Today’s detail included this beautiful 2005 Bentley Continental GT! For those unfamiliar with its stats… V12 Twin Turbo 552hp @ 6100 rpms and 479 @ 1600rpms and AWD to boot! This vehicle belong to the same owner of the F430 and 760Li I posted. The cars sits outside 24/7 and if you all have seen the other cars, this wasn’t in the best of shape. Its lighter color did make it easier but the paint was a little harder then the other two cars I did. Weather was cloudy but the sun peaked out here and there to get some nice shots. Like the title says “I got picture happy! Trying to capture a majority of the swirls with my camera was a PITA because of the cars light color and me trying to figure out the right exposure and such. Anyways here was the process:
Paint:
Wash- Meg’s Gold Class
Clay- Sonus Detail Clay (Clayed as I washed)
Horizontal panels- Polished with Menzerna IP with polishing pad via rotary @ 1500rpms
Along with IP on horizontal panels the whole car got Zaino ZPC with polishing pad via rotary @ 1500rpms then slowed down to 1000rpms to finish.
LSP – Collinite IW845 by hand. (After application clarity, range and wetness went through the roof with this color!)
Wheels and tires:
Wheels cleaned with Meg’s Wheel Brightener diluted 50/50 and various brushes. Then rewashed with Meg’s gold class to neutralize.
Tires got Mothers FX-Tire Shine. For some reason in the pics the tires look REALLY shiny, after I took the pics I buffed with mf towel to reduce shine.
Wheels hand polished with Zaino ZPC.
Interior:
Vacuum, everything cleaned with woolite 8:1. Treated all vinyl, dash etc with 303, and leather got Zaino Leather conditioner. Glass cleaned with Stoner’s IG.
Total time 8 hours.
PICS!
Wheel Before:
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/GT_wheel_b4.jpg
Wheel After:
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/...fter_close.jpg
Hood Before:
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/GT_hood_b4_1.jpg
Hood Before Again:
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/GT_hood_b4_2.jpg
Hood After:
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/GT_hood_after_1.jpg
Hood After again:
http://autopia.org/gallery/data/500/...after_sun1.jpg
