FULL DETAIL: McLaren F1 GTR LT (138h detail)

what's up guys I want to hop in before the video started and give you a little update this video took about six months to produce a week or so to film and two weeks plus to edit and it came out pretty great now you guys have asked me for a TV style a longer episode well here it is and because of it we're doing something pretty cool I am doing a free shipping code at mo NYC calm for 24 hours on all US orders and $10 off international shipping again for 24 hours starting Wednesday September 28th at 10 a.m. which is when those video airs again for 24 hours and the code is a longtail have any questions you know where to find me until then watch this video send me an email let me know what you think and we've done a lot of work on this and we're super proud so thank you for watching and enjoy every year in August the Superbowl of car shows takes place in California known as Pebble Beach week cars car collectors and Detailers from around the world travel here to celebrate these rare and priceless automobiles and to compete in the Pebble Beach and Quayle concours d'elegance only the best of the best cars are invited to participate in far fewer leave with a trophy this is the behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to detail compete and ultimately win at the most exclusive concours in the world what's up guys on today's episode I am so excited I can't even describe what's going on right now we're working on the white whale of automobiles the unicorn of cars 1997 McLaren f1 GTR long tail completely insane I don't even have I don't have words to describe how beautiful this is we're gonna go over a couple of things one we're gonna show you the step-by-step process that we're gonna do to prepare this car for Pebble Beach week specifically the quail at the end of the video there's going to be a PDF where you can download all the steps and see what we did number two there are tons of cars behind the camera that we cannot film so keep that in mind we are going to be shooting this direction only so bear with us on that and number three we're going to be working with some of my closest friends of course Kevin Brown who needs no introduction buck datacom Dan Miele from turn seven auto care and of course Joseph tore body from my area details really great guy so that and a lot more coming up on this exciting episode of ride-along so thanks it when [Music] when we got here we had almost everything we needed but we had to make a run into town pick up some racks some tables things like that so that we can make it efficient in the area we have to work in what we did was organize all of our tools because we're gonna have a bunch of guys working on this we're gonna be jumping over each other for this trip Kevin packed his truck full of clear plastic bins so we could easily see what's inside without opening them and wasting precious time and energy towels were organized in bins in clean dirty and brand-new to avoid contamination and possibly towel scratches tools machines pads and product were all ready to go before we begin our day one was all about organizing and setting a game plan this required us to really assess the vehicle and its current condition no car is ever the same so thinking about each step ahead of time is crucial to avoid a mistake on any car but especially one whose value is in the eight figures Dan and I place tape near but not on the areas with stress cracks if we accidentally hit these areas with a rotating or an oscillating machine the paint would clearly chip off or flake off so the tape gives us a warning to catch the eye as you could become tunnel vision sometimes when you're working behind a polisher for many hours that's not sauce is it [Music] for step two Kevin cleans a few small areas on the rear of the car so we can perform a test spot it's okay to gently wipe a few panels to conduct the test prior to a full washing ultimately we decided to run the test on the wing for two reasons one its waist-high and easy to work on number two it's the darkest color on the car so we can get this paint perfect we should be in great shape for the lighter colored areas on a job of this magnitude a full proper test can take up to one to two hours to decide if this is the technique you'll use for the rest of the car likewise on most detail jobs you can get away with 85 to about 95% paint correction which is completely normal and acceptable clearly 99 to a hundred percent is what we're working towards on this particular car and of course that last 1% of any detail especially this one is what the concours judges are looking at so take your time and do a proper test pal is pretty much the most critical part of the detail in my opinion is kind of figuring out where we're at so you notice kevin is changing the amount of air that's being used we change the pad we from microfiber to foam foam the microfiber we're changing the actual liquid so we're getting a lot of different results but ultimately we're trying to figure out the best combination for this particular car and a lot of goofy things are going on if you pan over there you can see me blowing out the pad and changing a ton of things around so this is this is where really all the meat and potatoes come together to figure out what's going to work on this car [Music] okay so inch by inch every time we do a pass kind of tells a new story so Kevin's blowing out the pad again the the scratches are getting less and less evident but they're still there so it's no by no means is it perfect I mean we're gonna like everyone to go nuts when we did the test spot my main concern was to eliminate the haziness and dullness while maintaining the integrity of the paint job don't want to remove too much we want to keep there as long term as possible so we want to maximize the gloss and the hand Smit minimize the amount of paint we're going to remove after we did a test spot we figured out what was working and what wasn't in this case it was M 205 in a yellow rubezh pad it seems to be doing the job because we're getting a lot of residue off the paint and we need to wash that away and that pad is really doing a great job of that so tomorrow we're going to get up early hop on the car I think we're going to take a big chunk out it may be a quarter if we're lucky maybe half the car in one day so tomorrow we start the car it's early morning on day 2 we got good sleep really good food now we're ready to go to start cleaning the car but in our parking lot there's actually a 675lt which is a throwback to the car that we're working on today which is the longtail now this car is inspired by the one that we're about to clean and that means a lot to us here so it's pretty cool to see that on day two it's all about the wash and decontamination clearly it's a race car and it's got lots of holes in it so we're not exactly going to take a power washer to it because it's going to be a huge mess plus the