1998 Ferrari 355 Spider correction & Detail
 

This car belongs to a client who saved and looked for this particular car for a very long time, the vehicle came from the midwest and was kept in a climate controlled garage thus the lack of any UV damage to the top and trim.

Even though the car was in great overall shape for a 11.5 year old vehicle it had a fair amount of marring due to incorrect washing and also a few deep scratches that required wet sanding to level and correct.

The beginning.............

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Crusty wheel wells

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Insect removal was in order..............

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After a thorough wash, the top was scrubbe with a safe citrus degreaser

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Here is a pretty nice scratch on the rear bumper

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A pass with 2500 and 3000 grit sanding paper

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After wool pad correction, just the tip of the scratch needed slight touch up paint to fill it in

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With the large amount of RIDS on the decklid I used the air sander to level the defects

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After compounding

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Intermediate polishing step

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Close up 50/50 pic of correction

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50/50 pics of the hood

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Jewelling the finish

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Results of that effort

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Utilizing the steamer to remove left over compound residue from the re-spray in the gas filler cap

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Another by product of the re-spray was some shrinkage, the finish was hazy

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Wool pad correction brought out the clarity of the finish

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IPA wipedown

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The formally crusty wheels and wheel wells now looking "as new"

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Paint touch up step

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Re-cleaned the top

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Fabric sealant applied to the top material

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Trunk area cleaned thoroughly and rubber seals dressed

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Interior cleaned and dressed

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Almost ready for sun pics

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Sun pics............

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355 correction cont...
 

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Amazing work on a gorgeous car.

Just curious as to what u charged for this job? I wouldn't mind having this done to my whip

Great job.

I am curious, how much paint was taken off by doing this? What was the paint meter reading before and after?

Great color, I would love to have that car in front of my camera :yup:

Great job! I amazed about the amount of work that goes into car detailing, but def. worth it when seeing the final result!

Peter

once again, a fantastic result...would love to find a local guy that does similar work.

awesome work the car looks a 1000 times better

Where are you located?, depending on where that might be I might have a quality guy to send your way.

As I do not have a paint meter which measures on non metalic surfaces I cannot give you the readings on the engine cover or bumpers/ hood, but the readings everywhere else were still 2.5 mils plus on the famously thin paint of a 355 after the correction.

The Ferrari model I really go slow on is the F-40 when correcting, the 355 initial readings were almost 3.0 mils.