BluKoo
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Registered: 8th Apr 02
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As usual, all pictures and text are lifted from detailing world.
Also its not me doing the work. Its my brother, so I can't answer any detailing questions.
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This car was a slight "spur of the moment" purchase by one of our most regular Clients (I look after their cars on a weekly basis) and as a result I had no advanced warning that the car may be turning up! All the other cars in the Client's collection are detailed to a very high standard and they wanted the same for the Aventador. Unfortunately as we are completely booked up until the end of the year finding a lengthy space to get full correction done (and boy did it need correction!) was going to be difficult.
The solution was to leave the car with us for a couple of weeks while they were on holiday and I would work on it in between other cars, evenings, weekends etc.
So after explaining to the Wife that she wasn't going to see much of me during the next fortnight I set to work!
I'll apologise now if there's a lack of pictures for any parts of the detail you'd maybe have liked to have seen - the often unsociable hours spent doing this car meant that I often forgot or just wasn't in the mood to be brutally honest.
The car on arrival, still quite clean as I'd only washed it the week previous:
After a wash and going over with Tardis to remove any fresh tar spots I used a Speedy Surface Prep Pad to remove a couple of small iron deposits:
The car was then dried off with a PB Luxury Drying Towel and the Metro Vac before being put into position in the studio:
I no longer have to crawl around on my knees when doing the lower parts of cars :thumb:
Paint readings were then taken:
Composites gauge for the non metal panels (of which there are many):
Metals gauge:
This car had every type of paint defect that you could think of, sadly I wasn't surprised as it would appear the more expensive the car then the worse the paintwork tends to be. Lamborghini is certainly up there with the worst of them in my opinion.
The usual scratches:
Loads of little nicks and scuffs on the majority of panels:
Really deep pig tailing (top right to bottom left):
This was in the middle of the bonnet:
Shocking!!
You know its bad when you can quite easily see the sanding haze on a white car!
The paint was rock hard so correction was achieved via the Flex VRG 3401 and Microfibre Cutting Discs with Meguiars 105:
Correction shots, in no specific order:
 
Sanding marks on the edge of the roof:
 
 
Top of drivers door:
 
On the corner of the bonnet, pig tailing before and after:
Front bumper:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Some 50/50's:
Top of the rear bumper:
 
Front bumper again:
 
 
 
 
Change of machine for some of the more awkward parts to get to:
 
Theses picture give a good indication of the "levelling" effect that microfiber discs can have when used correctly:
Before polishing:
After the 1st hit with the disc the edges of the pig tails have been rounded off significantly and as a result they don't catch the light in the same way (a further 2 or 3 were needed to completely remove everything):
Once the main correction work was done I gave the car a thorough rinse and wash before refining the paintwork with a Lake Country Polishing Pad and Menzerna 106FA:
These cars have an annoying habit of collecting small stones in the intakes so these were carefully removed too:
 
With all the polishing complete, I gave the car a careful going over with a lambswool duster and then applied Auto Finesse Desire:
Swissvax Opaque was used on the matt surfaces:
Including the rear diffuser:
The wheels were lightly machined with Swissvax Cleaner Fluid Professional Finish and protected with Swissvax Autobahn:
Swissvax Pneu for the tyres:
Prime Strong was used to good effect on the glass:
Particularly on the engine cover glass where there were some stubborn water marks:
 
Last job on the list before I was done was to fit some new number plates that we had made up for the Client:
And here's the end result 
Thanks for looking
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FAZ
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Registered: 24th Nov 07
Location: Coventry
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stunning cars, why dont Lamborghini use a sun gun and remove sanding marks at the factory though?
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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Lovely car and shocking paint before!
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Jordancorsab
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Registered: 9th Dec 12
Location: Mansfield - Nottingham
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Correction is fantastic, awesome cars. 
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gavin18787
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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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Watching the lambo mega factory episode suggests they are very careful when they paint them. all done in a big light tunnel etc
Drives supercharged Tec with torque 
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big eck
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Registered: 20th Apr 03
Location: Tullibody. Drives - Audi B8 S4 & Fiesta Zetec-S
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That's stunning. Deffo on the lottery wish list.
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
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They outsource the painting of all there cars now. Hence this appalling show.
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Jambo
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Registered: 8th Sep 01
Location: Maidenhead, Drives: VXR Arctic
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Most aventadors I have seen all have a V12 plate. How odd.
Cool write up and impressive skills as usual
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Generation
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Registered: 7th Jul 09
Location: Essex
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Gorgeous
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Skylined
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Registered: 27th Sep 05
Location: Sideways, Surrey
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Like the ramp
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SVM 286
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Registered: 13th Feb 05
Location: pain
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Incredibly bad shape prior to wash and brush up. 
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gooner_47
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Registered: 20th Jul 04
Location: Bexhill/Croydon
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I love how that was a "spur of the moment" purchase...
Nice job.
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Nath
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: MK
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quote:
Originally posted by gooner_47
I love how that was a "spur of the moment" purchase...
 Yep. Impulse Aventador! How the other half live!
That ramp has got to be great for his back! My back aches like a bastard after a while when cleaning my car.
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p
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Registered: 20th Apr 04
Location: England
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Awesome!
Love them in white, so much better than orange or the matte black I think!
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spencer88
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Registered: 6th Oct 08
Location: cornwall
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Lazy bastard sat down
Cracking car.
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