Oakes Detailed: Maserati GranTurismo - Grigio Goddess!

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A 2009 Maserati Granturismo came to me for a full corrective detail, as well as ceramic coating of the wheels and body using CQuartz. I previously detailed the owners last Maserati Quattroporte giving it the same treatment about a year ago.

The Grigio Granito is a stunning color for this Masi and the Giallo calipers really set it off! Without further aideu here are the photos of the paint condition before and after the process as well as the overall results of the detail. Enjoy! She really pops

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Here is a rough 50/50 of the correction, being such a metallic paint it is hard to capture direct 50/50 photos. However, this should still give a general idea of the improvement!

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Paint Condition post correction/pre ceramic coating

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Here are the finished gloss photos of the car after ceramic was applied and allowed to cure. These photos were taken around 7am after the owner landed in Philadelphia to come pick her up and drive her home. Absolutely LOVE the depth of this color

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Full profile photos of the GranTurismo outside

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As always thanks for looking and any feedback is more than appreciated! Enjoy!

Nick Oakes
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Very nice looking car!!

The only thing I don't like about this car is that the car gives the allusion of the wheels being small. Don't know why. But the paint looks fantastic!
 
Nick, you are one fortunate guy to be doing all those high end cars! :props:

Every time I look through your threads I think WOW, what fantastic work and superb results...Then I get depressed because I'll never even see one of these gorgeous cars....:cry:
 
BobbyG said:
Nick, you are one fortunate guy to be doing all those high end cars! :props:

Every time I look through your threads I think WOW, what fantastic work and superb results...Then I get depressed because I'll never even see one of these gorgeous cars....:cry:
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What do you normally work on? You average car I presume?

Here in Austin, just about the only cars I do are high-end stuff. Usually $50K+ all the way up to a $1.6 million Ferrari Enzo so far. If a customer has the money, I'll do anything though. Typically someone around here with an average car doesn't want a detail.
 
Aww man, awesome shine! :props: That is a very nice color indeed. One of my favorites.
 
Fantastic work once again! Your detail threads are my favorite...... WOW. Im the MAN:props:
 
nice work as always!!!

love the wheels and brake combo.

maybe it is just me, but i like looking for your logo in the pictures.

keep up the great work
 
I love that color, the paintwork looks deep enough to dive into and come up wet!
 
I have to look at a car identical to this (only in white) almost every day. There is a personal trainer there that I am assuming is wealthy beyond the confines of what he gets paid at the gym that uses this vehicle as a daily driver.
 
Great job on a beautiful car. That color looks good on it.
 
WHAATTTT!! No interior pics :( just j/k I love those high end cars. Good job


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Tundra_10 said:
I have to look at a car identical to this (only in white) almost every day. There is a personal trainer there that I am assuming is wealthy beyond the confines of what he gets paid at the gym that uses this vehicle as a daily driver.
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Used masaratis really aren't that expensive. Around 30-50k for a quattroporte. No idea about the gran turismo though.

If you can buy a mercedes, you can buy a maserati.
 
timaishu said:
Used masaratis really aren't that expensive. Around 30-50k for a quattroporte. No idea about the gran turismo though.

If you can buy a mercedes, you can buy a maserati.
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The Gran Truismo like above used costs 70K + still.
 
I haven't seen the GranTurismos drop anywhere near as bad at the Quattroportes did, but I can see why the QP lost so much value - build quality just isnt there like it is on the GT!

Thank you everyone! Appreciate the kind words, thanks for checking it out!
 
Oakes said:
I haven't seen the GranTurismos drop anywhere near as bad at the Quattroportes did, but I can see why the QP lost so much value - build quality just isnt there like it is on the GT!

Thank you everyone! Appreciate the kind words, thanks for checking it out!
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Curious about the lighting that you used indoors to create the brown look to the color of the car vs the grey when shot outdoors.

The indoor garage looks color balanced, wonder why the car is not ?
 
I believe that is because it was an overcast early morning setting and the lighting inside really exposed the flake in the paint. Its a very heavy metallic so the direct lighting really brought out the color of the flake. Since it wasn't too bright out at 7am it may seem a bit darker than it really is.
 
Awesome car, Great job on the polish!

just not feelin the wheel fitment though.. :S
 
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