This is no wrap;
it’s the fruit of a
week-long stint
in the booth at
GT Refinishers.
Mike is a camo
expert and went
the extra mile
to ensure that
the job matched
the canvas.
It’s carried on
through the door
jams, under the
bonnet, and under
the guards
modeled on the 2018 four-wheel drive Huracán, so it took some
customizing by Grant to make it work, but Mike believes that the
finished product is all the better for it, as its now a one off. It was
then a midnight run on the back of a transporter up the southern
motorway from Mike’s Hampton Downs–based Mad Lab to GT
Refinishers, where Mike would spend the week being very hands-
on in the paint booth — if there is one thing that Mike does better
than anyone, it’s camo!
The amount of work that’s gone into the paintwork is mind-
blowing. Each stage of camo took three booth loads — two loads
of parts, and then the shell. Repeat that four times for each camo
layer, including complete assembly and disassembly for camo
masking; then, on top, the gloss clear, which was sanded back to
flatten the camo layers; the airbrushed black detail; the airbrushed
stencils; and, finally, the matte clear to seal it all before the few
stickers. Further, the camo extends under the guards, under the
hood, and in the jams; this is no smoke and mirror job just for show
— it’s the real deal.
Don’t for a second think that the build was all cosmetic;
after all, the car’s debut was to be on the tight confines of the
Goodwood Estate driveway at FOS 2019 with some 150,000
onlookers lining the fences. To ensure that Mike could put on the
show he expected to, it was going to need a few upgrades.
“Factory output is 580hp [433kW] and, of course, as withSHOES
WHEELS: (F) 20x9.5-inch
Rotiform DIA / 19 x 9. 5 -inch
Rotiform LSA with AeroDisc;
(R) 20 x1 3 -inch Rotiform DIA
TYRES: (F) 235/30R19 Toyo
R888, 305/30R20 Toyo R88 8