water here is very hard so we're going to have water spots and things like that so it's a good idea to use a waterless wash system so the other interesting part about a race car is you can actually pull the panel's apart to get into the nooks and crannies remember a concours is really not just about the paint everybody thinks about pain oh it's polish paint let's worry about paint let's wax it it's about that 1% that part that you cannot see that's going to be judged so for us to pull the panels off it helps a lot because we're going to get underneath it we're gonna clean the chassis with little q-tips and things like that so today is a big day pull everything apart get underneath there and find the debris that you've never seen when you're just standing there looking at it any time bolts or screws are removed we take pictures to be 100% sure how and where they're replaced and then tape them to the section we just removed them from losing a screw or in judging terms a screws missing is enough to lose you a podium spot so mishaps are unacceptable by removing these pieces polishing both the inside and any internal components is possible and even economic for example polishing headlights and panels on a table or propped up in your lap is far more comfortable than on your knees you see the secret to 100 plus our detail is to eat and drink water frequently and be in a comfortable polishing position with these boxes checked you can work for hours with no loss of concentration all right so we basically just took apart the entire car not detailed a lot of cars in my life there's a lot of a lot of pressure but when you take apart a race car of this value as delicately as we did it's pretty nerve-racking I mean look at these guys over here just putting things together and making sure it doesn't wiggle but the interesting thing is when we take this apart we have way more access to get into areas to clean up so it's going to be nice in the 4 or 5 days it's gonna be pretty clean step 3 is to brush and vacuum use longer hair brushes and be sure to cover any exposed metal girdles with tape to avoid a metal to paint or metal to plastic contact now you might be asking yourself why not simply use compressed air on the dust and dirt in the cockpit or engine compartment well that's a fair question on a detail of this level using compressed air at this point will throw dust and dirt everywhere and you'll be chasing your tail in killing time not to mention getting the other cars in the garage dusty and dirty which is a big no-no it's best to brush the dirt into the nozzle and only use compressed air later to dislodge that trap dust that you couldn't get with the brush keeping the nozzle in a fixed location and gently sweeping the dirt towards the vacuum avoid scratching the soft carbon fiber by grinding the plastic nozzle into any little rocks by mistake now with a major dust and dirt removed used compressed air in a stiff bristle brush to agitate the clogs or caked up areas next Kevin mixes two types of specific cleaners the first designed to clean delicate surfaces in the cockpit for this we're using a mole a the interior cleaner the second type of cleaner is designed for heavily soiled areas such as engines wheel wells and lower portions of the body or suspension this is a 50/50 mixture of water and a pee cleaner we dilute this product because our next tool which is the steam machine will of course create steam and heat to help cut through the grease and grime however it also exponentially increases the pH level and creates a thick layer of emulsification to loosen the contamination so using a steam machine is like super charging your cleaners power that's why we need to dilute the concentration keep in mind that typical all-purpose cleaners contain strong saw such as butyl and if they're not fully removed after cleaning they can break down or weaken the material you're actually cleaning so using specific cleaners for specific areas is critical once we were confident the interior components were degreased and dust free it was time for a quick exterior wash as most of you know I'm a huge fan of properly washing your car with water using a moe foam three buckets plumb Brut and so on much the same as we did on our f40 restoration video because it's safer than any waterless wash system free flowing water is a fantastic lubricant and it carries the dust and dirt away effectively however due to our environmental constraints we opted for the next best solution of a 50/50 distilled water and rinse less lubricant along with plenty of clean towels since we're polishing the car immediately afterwards any fine scratches introduced by this method will be quickly removed furthermore be sure to avoid a waterless wash with polymers added as this will interfere with your next step of compounding and polishing next I quickly clave the paint to remove any embedded contaminants that may get picked up by our polishing pad and accidentally Mar the paint and prevent us from achieving that last 1% of perfection clay is by far the most misunderstood detailing tool it should only be used when the paint feels rough to the touch because tiny contaminants have embedded themselves in the paint and cannot be removed with a standard wash clay should only be used when needed much the same as going to the emergency room the goal is to not have to use it so avoid parking under trees or next to someone painting their house and so on clay should not be used for every wash however if it's actually needed on every wash then you may want to rethink how and where you park your car at this point the crew was in the zone and progress was good but just then the owner dropped a bomb on us so after chatting with the the owner what's going to happen is a little bit of a schedule change we're going to the car is going to go down the night before we're going to need to finish this in terms of the polishing and then of course the sealing of the waxing you know all the pretty stuff by the end of day Thursday that's an entire day gone and yet there's still another slight twist to this detail by the way I just found out that we are actually competing for an award which is the post-war race card class something like that by entering this new class the competition and the stakes just went up even more but we have less time to prepare for it so we need to buckle down and get it done quickly today is all about finishing up cleaning and degreasing the car now yesterday we ran a little bit late a car of this magnitude and complexity it's hard to gauge how much time things are going to take plus our time actually decrease to deliver the car we found that out last night this afternoon we're going to be taking all the parts polishing them and putting the car back together on a concours detail you would think some of the tools we use are rare and in fact most of what we use you would find in a kitchen or a garage we're using skewers that are