2012 McLaren MP4-12C detail by Immaculate Reflections & Auto Concierge (pic heavy)

[GoFast908Z]

Here are my pics from the wonderful time spent working on McLaren's new supercar....the MP4-12C! This is a car I've been looking forward to for some time and this car may seem conservative in pictures, but in person its much more aggressive looking and the exhaust note is nothing short of vicious. Much fun was had during the 2 days Bob from Auto Concierge and I spent on this car. McLaren of San Francisco treated us VERY well and were very accommodating to our needs and was a pleasure to work with them and am looking forward more in the future.

The metal flake is so vibrant and intense on this car that it made capturing the defects extremely difficult. The vast majority of my pictures were shot in full manual mode in addition to manually focusing nearly every picture.



Here is Bob wiping the car down while I start photo-documenting the car.

Bob claying...

A few of the defects we found....we would find a lot more later

Scratches by the headlight removed..

Bob and I working the paint together

Some sand scratches

 

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At this point the prep work was all done and while the clear bra guys were wrapping the front, I snapped some pics of other cool stuff at the dealership.....Let's start it off with an actual retired F1 car!

A couple other McLarens....

This silver has SO much metal flake in the paint...it was blinding.

This is also a Fisker dealer and there were about 10 Fisker Karmas here! The all electric super-luxo sports car is gorgeous in person and again the metal flake was the brightest I've ever seen on a car. They make a cool sound as they go by (for pedestrian safety).

That's a whole lot of Karma!

As I was snapping pics, I spotted them wheeling this mechanical marvel out of service and into the showroom....had to get pics of it. The guys at the dealership were very accommodating in this respect and didn't mind the pictures which was very cool of them.

 

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Bob posing next to the rolling chassis.

The MP4-12C parked next to its older brother....the big daddy McLaren F1!

Fast forward a few days....The owner had taken delivery and gone on a few fun drives. But now it was time to do the remainder of the correction work and get this car to a full 100% perfect.


Had you noticed there are no door handles on this car?....Bob demonstrates the secret here....

Once Bob got inside, he fit very comfortably......I did too. Its a nice place to be

Bringing it outside for the wash and decontamination

Sonax doing its thing on the wheels

Here I am getting the left front wheel dialed in...

Looking nice

Sonax turning all the embedded iron particles that nice dark red color and ready for cleaning....

Bob foamed the car and then we started the wash process.

Gotta love the FOAM!

 

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Flooding the paint to carry the majority of the water off the surface

Using the electric leaf blower to assist in getting the water out of the tight places.

Wiping up the last of the water....

Bob taking readings on the paint thickness

Nice and healthy readings

More defects to be sorted out....

 

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Making progress.....

Check out that reflection of the owner's Scuderia

Compounding on the back end....

50/50 shot

Scratches in a bad place....not an easy place to get to....much time hand polishing was spent here as even our smallest machines could not reach all the way.

Deep tracer scratch on the roof....

After several compounding hits, its looking ship shape again.

We finished the final correction with minutes to spare to get sun pics. We hustled for you guys to get these shots.

We brought it back in for a few shots before putting the Swissvax Concorso wax on.

 

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Bob hitting the areas that no one ever sees.......unless your doors open UPWARDS like these do! These areas need attention too!

The smallest details matter.....door trim dialed in.

The super nice Swissvax Concorso curing, ready to be wiped off.

The final shots!

Beautiful beading shot!

 

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The carbon fiber cockpit.....oh so nice

Interior shots...

 

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Bob doing the only thing you can do in the driver's seat of this car.....grinning ear to ear!

Engine shots

Thanks for looking!

 

[BobbyG]

Holy Smokes Jeff, what a fabulous thread!!

I like to see these cars driven and by the photos it looks like someone was enjoying this legendary ride.

I see you used dual action machines, at any point did you use a rotary polisher? What paint correction products did you use to bring the finish to such a glossy shine?

The photos and documentation are simply superb. The finish on the car is dripping wet as it should be.

Bravo my friend, Bravo!! :yourrock

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Amazing work
Amazing car
Amazing duo of detailers
Amazing behind the scene documentation
Amazing detailing

I think we can figure out the work I would use to describe this thread!
Thank you for sharing

 

[Street Dreams]

Excellent work and documentation McLaren now knows who to use in the ftuture...

 

[CT3]

Thanks for the detailed write up. That's a great job on a great car.:drool:

 

[AndrewBigA]

would this be considered "tightness" ?

awsome i cant think of anything else at the moment but...
this thread DELIVERS!

 

[cmichael258]

Wow!!!!!!!

 

[mjlinane]

Awesome work!! Love that color.

 

[rurocking]

Thank you...


Outstanding work.

 

[Old Pirate]

Priceless workmanship and writeup. I'm speechless...................:drool:

 

[GoFast908Z]

Holy Smokes Jeff, what a fabulous thread!!

I like to see these cars driven and by the photos it looks like someone was enjoying this legendary ride.

I see you used dual action machines, at any point did you use a rotary polisher? What paint correction products did you use to bring the finish to such a glossy shine?

The photos and documentation are simply superb. The finish on the car is dripping wet as it should be.

Bravo my friend, Bravo!! :yourrock

Thanks Bobby! The paint was very responsive and some 101, 300, 106FA got the job done nicely. Whole car was done with the DA's.

 

[GoFast908Z]

Excellent work and documentation McLaren now knows who to use in the ftuture...

Thanks Dave! Hopefully more will follow

Thanks for the detailed write up. That's a great job on a great car.:drool:

Thanks CT3!

would this be considered "tightness" ?

awsome i cant think of anything else at the moment but...
this thread DELIVERS!

I believe "tightness" was delivered Thanks buddy!

Wow!!!!!!!

Thanks!

Awesome work!! Love that color.

Thank you

Thank you...


Outstanding work.

You're welcome haha. Thanks!

Priceless workmanship and writeup. I'm speechless...................:drool:

Thanks Angelo!!

 

[GoFast908Z]

Amazing work
Amazing car
Amazing duo of detailers
Amazing behind the scene documentation
Amazing detailing

I think we can figure out the work I would use to describe this thread!
Thank you for sharing

Todd, thank you very much.