1995 Ferrari F355 Berlinetta

[dsmith2013]

I had the opportunity to detail this 1995 Ferrari F355 recently. The car was pretty abused as it was a previous track car, but the new owner wanted it back to condition it should be.







Here`s a few of the condition of the paint.























A few of the interior.



















And just a good indication of how dirty this thing actually was.







Foamed it down and did a two-bucket wash.







I clayed the car, dried it, taped it up, and started on correcting the paint.



50/50 of the driver`s door.







50/50 of the engine lid.







Corrected scoop.







Corrected rear quarter panel.







50/50 of the tail lights.







Cleaned up the exhaust tips.











Foamed it down again to remove any polishing oils.







And for the finished product.































Thanks for checking it out!

[togwt]

to Autopia.org dsmith 2013



Not bad for a first post...great job on a great vehicle...

[White lexus 23]

awesome job! looks good man!

[Jean-Claude]

Wow, that one looked like fun! Great job and welcome to autopia!!

[DaGonz]

Welcome to Autopia.. and nice work!

[imported_Rcrew]

Nicely done. How long have you been detailing?

[ahheck01]

Did you check paint thickness on this one? If so, what tool did you use? How soft is that Ferrari 90`s paint?

[dsmith2013]

Nicely done. How long have you been detailing?

I`ve been doing this on the side for a couple years.

Did you check paint thickness on this one? If so, what tool did you use? How soft is that Ferrari 90`s paint?

I didn`t use one on this car. The car had never been polished, and I didn`t have to use anything too heavy to remove almost everything. However, I will be purchasing a Defelsko Positector 200 pretty soon because it can read the individual layers on the car. Also, the paint wasn`t bad at all. I would say it`s on the medium side for a single stage.

[ES08xlt]

ballin @ss i won the lotto hanger and what does he fill it with besides his 95 ferarri.



list of win



92-96 f series

what i hope is a 72 ranchero and not a gran torino

shoe box roller awaiting awesome

model a body posted with no frame

37 ford

and not one but two Cyclones

[dsmith2013]

ballin @ss i won the lotto hanger and what does he fill it with besides his 95 ferarri.



list of win



92-96 f series

what i hope is a 72 ranchero and not a gran torino

shoe box roller awaiting awesome

model a body posted with no frame

37 ford

and not one but two Cyclones

You sir know your cars. And the Ferrari is the only thing the was the customer`s. The metal 48x80` building, 37 ford, 1988 F150 with 28k miles, 53 Ford and 31 Model A (both undergoing restoration back to original) are owned by my dad. The Ranchero, and both Cyclones are my uncle`s. The only thing I own in there is a 93 MR2 Turbo which can`t be seen in the pictures.

[IHA Mark]

Well done sir! A true beauty restored.

[JohnKleven]

Nice work on a great car. The 355 is still one of the best looking and sounding F-Cars.

[imported_dfazekas]

Very nice work. The interior seems to be much improved as well.

[jimmie jam]

Impressive first post! Welcome, beautiful result.

[Scottwax]

Nice job bringing the paint and interior back! I take it the black plastic in it was all melty looking? Seems they all do that.