With majority of the exterior wrapped up we had the pleasure being joined by Autopian Detailer’s Angelo (zoomzoommazda) and Eric (black745) who volunteered their time and came to hang out. Angelo was also instrumental in providing some additional PO83 as our quart had not shipped in from Autogeek as of yet.
The plastics of the exterior (headlight covers, reflectors, markers, and taillights) where polished with Caswell’s Blue Compound using a Caswell string buff on a power drill to restore the original gloss of the plastic. This was followed with
Menzerna 106FF by rotary with a blue CCS spot pad to remove any compounding haze and increase the gloss further.
The factory wheels responded well to a hand buff with Zaino All-In-One, then where topped with 2 layers of Zaino’s Z5pro. The center lugs where hand polished with Mother’s Billet polish. The tires received 3 coats of
Meguiars’ Hot Shine Tire dressing, the first two coats applied with a microfiber and third with a foam applicator block. After being allowed to set for 3 hours the excess was wiped clean to ensure a very even and natural look on the rubber.
Plastic window trim was cleaned with Jeff Werkerstatt Prime and coated window trim received 1Z’s Gummi Pfledge. The wheel arches where treated with two coats of 303’s
Aerospace Protectant.
Angelo spent close to two hours cleaning the front grill and the horns and components behind it, removing 30 years an 8000 km of grime.
The after photo does not reveal the quality of work Angelo did because of the rock chips and road abrasion, but you would eat off on any area.
The trunk was disassembled by removing the spare tire, tool kits, and carriers. Unfortunately there was a lot of compound splatter (from the previous polishing attempt) that took a little elbow grease to remove from the weather stripping.
Meguiars’ APC was used (7:1) to wipe and clean every area in the trunk in combination with q-tips and various brushes. The cooling fans where wiped with
Meguiars’ Safety Degreaser, then all the black work was treated with 303’s Areospace Protectant. 1Z Gummi Pfledge was used to treat all the weather stripping.
Blk745 (Eric) or Hercules works up a good sweat in the 100 degree heat in the garage vacuuming the very difficult carpeting.
The spare tire was removed and cleaned with P21s Wheel Gel. The tire was scrubbed with Emmin Fabrick tire cleaner and rinsed clean.
Before
During
The tire dressed with
Meguiars’ Hot Shine and being carefully laid back into the very clean trunk.
The original tool kit was removed and taken apart. Each tool was polished with Mother’s Mag and Aluminum hand polish.
The felt was vacuumed clean then the polished tools where returned to their homes.
The tire changing kit’s tools where cleaned as well.
The leather was cleaned with Zaino Z9 and conditioned with Zaino Z10 before a final wipe with 303’s Areospace.
The leather tire bag was placed under the spare tire…
And the tool kit strapped down in its carrier.
The interior of the Ferrari was in good shape (compared to the initial condition of the exterior) to begin but now looked a little out of sort compared to the brilliance of the paint. During the first day, compressed air was used to blow out any dust and grime from any vents or crevices. After cleaning the seats and leather it was treated with Leatherique’s Revujinator Oil and left to dwell overnight. The second day saw the leather treated with Zaino Z9 and Z10, then topped with 303’s Areospace Protectant.
Angelo working Z10 into the leather hides…
The carpeting was removed and the floor boards cleaned with APC. All the interior metal was polished with Mother’s. The glass was cleaned with
Meguiars’ Proline Window Cleaner, then sealed with Werkerstatt Prime and topped with Optimum Spray Wax.
Work continuing on with a little help from some quality autopian’s.
The engine was in as rough shape as the rest of the Ferrari. The carb cover’s where peeling so we removed them and sanded them with a scuffing pad before Angelo laid down some hi temp paint, matched to the original finish.