pointy but soft enough to get into intricate areas we're also using brushes this is the same exact brush but one of them we trimmed down the bristles that gives more scrubbing power this one's able to reach in deeper into crevices paint sticks we wrap towels around these to push in the tight areas this here is a typical aerosol can lid and we're using cotton swabs and penetrating oil in the middle just dip it in and apply and go now comes the heavy lifting of compounding and polishing the entire car however since we spent the time on day one to figure out what this car and more importantly paint likes we can repeat the process without starting from square one first we focus on polishing areas that are under the removable panels so we don't have to go back and work over ourselves then we each split up and focus on completing one panel at a time to perfection our working method is each man is responsible for working on one part of the car but later we each review and inspect each other's work to get a new set of eyes on the panel from a new perspective this is how a fluid detailing team functions to get a flawless finish even after a hundred plus hours spots will be missed and that's okay but it's your partner's responsibility to double-check your panel and you to check theirs it's a healthy way to work together learn new techniques and ultimately create a winning car alright guys check this out so after we finished polishing as you know the residue comes off from the car onto the patent it looks like this when you're done we've all we've done we shot a thousand videos on that and what we do is we blow it out right nothing new what's different here is we have tons of cars behind us that are millions of dollars and when I blow this out and is going to be dust everywhere so how do you collect it when you're on a special assignment like this one well Kevin and his infinite wisdom created this very cool little trick thing he's got going on here basically it is a garbage can that's cut out with a piece of hvac little tubing in there you turn the vacuum on it create suction so now when I blow this out all the dust is being sucked into the vacuum right I got a clean pad all the dust is in here there's a filter and it's not hitting our cars which is a good thing kevin has so many detailing tricks it's impossible not to pick up a few gems when you're with him from cutting pads on the fly to fit a specific contour or area of the car that needs to be polished or even ditching the pad altogether and polishing with his finger alone there is no doubt he is the best paint polisher in the world clearly this is a race car and race cars well have stickers here's what to keep in mind when polishing on or around decals imagine if we had this tape here we were going to polish up to it to get a 50/50 shot right and then rolling across the tape with the pad and the compound or as a polish and that grinds part of this upper coat of the tape off or the vinyl stickers transfers into the pad and now that's causing a scouring it's contamination and that's what happened over here that's what happened over here we noticed some little rotary swirl action so what you do in this situation is you increase the quantity of buffing liquid you use to keep things fluid and then stick to the pad and wipe it a lot you know continuous so basically more residue came off the sticker right and got jammed into the pad jam in the pad that causes the swirling yeah okay so what we do is we increase the quantity of buffing liquid and we clean more off and that will negate that problem you can safely polish these stickers to mean you wouldn't want to use a heavy compound we're using a finishing polish but they do clean up and they do shine up and you can remove some of the scratches so knowing Kevin for many years there's a subtlety he mentioned you may have missed in his explanation Detailers including myself are eager to shoot what's called a 50/50 shot or a side-by-side shot of scratch paint and freshly polished paint showing the contrast between the two heck I even did it in this very video but his point about stickers or masking tape is the same as your pad runs across the sticker or tape on purpose or by mistake it doesn't really matter it will actually pick up more residue or contaminates from the tape or the sticker transfer to the pad then the pad will scour the paint as run across it it's a fascinating subtlety so in this case clearly we're not going to remove the stickers and I'm not encouraging you to remove stickers in the future so he counteracts the residue build-up by adding an abnormal or a non typical amount of lubricated polish to dilute the contaminates coming off the sticker to minimize the hazing you might be asking yourself by now what's the point so despite our love for the 50/50 shot in detailing we're actually jeopardizing the cleanliness of our pad and potentially scouring the paint so keep that in mind if you have trouble finishing the paint when you accidentally hit taped edges or in preparation for our beloved 50/50 shot well this Sun is going down and we have a ton of polishing to do called Kevin and Dan are using the 3 inch polisher for those intricate areas I'm using a 6 inch for the big flat areas and Joe is using another 3 inch for the removable parts behind me so tomorrow we're gonna probably finish up is I don't think we can finish today we're going to finish up the polishing and then the rest of the day is going to be waxing putting coatings on that whole thing and we have kind of a shortened period of time to get it done and down to the quail early the next morning with only hours before the show we're finishing up this special area polishing and in this case it's the lexan glass windows and the outside and the inside of each headlight cover with a 3-inch Rupa's yellow pad and 205 no dust and especially no fingerprints can be seen behind the glass or points will be deducted after many many inspections it's now time to put the car back together placing extremely delicate and virtually weightless panels is far more daunting than you might think the goal here is to avoid bumping and scratching other panels while gently squeezing them into a tight space without bending or flexing the paint and if that wasn't enough to think about don't love mark or towel scratch the 100% flawless paint in the process it's kind of like playing the most expensive board game of operation but with oven mitts on you definitely need a steady hand our paint is now flawless because we polished it now the next thing we to do is protect it and what we're going to use is a mold reflex this is actually gonna bring a lot of depth and shine to the paint kind of that wet look that we all desire specifically for Pebble Beach and for quail you need this so this is my second coat I think I'm going to put another one on there let it dry for about 30 minutes after we're going to remove it let it dry for 30 minutes then