Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder 4-day restoration/correction - Immaculate Reflections

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.






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








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.








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.


















Glossy!



















Interior got a nice cleanup as well







































Thanks for looking!

 

Thats nasty....in a good way! Me likey!!

 

Wow that Lambo was hacked! Awesome job! Reflection shots are sick! What compound and polishes did you use?

 

Wow. the green calipers make that car really stand out. Great work...................... I wish I had a lift

 

Awesome job on the Lambo!

You and me both...

 

Jeff the car looks great as it was destroyed, the thing I want to comment on is the placement of the car on the lift as it had to much droop in the rear and had you done a jounce test there would have been three or more jounces showing the center of gravity was biased on the rear and the car might have shifted on you guys. Not nit-picking just want to save you loss of limb or worse and dollars.

 

Sweet!

 

Absolutely STUNNING. Holy hell you guys did WORK.

 

Great save car looks great

 

My buddy Drew says that all the time, I got ya Thanks

Thank you! A little bit of everything on this one....M101, M100, D300, FG400, SIP, 203, 85RD and a few others.

Thanks! I was not a fan of the green at first, but it grew on me quick. The lift definitely comes in handy.

Thanks!

Thanks for the compliment and for the advice Bob.

Thank you

Thanks Chase! Some LATE nights, and an all-nighter before pickup, but it was worth the final result.

Thanks Pureshine!

 

Nice save! One of the best this year so far. Which Bendpak is that? I'm looking at the MD 6XP.

 

Looks great

 

My deepest respect !!! What a deferance !:thumb: Uni black is a difficult color to work on , but once corrected it's gonna be a beauty. Keep on the good work.

 

Great work Jeff! That thing was hammered!

 

Sorry for the delayed reply, thing have been really busy lately. Thank you for the kind words! It is the MD-6XP, and it has come in extremely handy on numerous vehicles already.

Thank you Sully

Thank you! Much appreciated.

Thanks Chad!