Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder ADV.1s - 4-day resto/correction - Immaculate Reflections

[GoFast908Z]

Finished this Gallardo this week, after it had been victimized by another local detailer who didn't know how to handle things. This car had a bit of everything...swirls, holograms, RIDS, deep scratches, marring on clear film, and a few strike-throughs on edges. A lot of care was exercised and a lot of taping as well to ensure safety on this correction. Ryan was out to help me again with this car and we pulled some late nights on the car over the course of 4 days.


After washing and claying, pics were taken of its condition that the previous "detailer" had left it in...

"Hack" detailer had burned through the clear here. I found several other spots where damage like this had been done.

RIDS, swirls, holograms, scratches, overspray....it had pretty much everything.

Bad swirls on the clear film

A hair under the clear film......really? I've seen some odd things, but this was a first.

Heavy swirls on the clear film....

Lower portion compounded, upper portion untouched. Final polishing would restore clarity to the film.

Medium polishing on the driver's door, which had some of the softest paint I've ever worked on...making things a little frustrating. In the end it came out great though.

Looking better. Final polishing still to be done.

 

[GoFast908Z]

After a couple passes of compounding the film was looking better. Took a little more time to remove what still remained.

Driver's side rocker panel

Looking better

Passenger side rocker

Ryan doing some medium polishing on the clear film

Getting ready to work on the back end, but taking readings with the DeFelsko 200 first to make sure there is enough material to safely work with...

Side by side on the slats after compounding

At first I thought these were streaks from drying, but compounding was the only thing that would take them off. Again, this was acceptable work to the previous detailer......not good enough.

Making progress, but still many hours to go....

More issues...

Making progress on rear quarter

But still plenty of other spots needing work....

Before

After compounding

 

[GoFast908Z]

Engine cover lifted to correct all the way into the corner by the intake, an area that is recessed and isolated by the quarter panel.

New lift sure makes this part easier!

ADV.1 wheels dismounted, cleaned, waxed and then torqued to spec.

Glossy!

Rear wheels looking slick

Calipers also cleaned and waxed

Bumper had its share of issues. A good amount of 3M Fine Line tape used to work around the edges, as there were compromised sections nearby, courtesy of the last shop....

After compounding, looking better, and a little TRON-ish...

All grills/trim front and rear were removed, hand cleaned, dressed and reinstalled for a clean, uniform look.

Plenty of issues behind the tires too...

Lift utilized to help get the underside of the rockers looking better. They were totally overlooked by the previous detailer.

 

[GoFast908Z]

All painted underbody areas cleaned, clayed, polished, and waxed.

Ryan helping out in the early a.m. wiping off the last of the 85RD

After 4 days, here are the finished pics out in the sun.

 

[GoFast908Z]

Glossy!

Interior got a nice cleanup as well

Thanks for looking!

 

[Pats300zx]

Just sick Jeff !!!! The black just looks like a "pool" you could dive into..:bow:bow:bow:bow

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Stunning! Great job. I know how hard that paint is to correct, the work you did is just amazing!:rockon

 

[triplejumper18]

Dang. Most excellent work!

 

[Custom Care]

Wow, amazing work. I bet the owner was stunned when you presented them the vehicle.

 

[tropicsteve]

pretty incredible jeff. man that finish was fugly to begin with on such a nice car.

 

[Goodloe3]

That is unreal. How could they do such a thing to that car!?!?
Good thing the owner found you. Super job!

 

[glfahlc1]

dude thats awesome work and an even awesomer vehicle. i know owner was out of his mind when he saw his ride looking like its supposed to. great job guys

 

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Awesome work!!!!

 

[CT3]

That's a beautiful machine! You treated her right!

 

[ShaneB]

That's incredible! Too bad some of the damage isn't easily repairable. I burned thru paint once... but it was in my auto body class on a scrap fender. Seeing this, I'll strive to never be the guy who puts out work like you had to deal with. Nice job!!!

 

[Evan.J]

Thats one slick car. Very nice job!

 

[steeda]

That thing was trashed. Great work!

 

[colinpd137]

Amazing, it was in rough shape when you got it by the looks of it. Very, and I mean very nice turn around dude, incredible job. I still have yet to work on a Lambo. Here in Texas, iv'e only seen 2 my entire life. Lol.

 

[polisher]

all that hard work def paid off well..

 

[kevinw2345]

Absolutely amazing. I can see why having a lift is such a great help. Hopefully when i open my shop (hopefully in the near future) i can have a lift. That Lambo was a lot of work but it paid off. Amazing job man