put a layer of ammos skin which is sealant on top then the trick is tomorrow morning let's say maybe 10 15 minutes before we see the judges are coming and everyone's kind of gathering around the car we're going to put a layer of ammo cream which is carnauba wax that is going to catch the light it's going to bounce and be super wet so we'll have two or three coats of ammo reflux one of a mold skin and then on top of that a mold cream so it's just lots of layers of protection that are going to bring a ton of shine and hopefully catch the judges eyes [Music] while I'm finishing up the second code of reflex Dan is applying gel a wheel wax to each rim by hand first he places a few dabs of Jala in his palm and squeezes them together to heat up and spread the product evenly next he coach each spoke by hand while focusing on reaching the backside as well after three minutes he removes the dried wheel wax with a microfiber towel we are doing this now to make our lives easier when we're at the show because the car is being driven beforehand and braked us that accumulates now will be far easier to remove when we're at the show likewise a light base coat of ammo mud tire rejuvenator is applied now with the understanding this will be touched up tomorrow on the lawn like most Detailers I love detailing but cleaning windows is by far the most frustrating aspect of our profession because they're so unforgiving if a window isn't 100% clean then it's dirty and there's no wiggle room and certainly no hiding it in some odd way it's actually comforting because there's no ambiguous interpretation or different opinions there either clean or they're not it's kind of like matte either the number is correct or it's wrong it's a non-emotional decision the trick to clean windows is to monitor the amount of window cleaner used and how wet your towel becomes with too little cleaner the smudge will stay with too much cleaner the towel cannot absorb properly and then will leave streaks so your goal is to try to find a happy balance without losing your mind in the process now my favorite part of any detail is our final check-over finding the one spot unlike the others what stands out what doesn't flow with the rest of the car this can take several hours and dozens of trips around the car one cool trick during our final check-over stage is to wrap a credit card in a microfiber towel and use the thin hard edge to get into the rubber seals and any other tight areas a judges proverbial White Glove may test for dirt with a hundred and thirty-eight man-hours on the job we still weren't done the next job was to figure out how this amazing car was actually going to get to the quail you see it was originally delivered on a flatbed truck but now the owner wants to drive it to the show and with only an inch of ground clearance public roads are extremely difficult to negotiate even a single speed bump could strand the car and our work outside the show our solution was a late night run to the hardware store for plywood and two by fours we had to decide on the spot what we'd need to get this incredibly rare car to the show without damaging the carbon fiber panels and front spoiler would it work I certainly hope so [Music] you [Music] early the next morning we awoke to find a lot of fog and moisture in the air which would collect dust and dirt on our two-mile journey to the coil but seeing and hearing a full-blown race car driving on the street at dawn is something I'll never forget but before we could go too far our makeshift ramps needed to be built or my carefully polished front splitter would be crushed into pieces before we ever got to the show much like a very weird pit crew Kevin Dan and I drove in front of the McLaren and stopped for each major dip in the road to build our so-called plywood bridge then as fast as we would build it we'd throw the wood back into the truck speed off before the race car overheated [Music] because the ground was wet on our drive over we had a bit more dirt than we had hoped for especially when looking down the line at our competitors who were flat bedded to the show earlier that morning now it was time to kick into high gear before the concours officially opened well we made it here to lawn at the quail and the cars looking pretty good we actually had to drive it on the street a race car on the street so I think we turned a few heads on the way here but we got about two hours to clean it up you can see there's some leaves and some junk on the wheels and that'll be fun so when I count down begins right now so the show is in full swing right now and I'm just trying to do little print things because we can see that there's those judges going around judging different cars and there's no like timetable they just come whenever they want to come so I kind of feel like it's before the dog show you know that shows you see on TV where the guys primping the dog right before right you know immediately before he goes out on the on the show floor that's literally what me Kevin and Dan are doing right now just making sure every little thing is perfect right before the judges come [Music] after hours of primping and hundreds of photographs the judges finally made their decision and a small card was placed on our window indicating that we had been chosen for an award now at this point we didn't know what we'd won but only that we needed to get in line to go on stage however there's a catch if for any reason the car cannot start or make it to the stage the award is forfeited but remember with an inch or so of clearance any divot or sprinkler head could rip the front spoiler off the car with thousands of spectators watching it was not a feeling I wanted to experience myself so Dan and I watched its every movement as it went towards the stage with the moment of truth upon us our week's worth of work would be put to the test as we waited the crowd of spectators and photographers grew one after the other awards were handed out until it was finally the big moment after a hundred and thirty-eight man-hours gallons of products a hundred and ten towels 15 pads six different machines and of course five sleepless nights all led to this moment this wonderful goddess but instead not road-legal so it's probably driving while he's here they should be there especially me and Hanuman weld so they're a very deserving winner all the experience required of all our car won the coveted spirit of the quail award which represents the true spirit of motoring based on the vehicles design driving experience performance in its era engineering innovation and its unrivaled timeless beauty this was a detail and experience we'll never forget after all the hard work we actually won the spirit of the quail here it is it looks fantastic as always guys if any questions shoot me an email at lariat mo NYC comm or visit my website anyone OSE calm I got no words to describe it thanks for watching guys see you next five you [Music]

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Length: 29min 57sec (1797 seconds)

Published: Wed Sep 28 2016

Reddit Comments

[u/xHaZxMaTx]

The amount of effort and detail going into this is simply phenomenal. Larry regularly does a fantastic job of detailing cars inside and out as well as explaining how he does so in a friendly and easy-to-understand way, but he and his team have really outdone themselves in this video going so far as to polish the inside of the headlight covers and to clean the screws, nuts, and bolts that hold the car together landing the car the Spirit of the Quail award.

If you care even the slightest bit about keeping your car clean you should absolutely check out Larry's channel; the range of topics he covers is enormous, the amount and depth of information he gives is invaluable, and above all else, he's just a super nice guy.

[u/DyslexicHobo]

Any idea how much the detail job cost?

[u/Cool_Calm_Collected]

Didn't think I'd watch the whole thing, those guys are fuckin professionals

[u/rolandofeld19]

I wonder how much lighter the car was after the deepclean.

[u/shaggorama]

After all that work, I'm amazed they took the risk of driving through the fog to the show instead of flat-bedding it over.

[u/Technojerk36]

Did the judge at the end say the vehicle was not road legal and couldn't be driven? But then they drove it to the show?

[u/MannyBothansDied]

God that Mclaren is sexy! I'm glad there are people in the world obsessed with cleanliness like I am. I unfortunately made the mistake of buying a brand new vehicle in black a few years ago. I can't even look at it sometimes because it gets so dirty so quickly. It looks ssssoooo good when it's clean though, as all black vehicles do. I'm buying a new vehicle soon and it will not be black. Never buy a black daily driver, leave that to your weekend cars.

[u/zyzzogeton]

I should buy a McLaren...

[u/koozbucket]

Anyone have any indication of who the owner might be? Or at least what his occupation is? I just wanna know who I have to aspire to be to own a car that fucking sweet.