90 Hour Restoraive Ferrari 360 Correction

[autoconcierge]

Recently completed job in the shop, this vehicle came to me from the Ferrari Owners Group as I donated a complete correction for their charity a great cause. The entire vehicle had been re-sprayed and suffered from many issues that will be shown in this write up.



At the onset of the job starting with a thorough wash/decon procedure.







Right into it, severe defects such as holograms, sand scratches and deep tracers on the finish.











Initial aggressive compounding with M101.











One of the most challenging aspects of this particular job was the severe defects on the clearfilm, the worst I have encountered and since the job was for charity and had "Nothing but time" I decided to go as far as I could knowing if the film was damaged it could be replaced.................saved the client some big money in this regard.







50/50 correction pics of the film.



















This pic is still during heavy correction stage.







During medium polishing stage.







During one of the late evenings I needed a break from the heavy correction and turned my attention to the exhaust, riddled with water spots and "Blueing" I promised the owner it would look much different when he saw the car the next time.







Well.........................during a two hour stint on the exhaust can.







Finished down.....................











One of the deep sand scratch tracers I dealt with, they were everywhere.







Tracer polished out.







Passenger door not looking it`s best.







After correction.

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Meguiars M101 destroyed the defects........................ another game changer.















The hidden beautiful finish coming thru.









As bad as it gets.................















After cautious correction right near the edge of the door.















More sand scratches.......................of course right up to the edge.















About this time Jeff from Immaculate Reflections came in to help so this 50/50 is his handy work.









1000 grit sand tracers....................body shop must have run out of finer grades of paper ie: 2000,2500,3000,4000 etc.......









After compounding.









Jeff`s reaction to using M101 for the first time, "Daddy like".









Still a long way ahead till completion.

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Unknown sticky substance all over the clearfilm wrapped rocker.















More sand scratches in the tightest spots (Of course!).









Defects removed.









50/50 pic of the dried out trim.









Trim restored before matte finish dressing applied.









Wheel, rotor and wheel well dialed in.









Interior cleaned (Although not to bad so no "Before pics needed") leather now soft with a satin sheen.









Interior leather was in good condition sans the drivers bolster area which on this tan interior will show wear.















Interior looking sharp.















Exhaust can looking "Like chrome".









Car finished down and LSP applied(3D Nitro seal)





















Factory badge was removed(With the help of Alek next door @ Alekshop as the body shop did NOT want this badge removed).









Two sided tape affixed for the re-installation of the badge.











Laying down on the job..................









Diffuser dialed in.

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Infratech and LED shots...............for some of you.......to make sure.















Clearfilm on the drivers rocker corrected.









Sun pic time..........clearfilm on the trunk.



























Owner in "Disbelief" on how the film looks now.















Delivered to happy customer and charity for a good cause.

[imported_dfazekas]

Wow that thing was hammered. Great work.

Always been impressed with your clear film correction skills.

Owner`s face = is this my car??

[Thomas Dekany]

The job is top notch as always. In your estimate, how much faster did you finish compounding with 101 vs 105? Assuming that you use 105.

[darkonion]

Holy cow. That`s amazing!! The paint looks amazing! And that exhaust can... that`s hot!

[JohnKleven]

Absolutely amazing work Bob. Tightness....

[Barry Theal]

Incredible Correction and amazing attention to detail. Thats how its done folks! Study this detail newbies. A true expierianced detailer at work here. Congrats Bob. I love to give back as you did for charity. Its jobs like this when time isn`t an issue that really brings out the best in us!

[Jokeman]

Great work!

[Deep Gloss Auto Salon]

WOW.... ummmm, WOW.... Those appeared to be some pretty gnarly sanding tracers - nice of them to go right to the edges for you.



Props to you for giving back and doing charity work like this!

[RaskyR1]

Awesome work Bob! Man that thing was trashed! Great attention to detail and the fact that you put this much work into for charity say a lot about the type of person you are! :angel:

[C. Charles Hahn]

And THAT, ladies and gentlemen, is how it`s done.



Very impressive work, Bob!

[pinoyheat551]

Bob,



What brand of or type of clear film was on the car? I`d like to put that film on mine...

[MarcHarris]

WHAT????









I`m glad I got that Carrera GT posted. I don`t want to put up a write-up within a year of this thing going up. How is anyone supposed to compete with that?



50/50 on the clear-film? Sun shots... ON THE CLEAR FILM?