2012 Ferrari 458 Italia Grigio Silverstone by Richie's Custom Detailing

I was contacted by my client after taking delivery of his 2012 458 Italia. He was extremely disappointed with the overall condition of this car at the time of delivery. I was called in to bring the cars overall appearance to a proper state, so let's get on with it.

After retrieving the car.



























All rubber trim would need attending to. Notice the compound residue.



Every crevice of this car had compound residue in them.















A thorough wash and decon was carried out.



Wheels cleaned with Sonax.







Spotless.







The car had some LSP so it had to be stripped away.

Beading.



No beading. The lower half of the hood was covered with PPF...more on that later.



The rest of the wash was carried out with a multi step process.





Taped off and ready for the correction phase.









More residue around the emblem.



Now the defect removal.







Some RIDS on the roof.





Corrected.





Passenger rear quarter before.





Corrected.





Time to address the area around the emblem.







Dialed in.



Lower rocker panels needed some work.



50/50



Corrected.





More RIDS.





Gone.





The rear bumper had some serious RIDS.





Corrected.





More defects.



Corrected.



Time to replace the emblem.



Glass needed some work.





Spotless.



Exhaust tips were a little rough.



During.



Done.




Afters.

Some shots inside.

















Now remember the PPF mentioned earlier?

These defects are caused due to installer error and lack of pride in your work.This installer has been doing this for seven years and still can't get it right. If I did the install it would never leave with defects like these.







Sun shots.

 

did the write up get cut off?

nice job Richy! removing the traces of someone else's polish residue is time consuming and tedious.

 

welcome back Rich! great work as always!

 

Thanks. Had a technical issue. All fixed now.

Thank you.

 

Excellent work Richie!

 

Awesome cleanup Richie! Is this after you drove it? Lol. j/k
Bad PFF installers. :shakehead:

 

Damn that is sexiness personified, well done as expected!

Grigio is for those who "know"..

 

Nice work !!
Love the color.

What is car wash mode?

 

looking good!

 

All time favorite color ever! Good job on a great car!

 

Nicely done.

 

My dream car. Fantastic work!! Hard to believe it would come like that. My vw was in better condition :/

 

Great work Richie. I haven't heard a update about your wife but I just wanted to say I pray everyday and stay strong.

 

Wow that is fantastic!. How did you get all that white residue out of those tight places?

 

Looks great Richie!
Nice job

 

Was this a brand new car? If so, terrible.

 

Most of us (Myself included) would not be able to "Correct Ferrari's" if their significant other was going through what Christine is at the moment................. BingNESS in spite of it all.

 

Awesome job!