Spyker C8 Double 12s in balloon white... Wolf'd up!

Hi boys and girls!

Here's a car that I've been waiting to do for quite a while now. The owner came into the Ferrari dealership with this one day when I was working there and asked if I could repair some damage on the polished aluminum (I hate typing that word for some reason...) and I said, "Yes, but it's not a simple process, so it will take time so here's my card." He never called, but recently he brought his 599 in for some paint touch up and it popped back into his mind that we were supposed to take care of this, so we made the appointment.

Anyone who says this car is "ugly" I say, "Iki iki iki iki patang zupoing zowzou mrf" and just please have a closer look at it . It's a masterpiece in my opinion and from this model there's only 15 floating around the world, so a collector's item indeed... On to the detail!

Wheels haven't been properly cleaned in... well probably never.





Deironizer starting to work...



Agitated and left to dwell while I cleaned all the other wheels



Rinsed and clean



Wheel wells haven't had any love either...



Cleaned with Wolf's WT-2N outside APC and various brushes and tar removed.





Here was the biggest damage on the aluminum (still hate typing that word...) He brought the car to a car wash and they used some sort of acid on it :wall: It was marred pretty badly as you can see...



I started off with the least aggressive combo, which was some metal polish and a foam applicator, but it didn't put a dent in it, which can be seen here. After that I tried some of out heavy cut polish WP-6H and that didn't have much of an effect either



So then I broke out some 3,000 grit sand paper and used our clay lube, "Pink Slip" to wet sand it.



Some deeper marring that I had to let go. 3,000 grit was getting me somewhere, but the sand paper was wearing very quickly and not really getting me where I wanted to be so I broke out some 1,500 grit and went to town on it!



After wet sanding with 1,500 grit



After the 1,500 I went back down to 3,000 grit and smoothed things out, then to WP-6H with a microfiber applicator and then finished up with a metal polish and a foam applicator. This was all done by hand and just this piece alone took me about 3 hours!



Before



After



The roof



Ariel view



After



Ariel view



After polishing with a DA and a metal polish with a cutting pad on speed 6. No Zenith method or anything, just speed 6 :thumb:



The B pillar before



After the above mentioned combo



All of the aluminum pretty much looked like this >>



The side mirror, pretty manky



After



After the polishing I applied Wolf's Rim Shield to the aluminum and even after cleaning it with glass cleaner, this is what Rim Shield still picked up. I applied it until the cotton pads came up clean.



After







The front spoiler



After some hand polishing with a foam applicator and metal polish



Side



After



The door shuts



After



Some gunk in there



After



The boot



Random engine compartment shots before





Before



After





I had to remove the back glass to access the engine bay. All cleaned with Wolf's WT-2N and a steamer



Removed the weather stripping, too.



All done!







The blue parts of the car were the worst. It was all swirled like this so I hit it with a DA and a cutting pad with WP-5N compound because of all the "sensitive" areas on the car, then finished things up with a finishing pad and Wolf's WP-1NT nano polish to prep for Body Wrap. The white parts were in very good shape, so everything was cleared up with the latter combo.



After



I had to crawl under the car to polish the aluminum here... that sucked.



I'm not a very big guy, but squeezing under here with a DA...



No before shots of the interior, it wasn't that bad. All leather was cleaned with WT-1N @ 1:20 and some brushes made from baby, albino chinchilla fur... from South America. Then the leather was treated with some Wolf's Leather Conditioner, made with love in Hungary













Of course the LSP for today was the one and only Body Wrap Enjoy the afters!



















This little Nimrod (that's his name ) wanted to be my detailing partner and although he's a pretty smart little pooch, I had to decline. So he was a little upset about it and kept stealing my gear and chewing on it .



I'll be heading back next week to take care of a couple small "details" on the car because the owner had to leave early today. This time I'll be bringing my new detailing padawan with me because we've got a pretty HUGE job to do. I was a bit sad when I learned that the owner of this had sold his Zonda (sorry Clark, our "Wish called Zonda" won't be a reality any time soon because he doesn't like the new ones, so won't be buying one ), but next week's job will suffice I suppose...



Thanks for looking!

- Jesse O'Connor

 

Love it or hate it, that car is a head turner for sure! Nice to see a rare beast all cleaned up, good job.

 

Looks great! so much metal work, but came out brilliant as always!

 

Awesome Work Jesse

 

great job!

 

Amazing job Jesse!!!!!

 

Sanding Aluminum, that's a new one. Great Job on fixing that up Jesse.

 

Thanks guys! Yeah this was the first time I've sanded aluminum, but basically if it can be scratched, it can also be polished. Therefore I knew I'd be OK . Also my father-in-law is a master jeweler/master antique restorer/master iron worker so I know it can be done

 

Nice detailing work Jesse, that cars looks like the biggest pain in the arse to maintain.

Forget the car though, very nice stone drive you have!

 

Great job with the aluminum, and that car is sick!

 

Awesome job Jesse the car looks amazing

 

Sweet car Jesse. Nice job.

 

Oh yes!!!!!!!!!!!, car is nice but I was intrigued by the bathroom tile on the OUTSIDE of the garage :shead: , over the top effort and results by the "Detailing Ninja" ......good luck on the Rolls Jesse.

 

Fantasic Job Jesse. The definitley looks like a real pain to work on.

 

Nice work Jesse!

-Kody-

 

Awesome job

 

Thanks buddy! Yeah it was a PITA! Actually this is my driveway >>



Not quite as nice as his, but not bad I think

Thanks Bob! Yeah it was a bit odd for me too, but it's grown on me! I remember seeing the pics of the RR you and Dave did and thinking, "Jeebus that's a monster of a car!!!" It is huge...

Thanks mate and yes, I never want to polish that aluminum again

 

Very nice work Jesse.

I wonder how someone could not like the new Pagani?
Once you get over the name, its a freaking sweet car.

 

Thanks Donald! Dunno, I asked him the same thing ! It is a wicked car...