Image via AMMO NYC/YouTube
The Aston Martin Valkyrie is about as close to a street-legal racecar as you can get these days. In fact, the consumer version is more powerful than what’s used in IMSA and FIA WEC racing. Not only is it a crazy hypercar, it’s crazy expensive and complicated. As you’re about to learn, just detailing the thing is quite the process.
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Even for a well-seasoned professional detailer who’s worked on some rather pricey rides, like Larry Kosilla of AMMO NYC, the Valkyrie presents some real challenges. First, getting into the tight cabin isn’t easy.
He’s also on edge because Aston Martin gave him a tutorial of the hypercar, warning him about what buttons to not press or to only press at certain times/in certain ways. Not following those complex directions could result in a $200,000 repair or something crazy like that.
Also, just like a racecar, starting the Valkyrie isn’t as simple as putting your foot on the brake pedal and pressing the ignition button. It’s a multi-step process that’s hardly intuitive.
Considering the Valkyrie costs about $4.5 million, we can understand why the guy’s nerves were a little raw just backing it out of the trailer to take delivery.
The Valkyrie AMMO NYC was hired to detail is a beautiful gray with Gulf livery. While we love the hypercar in black, it does look great in that spec.
Washing the hypercar comes with some unusual challenges. While Kosilla is always meticulous and careful, in addition he struggles to clean the undercarriage. The Valkyrie requires special lifts to get underneath it, but he does climb into the air passages to scrub them, a claustrophobic endeavor for sure.
Like he’s done on other exotics, Kosilla also does paint correction. One would think for such an expensive vehicle the paint would be perfect, but it’s not and Kosila believes he knows why.
Of course, you probably won’t see too many Aston Martin Valkyries in your area getting detailed or even just driving around. Production globally has been capped at 275 units, so these are quite rare.
Watch the detailing video here.
Images via AMMO NYC/YouTube
