Street Dreams Detail - Ferrari 458 Spider Extensive Paint Correction...

Why do most luxury and exotics need proper detailing work and paint correction even when they are brand new...

Ferrari 458 Spider by Street Dreams Detail

Finer Points:
Factory paint defects
Sanding Marks
Heavy Pigtailing
Swirls
Rids
Machine Holograms
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Before shots...







Using Wolf's Clean and Coat on the wheels for cleaning and protection, the 458 was then washed using citrus soap mixed with some Z7 with an Uber wash sponge





Clean car ready for paint correction...



Remaining water blown off with the Metro Blaster and compressed air inside the garage



After a few IPA wipedowns this is what the finished looked like outside in sunlight. To date this has been overall the worst condition Ferrari paint I have seen from the factory. Its typical of most every new Ferrari to come from the factory with its share of defects and unfinished-finishing work but that is usually isolated to the smaller parts of the car and especially the front and rear bumpers. On this Spider however heavy defects and pigtailing were present all over the car on panels high and low, mind you this is a white car. I can only imagine how it would have looked if it were jet black.





















Correction process: Paint was measured and taped followed by inspection with both halogen and LED lights.

Correction work carried out with both DA and Rotary machines with a variety of pads ranging from wool to MF cutting disc to yield a high level of correction, safely.

Meguiars M105 & D300 were used for the cutting process and much of the finishing work was carried out with Menzerna polishes.



The rear bumper needed the most work, it had a little bit of everything







The deeper gouges seen here needed wetsanding to remove fully..





50/50 the pigtailing cut in 1/2 after several rounds compounding (better after shots in the sun later)



One of my favorite 50/50s in a while, the amount of sanding marks and pigtailing through the whole rear bumper was really amazing, in a bad way...





Black plastic trim pieces in need of some serious polishing work as well





After







After compounding, minimal haze left over



Closeup



Smaller cutting disc used here







When I said earlier this was the "overall" worst new Ferrari I have done this is really what I'm talking about, the haze left on the rear quarter was so great that the LED light looks like a melted marshmallow on the finish

Before:



After cutting:



Outside after all correction work and IPA, no wax or sealant



After all correction and finishing work was complete the rest of the car was taken care of. Interior just needed a light cleanup, all carbon fiber was polished and sealed with Shine and Seal from Wolf's by hand. Red sport leather seats with white stitching and all the carbon makes for a stunning combo :thumb:









The car was wiped down with IPA solution one more time before applying Wolf's Body Wrap for protection, 2 coats over 1 hour

Waiting to apply second coat...



End result after 3 full days of work...






































Thank you for reading!

All the best,

Dave Saunders
Street Dreams Detail

 

great job!!!!! you weren't kidding when you said it was bad.

 

That was a new car? nice job. these new Ferraris are ugly.

 

reconsidering some things about detailing after seeing that write up...wow

 

Nicely done Dave!

Beautifully beat up car now looking its best.

 

Nice job David. That condition was so sad. It's a happy F car now though!

 

I'd be so disappointed seeing a brand new Ferrari looking like that. Nicely done sir!

 

Excellent work Dave!

 

Well done sir.

 

whoop whoop...!

3 full days of hard work, fantastic job Dave.

what materials did you use for the wetsanding portion of correction?

 

Very nice work Dave.

 

Nice to see a Ferrari in a color other than red for a change! What a difference too afterward.

 

That white paint is blinging Dave! Massive improvement!

 

Superb work Dave! Keep it up buddy!

 

Dave-WOW, another amazing turn around. And I thought white hid the swirls...WRONG. it is amazing that you were able to capture them on white. Your photography is as good as your detailing skills. Thanks for posting. Is that roof 2 peices? Can it store onboard?

Again, great job.

 

Great work and lovely photography as usual. Top!

 

Consistant quality of work, as mentioned photos on point......................... "J"ness personified again..................first spider put up on the boards. :applause2: cannot wait for the video on this one but remember to "Copyright it".

 

At the factory "Guiseppe, you don't need to spend so much time finishing the paint off on this one, it's white and no one will ever notice"

Great work Dave!

 

nice work. I didn't realize that Ferrari paint looked so shottie from factory. If I spent that kind of money on a new car I would be super pissed to take delivery of a car with paint looking like that.

 

Beauty brought back Dave! Awesome! Ferraris aren't known for good paint but speed and styling hehe