05 Ferrari F-430 Correction(argento nuremburgring)

autoconcierge

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Prep for upcoming sale, car was in terrific shape for a 05 but needed some TLC.



Initial condition.



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A year and a half after knee surgery I am finally almost 100% and can squat down again well.



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Time to strip the previous LSP.



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Half the hood stripped down good.



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The defects were very hard to capture on this finish, but there were enough RIDS to require levelling.



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Switched from the radar sized Edge wool to a American Buffing 5.5 wool pad to get the leading edge.



Gloss & clarity coming back.



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Good finish on this car, only a few factory sand scratch clusters.



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Corrected.



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Working the rear bumper.



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Loving the Griots machine, also like my G110V2 for sanding though.



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Had to upgrade the caps, the hurting plastic caps had to go..............



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This is a much better look.



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50/50 of the trim rubber cleaned.



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Entire seal cleaned and dressed for a nice matte finish.



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Engine before.



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After.



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Obligatory 50/50 pic of the exhaust can.



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Diffuser cleaning and polishing(btw CG extreme glaze works very well on the matte finish/there a product procedure info tidbit).



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Interior pics, someone checked off all the options on this one(rare 6speed/carbon package).



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LSP applied(Blackfire WD).



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Very nice! I was at a show in portland this weekend and the owner of AMWAY gave her husband this for a birthday present (different color though).. Amazing work though, and hope ur knee gets better!
 
ADetailedFinish said:
Very nice! I was at a show in portland this weekend and the owner of AMWAY gave her husband this for a birthday present (different color though).. Amazing work though, and hope ur knee gets better!



Who? The owners of Amway are two men.. unless there's more than one Amway that I'm not aware of.



Anywho, beautiful Ferrari! Fantastic shop, too. I look forward to building up to one of similar style and quality.



-Evan
 
Great job! Got to ask though if the paint wasnt in bad shape why start with the Dewalt 849 and a Wool pad? Are the paints on those hards that hard to correct?
 
MachNU said:
Great job! Got to ask though if the paint wasnt in bad shape why start with the Dewalt 849 and a Wool pad? Are the paints on those hards that hard to correct?



Yes Ferrari has PPG ceramic paint which is hard, and the paint was not terrible by my standards however I wanted to cut through the RIDS that were there quickly as I had good paint readings.If there is plenty of clear, a edge wool pad and M105 will level it pretty quick.
 
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