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]

:welcome: 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.

 

[dsmith2013]

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

The leather did come out great. It hadn't been cleaned in quite a while, and it was so dry that I had to condition it multiple times.

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.

Yes, all of them do it. The only thing you can do is have it refinished.

 

[David Fermani]

Welcome to Autopia! You sure did hit this one out of the park! Great overall transformation. I'm sure the owner was floored.

 

[Saurabh14673]

Looking forward to seeing more of your amazing work.