RickRack & Rydawg at it again!! (Black Ferrari 360 Modena)...

RickRack · 01-12-09, 06:04

Hi everyone,

Since a lot of you have been asking for another RickRack & Rydawg thread, I decided to throw together a quick write-up on a Black Ferrari 360 we worked on this past summer.

At first, it was supposed to be a basic “express detail”, but turned into a bit more!

The owner contacted me and explained that he was in the process of trying to sell the car, but wanted a quick cleanup so the car would be clean for an exotic car cruise he was attending the following day. With the car being a Ferrari, Ryan and I were expecting the car to be in fairly good condition. Let’s just say that we were in complete awe when the car arrived!

It honestly looked like the car had been driven off-road. The entire car was absolutely hammered and was covered in scratches, blemishes, chips, dirt, grime, etc.. You name it…. it was there! I explained to the owner that it would be worth his while to spend a little more money and have us spend the entire day on it due to the nature of the damage. He agreed and left us with the car early on Saturday morning. He planned on picking it up later that night, so Ryan and I got right to work and knew we had a very long day ahead of us.

This is what the car looked like upon arrival…

As you can see, it needed just a bit of TLC to get the prancing horse looking like new again, but we were both determined to bring the car back to life.

RickRack · 01-12-09, 06:06

To start, we did the normal wash and prep to remove all of the contaminants, silicone, previous wax, polish residue, brake dust, etc. from all areas of the vehicle. Next, we masked-off and covered all areas of the car that needed to be protected while polishing as seen below.

Both Ryan and I went to town and attacked the car with the rotaries and a handful of products to see what worked the best. After a short time, we both agreed that 3M Extra Cut Compound was the only product aggressive enough to give us the results we were looking for. We chose to go ahead and compound the complete exterior with 3M Extra Cut using a yellow Meguiar’s So1o foam cutting pad to remove all of the heavy defects and restructure the paint. I forget exactly how long it took us to perform this step, but we were in high gear trying to get the best finish possible in the limited amount of time we had. We were both pretty surprised at how quick we were able to complete the compounding, which normally takes up most of the time.

After the compounding was complete, we jumped right to the next step and began polishing the entire exterior with Menzerna Super Intensive Polish. For some reason, things made a turn for the worse. Just when we thought we were on the home stretch, the paint began acting up, giving us all sorts of issues. We were really pressed for time, so we just sucked it up and continued to polish like mad men. We both agreed to finish this step and take a well needed break to get some food. After taking a short break, we got right back to work. At this point, it was getting late and the customer informed us that he would be picking up the car shortly.

For the final polish, we chose to use 3M Ultrafina. The Ultrafina worked well to restore the depth and gloss back to the finish and left the paint with a nice glow. After completing all of the polishing, we gave the car a very thorough wash to remove all of the dust and polishing residue from all of the cracks & crevices before applying the LSP.

For the LSP, a hand application of Lusso Oro was applied to the complete exterior. The Lusso was very easy to apply and even easier to remove. The customer arrived just as we finished removing the wax and was amazed at the results we were able to achieve. He watched in amazement as we finished up the last few odds & ends.

We finally finished just after 1AM after 32 man hours of labor, with just one quick break to eat. We were both so tired that we weren’t able to get many good pictures. I had just purchased my new D60, so I let Ryan snap a few shots while I used my Sony P&S camera. The pictures aren’t the best, but they give you an idea how well the car came out in the end.

Here are the final results…

TH0001 · 01-12-09, 06:22

awesome as expected!

Dave1 · 01-12-09, 06:28

Man, that car was really hammered..........

How do they let them get that bad.....?

Fantastic job guys........

I'm sure the owner was stunned........

zoomzoom mazda5 · 01-12-09, 06:28

Stunning work guys! always a pleasure to see your work!

RickRack · 01-12-09, 06:32

TH0001- Thanks Todd!

Dave1- Thanks Dave!

It's pretty amazing how bad people let their cars get before doing anything about it...

zoomzoom mazda5- Thanks!!