small tar spots were found on the front nose and lower panels, some Tardis on a MF towel cleaned them up without issue.
Onto the paint correction work. Cant ever say this car would look better in red because the roadcars only came in 1 color scheme, the white is called Bianco Fuji.
The finish was very hard ceramic paint. After inspection under the Halogen and LED lights and a few test spots I landed on a process that would yield as close to 100% correction as possible, the biggest problem areas was the massive wing section which had lots of RIDS, buffer trails and hazing.
A total of 4 correction steps were needed to finish down the entire wing section
Before...
After first 2 steps all the RIDS were remove
After the final 2 steps
