New customer sought me out to bring his Maserati back to "as new" condition or as close to it as possible. The car is a daily driver with over 19,000 miles on the odometer and is taken thru a car wash almost everyweek(hopefully this does not happen again lol).

The finish was pretty marred and some holograms were also evident, the real challenge was restoring the clear film back to new as it had bird dropping etch marks and deep marring.

The beginning.......



Wheels were very dirty after a recent rain squall, however later in the write up you will see the extent of correction acheived





Bird poop etch and holograms on the trunk lid



Close up of bird dropping mark



After thorough wash and clay steps were completed, the vehicle is put on my lift to remove the wheels for clean up as well as the suspension areas



The extent of the clean up on the wheels was to make them look as if the car had never been driven, here after steaming and cleaning the wheels the stamping on the backside of the spokes every letter is cleaned





Finished product after machine and hand polish, then sealed with two coats of Jet Seal 109





The wheels finish as nicely corrected as the finish on the car



Close up of crusty suspension parts



After de-greasing and steaming before dressing is applied to plastic and rubber



Brake caliper before



After cleaning before the paint of the caliper was polished



Onto the paint correction, trunk lid 50/50 pic after compounding



Close up pic after compounding and intermediate polishing



Pic of hood with 50/50 comparison after compounding



Drivers side door 50/50 pic



After compounding

 

Pic of correction on clear film





Just a little built up dirt on the trunk hinges(understatement of the year)



Looking good now



Fuel filler cap area cleaned and the painted areas hand polished



Interior pics







Almost ready for sun pics





Final wipedown





Sun pics time!!!

 

Lord have mercy. I wouldn't drive it after this. Fantastic!

 

AMAZING! Do tell the owners reaction!

 

WOW! Now that's a restoration!!

The owner must have done cart wheels when you delivered the car.

 

He was very pleased, but he said he expected this based upon my reputation which was his reaction. He brought his Son who I would guess to be around 8 or 9 years old and he said "now the car is so shiny" his expert opinion made all the difference to me at least and by the look on my customers face him as well.

 

Very impressive work and thanks for the detailed write-up

 

Very nice work! I admire people like yourself that are able to make cars look new again and in most cases, better than new! Great job!

 

hot dang you rock buddy