Got a recuest a couple of months ago, regarding this ferrari, that the owner had imported to Norway, from Germany. I only had 35000km on the clock, and the owner wanted a complete job on it. I had an inspection of it a couple of months ago, and we agreed on a time for the job. Products used : CG leather sent CG C+WG CG Bare bones Valet pro OPW SV Car bath SV Gul paint rubber SV Autobahn SV Lotos SV Pneu SV Wheel SV Leather healer SV Leather milk SV Leather cleaner SV Alcantara cleaner SV Opaqe SV Metal polish SV Seal feed SV Crystal Rock SV CFP MG wheel brightener MG APC MG Last touch MG Speed glace MG Diamond cut MG Final inspection MG Glass cleaner Kemi a/s microdegreaser Autosol Prickbort Zippo lighter fluid RainX Black Wow Equipment: 3M Blue tape MG unigrit 1500/3000 Makita drill Metabo Rotary Festool rotary Flex DA Paint Detective Foam canon Karcher Hot wather steamer Karcher steamer for foam canon Karcher Vacumcleaner Foma Combivac Defa 2000w oven MG cutting pad 4"/6,5" MG polishing pad 4"/6,5" MG finishing pad Div Brushes 40 microfiber cloths Time used, aprox 70 hours Some pics from the arriwal Degreased from the doors down Degreaser sits for aprox 3 min Then the engine, and the rest of the car got a treatment from the foam cannon, with CG C+WG OG OPW Some grime loosening Wather temp. A quick round with MG wheel brightener on the rims, and not much more, since the owner had supplied a new set of wheels to go on the car. Rinsing Roof wash with MG apc 1:5 Getting some grime of the engine Rinsing engine and roof 2 bucket wash with, SV carbath, SV washpudel, MG apc (1:5) og detail brush A round with SV paint rubber This is what was picked up, after the whole car. Dryed with Miracle dryer Got the car in the garage, and started on the wheel well and brakes. Wheels where taken off, and i used a "bedroller" box to collect grime. wheel well front before detailing wheel well and calipper cleaned with MG apc 1:5 Calipper polished with MG Speedglaze It definitly needed some atention Polished, and protectded with SV autobahn CG bare bones in the wheel well Front done Rear before Done No pics, but same prosedure on the right side New wheels/tires Exsess rubber is removed The only dirt on these was from the mounting of the new tires, so they just got a round with SV wheel Rinsed and dryed Finished off with SV autobahn, and SV pneu SV wheel kit are made for these jobs. Wheel bolt are treated with SV autobahn wheels installed with the right torque Had to use the hub covers from the original wheels, so they got some treatment. Done. Original Ferrari F430 wheels Roof time. Combivac vacums up the wather, and then it is left to air dry. The rest of the car is covered, so that the SV Lotos don't come in contact with the paint Product for the roof is SV lotos Lotos "prewash" in progress Vacums moisture SV lotos sprayed on in a distance of 30 centimeters Aproved result Before/after of the convertible top storage room. Vacumed, and washed wid MG apc 1:5 Time for the engine compartment Exhaust got som treatment with autosol on rotary at 6-800rpm And then some SV metal polish by hand 50/50 Exhaust done Side panels treated with MG speedglaze on MG polishing pad, at 600-1000rpm, followed by a layer of SV Opaqe Inside of engine lid was also treated with SV opaqe Airboxes polised, and given a layer of SV autobahn Lid of the dipstick got some SV metal polish Before/after of the engine Next step was the interior, and there where quite some cows to attend to here. And since i was to take out the seats, i had to disconnect the power, so that i don't get any faults on the airbag. And then it is quite convinient with a main power switch under the bonnet. Seats out Quite dirty, and plastic remains from back when it was new Cargo net taken off The owner wanted the old phone removed Before/after The interior cleaner got some CG leather cent in the clensing wather MG apc 1:5 and a interior brush for the job APC worked with, rinsed and vacumed. Right side done Wather in the combivac after the interior carpets was done. All the fabrics got sealed with CG fabric guard (floormats where new, and just needed vacuming) Pedals cleaned with detailbrush, MG apc, and SV metal polish Interior cleaned with apc and mf, vacumed, and blown clean with compressed air. Gear shifter and cover plate got SV metalpolish treatment Removing leftovers Shiny Leather cleaned with SV leather cleaner, and treated with SV leather milk One side of the sun guards was alcantara, and was cleaned with SV alcantara cleaner and detail brush. Lower insides of the doorpanels was aluminium, and got treated with MG speedglaze, and a layer of SV autobahn. Inside of the windows where cleaned with MG glass cleaner And then the seats where up for a treatment. The passenger seat was only a bit dirty and dry, but the driver seat had some wear on the side, that needed some attention. Some "tools" for the job Cleaning with SV laether brush, and SV leather cleaner. 50/50 from the front seat A pic of the part that need to be recoloured. After cleaning, it is treated with SV leather healer pad Then it is washed with Zippo lighter fluid Custom leather colour for Ferrari Tan interior Applying colour, repeated until aproved result achived Colour drying Treatment done. Time used : 5 hours on this seat. Boot vacumed and sealed with CG fabric guard Giving the tools some attention SV leather cleaner Tools treated with SV autobahn Treated with SV leather milk Done Door sills treated with SV metal polish 50/50 Done Some of the rest of the interior. And then it was time for some inspection of the paint. After checking with the paint detective, the paint looked healty, and the driver side door was repainted. Masked up the engine, and interior. (the roof covers some of the painted surfaces, and needed to be folded down) Testing different combos Found out that the paint was quite hard on this one, so after testing MG speedglaze on MG polishing pad, MG diamond cut on same pad, MG speedglace on MG red whool, i