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.............



Crusty wheel wells



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



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



Here is a pretty nice scratch on the rear bumper



A pass with 2500 and 3000 grit sanding paper



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



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



After compounding



Intermediate polishing step



Close up 50/50 pic of correction



50/50 pics of the hood





Jewelling the finish



Results of that effort



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



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



Wool pad correction brought out the clarity of the finish



IPA wipedown



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



Paint touch up step



Re-cleaned the top



Fabric sealant applied to the top material



Trunk area cleaned thoroughly and rubber seals dressed



Interior cleaned and dressed





Almost ready for sun pics





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

















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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

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.