With the exterior, trunk, and interior near completed we pulled the Ferrari out into the sun to observe the paint after wiping it with a prep solvent.
With day two winding to an end we pulled the Ferrari back in and had a quick discussion of which pre wax treatment to use. After some thoughts we decided nothing looked better on single stage then
Meguiars’ classic glaze, M07. The oil rich glaze increased the color range of the paint and gave it very deep appearance which would compliment or wax of choice, the ultra deep and clear P21s 100%. By the time we finished it was late, but I was able to capture a few pictures that show the range of color, clarity, and depth of the paint before we lost light for good.
Day three started with a very thorough engine bay detailing. One of the challenges of detailing the motor of this fine vehicle is that it cannot be rinsed with water. Having 30 year old electronics means that care has to be used on every step. Here are some before shots of the engine.
The process was to spray
Meguiars Super Degreaser (10:1) on various areas of the entire block and use a variety of brushes to agitate the grease and grime, before extracting the slurry with a wet vacuum. Then de-ionized water would further agitate the left over residue and be extracted. It was extremely time consuming working around all the angles for the transaxle and opposed engine block.
After degreasing the engine and surrounds, the aluminum cradle was polished using Deep Finish Deep Alum and various polishing pads by hand.
50/50 behind the motor.
Before
After
The spark plug wires were wiped with lacquer thinner. All bolts and latches where hand polished and all black work was wiped with
Meguiars’ APC. Weather stripping and smooth rubber was treated with 1Z Gummi Pfledge and the remaining was wiped with 303’s Areospace.
Here is a 50/50 of the Gummi Pfledge (it dries a little more satin)
After 7 hours of scrapped knuckles and a sore back I was ready to re-install the freshly painted air-box covers. However the holder nuts looked terrible, so I refinished them by hand (amongst 15 other nuts and bolts from the engine compartment).
Here is before/after shot of the nuts.
First the face of the nut is re-surfaced by scrubbing face down against a scouring pad, then twisted at the end to keep the original circular pattern from when they where originally machined.
Then a little Mother’s polish is applied to the scouring pad and the nut is worked against it until perfectly level.
At this point the face of the nut is wiped against terrycloth using Mother’s until it bleeds a thick film of black and looks fresh and detailed.
Done…
This process was repeated for various nuts, screws, and bolts…
Finally…
