Mat Armstrong adds $700,000 bodykit to wrecked Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport at Miami workshop after Bugatti refuses to help and it becomes major challenge

Mat Armstrong has spent the last year or so rebuilding his Bugatti Chiron, but it’s been tough.

Rebuilding a wrecked Chiron would be hard even in the best of circumstances.

But his circumstances were even more complicated because Bugatti refused to help.

So Armstrong did something radical.

Here’s why Bugatti steadfastly refused to help

When Bugatti learned that Armstrong would rebuild a car that had previously been labeled a write-off, the automaker had a very firm, direct, and quick answer: nope.

No chance.

The manufacturer made its stance clear: the car was a write-off and no longer structurally sound.

They officially disowned it, leaving Armstrong to his own devices.

Over the course of the last few months, Armstrong had to get creative.

“Since Bugatti decided early on there wasn’t going to sell us any parts for this car, we’ve had to improvise and make everything ourselves,” he said.

So many of these components had to be manufactured from scratch, while others were sourced from other brands.

The airbags, for example, are from an Audi A3.

And then he had a problem with the body panels.

Here’s what Mat Armstrong had to do

The car is nearly drivable again.

The interior of the Bugatti is more or less ready, but nearly all of the body parts are missing.

As ever, when Armstrong reached out to Bugatti, their answer was the same: no.

Since Bugatti refused to supply replacement parts, the team turned to Venuum in Dubai to create a custom widebody kit for the vehicle.

There are a few problems with it, starting with the fact that the bodykit cost a fortune: around $700,000.

But that wasn’t all, because the team also had to cut some of the original bits to make them fit with the Venuum components.

They also had to adapt carbon fiber side skirts to make room for the more aggressive front end of the kit.

While the car is taking shape, there’s still a lot of work to do.

It’ll be interesting to see the total bill Armstrong had to foot to get the car in running conditions.

But, as he pointed out in the video, this is definitely going to be one-of-a-kind Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport.