07 Ferrari 599 GTB correction

Auto Concierge · 03-27-09, 09:02

Well here is another job that was just brutal, DA sand scratches on almost every body panel along with severe holograms, just criminal how this Ferrari was prepped for the owner.

Final tally was 27.5 hours of rotary hell........

WASH: P&S citrus hand wash soap
CLAY: GI fine clay
WHEELS: GI wheel gel
TIRES: P&S natural tire dressing
TRIM: GI TRV(saved the dry trim)
EXSAUST TIPS: CG blu b gone metal polish
INTERIOR: P&S express interior cleaner
LEATHER: GI satin leather polish

CORRECTION: GI extreme cut w/GI wool pad and Megs 105 da approved spot compounding
POLISH: GI evolution w/ GI blue pad
FINISHING: megs 205 and 3M ultrafina followed with CG extreme acryilic glaze with the Flex DA
LSP: GI signature sealant and concorso

First pics of the assault by buffer

Look at the sand scratches from the factory "bella"

After some correction(understatement)

More sand scratches

Close up pics of the "crime" of cutting corners

50/50 shot after the first passes with 105

Hard PPG ceramic took forevvvvveeeerrrrr to correct

These sand scratches I had to be careful as it was a tight spot on the fender edge

After

Starting to come back to life

Delano working the interior

Leather was no day at the beach either, before and after

Cleaning the rear shelf( I do not fit to well)

PaPaHoFF · 03-27-09, 09:10

WOW. Amazing how the car even got that way. This is one of my favorite cars out there today. Great job!

bufferbarry · 03-27-09, 09:22

damn that was horrific!

bob very nice! your work is outstanding as always! is that a flex rotary or orbital you use? how do you like it? there intriging me more and more! can you tell me some honest reveiw on it?

Auto Concierge · 03-27-09, 10:29

Barry, I have both a rotary and DA models of the Flex. I have three rotary buffers the Flex, Dewalt and Metabo and I use the Flex quite a bit due to the light weight and size configuration(great for tight spots) and the Dewalt is for power buffing because of the torque and I like the Metabo except for the trigger(and the fact it has shut down on me due to heat) so it is a back up buffer.

The Flex DA is great as well for lots of correction work, finish polishing and applying LSP sealants on the cars finish except for really tight spots. Hope this answers the questions you had.

Apollo_Auto · 03-28-09, 01:41

Excellent work, Bob! I suspect that the swirls were caused by the factory, like on the 599's I've done... what a shame, huh? Were those really sanding scratches??? The 3 599's I've done (so far...) have only been Rambo'd with a wool pad and some heavy-cut polish... sanding marks and pigtails would be an all-time low for the boys in Maranello... That ceramic paint's a major PITA isn't it

? I think I spent 22 hours on the first 599 I did, but I only put leather conditioner on the interior, nothing else on the inside.

maarten22 · 03-28-09, 01:56

Car looks great. Which flex are you using on the pictures with the small backing plate?

TSC17 · 03-28-09, 02:51

Beautiful work as always Bob! It's a good thing that customer found you to bring out the full potential of his/her car. Now it finally looks as it was intended to.

Shoddy work by the manufacturers and dealers keep us in business!

Pats300zx · 03-28-09, 03:47

Beautiful work Bob. Do you do most of the work out of your home or do you have a shop??

jimmie jam · 03-28-09, 05:27

beautiful result!!! stunning color combo.

Auto Concierge · 03-28-09, 07:09

The Flex I am using is a rotary L3403 LG which weighs in just under 5lbs I think and you can get the best deal on this from Phil @ DD imo, the backing plate is a GI 3inch set up(gloss-it) which I think is great because of the cushioning and how easy it is to thread onto the buffer as I just hold the backing plate onto the buffer and feather the trigger and it tightens down pronto so I am not screwing the backing plate on and off with my wrist which over the course of a correction wears on a brotha.

To answer Jesse(Apollo from Hungary NOT Canada lol) yes it was probably "late July" when the car was made as we know the whole country goes on "holiday" for a month or so, probably the same thing as a American car built on a Friday....... the pigtails were horrific

and were on almost every body panel, today is the "Sharkwerks" Porsche RS and I take care of this car pretty regularly so I deserve a break as almost EVERY car I have done lately has needed a restoration detail and I am beat up from it.

To answer Pat300zx am building a shop now and it is almost done,but I will still offer mobile for some clients and cars but the hard corrections are coming to the shop as I will have a lift, light!!!! and most importantly a BATHROOM I can use ANYTIME I want, here is a few pre-build out pics

When I first moved in after painting the walls white from a beige color

After I changed the T12 soft yellow bulbs to high output bulbs

I am also putting in T5 high output light fixtures as well next week

Display case for products

Model of 250 SWB in the display case

HRE wheel end table I had made

Humble desk set up, but clean imo

Snap on lift being set up

First car done in the shop

LED panels installed without the logo inserts(next week I hope)