Maserati Granturismo Correctional + 22PLE Glass Coating app.

[premiershine9]

Hey all-

Up here is a Maserati Granturismo in dire need of correctional work. The 'turismo had numerous defects including overspray, sanding marks, heavy swirls from the "professional" at the dealership, heavy marring and cobwebbing abound.

The client and I both agreed to perform any amount of necessary work to bring this 'turismo back to stellar condition. Being a very successful and accomplished cardiac surgeon, the client has the "eye" for detail

The 'turismo was first pulled outside and given a full decon wash- the entire body was foamed down with a mixture of Dawn/ CG Citrus wash. Wheels were first hit with Sonax FE, then hit again with IronX to fully clean up the wheel faces and barrels. APC/ Tarminator on the tires to strip the built up tire dressing. The body was fully clayed with ONR and a medium grade bar.

Correction was performed with:
Rupes 21
Flex DA
PC 7424- various backing plates
Yellow, orange, green, blue foam
Surbuf R series pads

After being fully dried and pulled in for inspection we can see some of the defects:
Hood:





Passenger side door and various other areas of the car riddled with heavy swirling from improper machine use (80% of the car body)






50/50 on the door






Other side of the hood was pretty hammered






Driver door





Front bumper before and after




More buffer trails on the passenger rear fender


Rear glass:
The rear glass was covered in clear coat overspray thanks to the geniuses at the body shop. The glass was first clayed with an aggressive block which didn't make a dent. So, with the Rupes/ by hand and CarPro's Ceriglass/ Zaino Clearview glass Polish and a yellow/ orange foam pad combo with several passes and well over an hour of work- voilla, overspray gone.

Before: notice the little dots to the left of the light

Love this product


Rear decklid defects:



The entire driver rear fender panel and around the trident logo were also covered in overspray- after trying an aggresive clay with no change, time for gentle wetsanding:

First, 2000 gritt, followed by 2500- M105/ SIP/ Sonax PF finished down perfectly and removed all of the overspray



After nearly 15 hours thoroughly wetsanding and compounding 1-2 steps the 'turismo had collected enough dust that another decon rinse was needed- followed by a thorough wipedown with CarPro Eraser

During this time I took an hour or two to further dial in the wheels with an IronX treatment



After being fully rinsed, dried and wipeddown with Eraser, I took a break to begin treating the trim with Black Wow- love this product


Faded rear trim with burnt in wax- thanks dealership
Before:







Another 10 hours later and a thorough finishing with Sonax Perfect FInish via green/ blue foam it was time for a wipedown with Eraser and 22PLE Pro Coating application


The block is ready:


Applied and waiting the 5 minutes per panel- high spots visible- these were leveled out throughout the 5 minutes


Glass cleaned in and out- tires dressed with Megs HyperDressing- the motor was cleaned with Megs APC, dressed in 303 AP.

The interior was brushed/ wipeddown with Megs APC, Leatherique oil was applied and left to dwell on all the interior leather overnight., interior carpet was vacuumed and extracted.

Pre-coating under the LED:



Decklid











After 5 days of full cure time for the coating here are the afters:













































The hood





Thanks for looking!
- Dan K.

[ispoonwithmugen]

Look great man!

[JustinG]

Id send your bill to the body shop. Thats ridiculous.

[ScottyB]

that color is just gorgeous. huge difference man, nice job.

i need to look into that Black Wow stuff, because both of my cars have tons of black trim that looks like ass now. i'm trying to finish up my bottle of Back To Black because it washes off in about 3 weeks.

[JPolen01]

The hood shots make my pants tight every time. You should really start having your clients send your writeups along with an invoice to the dealerships they bought from and see what happens. If nothing more than for shits and giggles.

[premiershine9]

Id send your bill to the body shop. Thats ridiculous.

Overspray over the entire rear decklid, rear glass, and the rear fender panel on the drivers side- probably the worst I've ever sen or worked with, tons of wetsanding had to be done.

The jokes that call themselves professionals in both the body shops and professional "detailers" in el dealerships just make me laugh. :lol:

[Evan]

that looks amazing.
love this shot. if his drapes were open you could spy on the guy's living room through the reflection in his cars paint.

The jokes that call themselves professionals in both the body shops and professional "detailers" in el dealerships just make me laugh. :lol:

Im currently trying to fix the "dealer installed swirlmark option" on my cx-5 now :evil: :finger:

[premiershine9]

DISO is a guurreeeaaaat option that keeps me in business

[nismosam]

Looks great man! I love reading you're write-ups so I know what products to buy for myself haha