ended up with MG Diamond cut on MG red cuttingpad, and knew already then, that this would create a whole lot of holos. In action. spread on 600rpm, went up to 1500-1800rpm, and did 3-4 passes, and finished on 600rpm kept it moist during work with MG last touch. Repeated this between 5-6 times a panel, before i was pleased with the result. (Bumpers and roof cover where not metal, so there i only went for 6-800rpm, and some more passes Checking with my led light, and can certanly spot a hole lot of holos. Some 50/50, an as many of you probably know, (rosso) red is not an easy colour to take pics of.). The car had some chips in the paint, and had been at a proffesional paintshop to get this repaired, but when i saw this, i thougth by myself that i cuold have done this better in my garage with dark sunglasses on. So then it was time for some wet sanding After some 1500, then 3000 grit, it looked like this. Done polished Some "work in progress" pics Ferrari badge could not be taken off, without beeing damaged, so i just have to take some time by hand. Air cleaning Not every car has a standard microfiber holder. Time for holos. most of the car looked lice this after the first step with the machine Usually MG speedglaze on MG polishing pad does the trick, so i went over the whole car, starting at 600rpm, went up to1200rpm, did 2-3 passes, and finished on 600rpm. Checking with the flashlight This looked good, but since we had clear blu sky outside, i took the car out in the sun, and got my suspicions confirmed, lots of tiny holos along the car. Then i had to get the Flex DA, with a MG finishing pad, and some SV CFP Ran this on low RPM, with little pressure, wiped of, and performed a wipedown with MG final inspection. Took the car back out in the sun, and...yes still holos. Back in the garage for another penalty lap. Went on with a bit higher speed, a bit more pressure, and a few more passes. Did not take any wipedow, since i needed the CFP as prevax for my LSP. Took the car outside, and yes, no holos, and one happy detailer. Then all rubber moldings where treated with SV Sealfeed Plastic treated with Black Wow Windows sealed with RainX And then it was time for some LSP, and a car like this, deserves SV CrystalRock A bit much on the hood After about an hour it was buffed of with the fabiolus SV microfluffy. The exhaust tips got some SV metalshine, followed by SV autobahn. There where some small thing i would like to correct, to give the car the last touch. There was a crunchy noise from the stereo, and after a little research, i found out that the speaker cover on the right side was loose. Dismanteled, and glued back in place with Tec7 glue. Glue is dryed, and cover mounted back. The trim on the A pillars needed some new paint, so they where carefully dismanteled, and placed in my custom "spray boot" They where sanded, cleaned, and given 3 layers of black semi gloss paint Back on the car. So to one of the first things i noticed when i recived the car, the key, it had paint chips, and wear, and needed some attention.. It was prepped for paint (20 mins only for masking up the horse) Paintjob done, 3 layers of paint And then to the original wheels. Some MG wheel brightener, for 1 minute. Rinsed After rinsing Bucket with CG C+WG, and tools. Still some left Then on to Ferrobet rustvask (rust cleaner) after sitting for 5 mins, and washed off, the result was good After drying, they got treated with MG speedglaze on MG polishing pad 4" And finished off with SV Autobahn Done Some finished shots Hope you enjoyed it.
This is incredible work! I love all the little restorations that you did along the way. If I may ask, how do you like the porcelain tile in your shop?
I am speechless. Looking at every single pic... amazing work man. I felt like I was there for the process with so many pics of everything. Who makes that black small backing plate (soft foam backing plate) that you use on the Metabo rotary?
This was one of the most enjoyable threads I have read in a while, great work, pictures and massive dedication to perfection! Awesome!
Speechless is right! Unbelievable patience and attention to detail. If it were my car I dont think I would be able to drive it after that. Just stare in amazement.
This was one amazing detail, I loved all the pictures! One thing I thought was odd though, with so much attention to detail and using top notch products, you reach for RainX?? That stuff never lasted more than a week of rain for me, but I guess that Ferrari isn't going to see much rain Incredible work, how long did it take??
The tiles works out just fine, but somtimes the wheels on my small work chair get caught in between them, so i might get one with some bigger wheels
Well, RainX works out just fine for me, with the right prewash/cleaning of the glass, i have had it last for months on my own car, during the Norweginan winther (both snow and rain). As described in the top of the thread, the work took aprox 70 hours Thanks
Wow...................incredible effort and execution on the smallest of details, 430 wheels look so much better on that 360. I loved all the steps but masking the key and re-painting it was just over the top!!, customer must have lost his mind after coming to get his "New car".
The customer is a friend of mine, and yes, he was very pleased with the result, and even gave me permission to take the car for a ride, for an afternoon. And i must say, that the V8 engine on 8500rpm thru a tunnel with the roof down, is quite an experience
That was the most incredible detail ever. You refinished the key! You masked out the horsey! I am dumbfounded. You did things I didnt even think could be done. Amazing. World champion detailer, Tommy! I enjoyed that more than you can imagine. Thanks! Joe D.
that was unbelievable. how awesome of him to even let you drive the car. that was the most enjoyable read ive seen in a while. I coulodnt believe you had success masking the horse on the key. Also just amazing pictures of the whole process.
