Ferrari 348 Spider, BMW M3, WRX STi

Scottwax

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1996 Ferrari 348 Spider. I used to wash it pretty regularly when it was new and the owner drove it regularly but the last few years, he has a C6 Corvette as his beater so the Ferrari sees light weekend duty only. He calls me out about every 8-12 months to detail it. This is the first time I used a rotary on it.



The paint is single stage and pretty soft. Meguiars #80 Speed Glaze using a yellow Meguiars polishing pad and 1200-1400 rpm, finishing down at 1000 rpm took out the defects and appeared to be hologram free. Not taking any chances though (since it was raining when I started on the car and sometimes halogens don't pick up light holograms), I followed with 3M Ultrafina using a blue Ultrafina pad. Sealed the paint with Carnauba Moose. Interior was my usual, Woolite/water for the vinyl and leather, Biokleen Traffic Lane Cleaner on the carpets. Vinyl dressed with Optimum Protectant Plus, leather with Meguiars Gold Class Leather (foam version, really nice product!).



Can you say "paint transfer"?



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Under the halogens (light swirls in the befores really didn't show):



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Odd pitting in the hood, shows in this shot and the sun shots.



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As you can see, by the time I finished, the rain had stopped and the sun came out (storms again that night though).



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Seal grey 2006 BMW M3. The car was in excellent condition. Took some befores but the paint was swirl free so not even worth posting them. I used Optimum Poli-Seal and a Propel blue finishing pad @ 1000 rpms, followed by Carnauba Moose buffed off with Optimum Car Wax. Interior was cleaned with Woolite/water and BioKleen TLC, dressed with Meguiars Interior QD and Gold Class Leather Foam.



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2006 Subaru WRX STi. Overall in pretty good shape, typical soft Subaru paint. Mostly light swirls.



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I went with Utlrafina using a blue Ultrafina pad @ 1000-1800-1000 rpms and it took all the swirls out. Nothing like soft paint making for a relatively easy day!



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I finished the car with Clearkote's Carnauba Moose.



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The owner moved the car around to the front of the house for a few more shots with better lighting.



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These all look fantastic. Hey Scott, don't know if you remember, but one time LONG ago I commented on how your pics always look hardcore overexposed or something - wasn't trying to be offensive back then, just saying! But hey, these ones look WAYYYY better. Great cars, great details, great pics Scott!
 
all look great, must be fun washing and polishing all those bars and slots(don't know what to call it) at the rear of the Ferrari :)
 
the red Ferrari looks insanely wet! great job as always Scott, your pictures are incredible.



what is the pad on the right beside the orange ccs? it looks pretty chewed up.:eek:
 
All the cars look awesome :goodjob . CMW always looks great on dark color cars especially black and red, but the M3 looks amazingly wet too with the CMW and OCW combo :D .
 
drew.haynes said:
These all look fantastic. Hey Scott, don't know if you remember, but one time LONG ago I commented on how your pics always look hardcore overexposed or something - wasn't trying to be offensive back then, just saying! But hey, these ones look WAYYYY better. Great cars, great details, great pics Scott!



I've got a Sony Cybershot WD80 digital camera now. Makes a big difference, especially when shooting dark cars on concrete in the full sun. Plus it takes video so I can put vids of my corn snake eating mice on youtube (same user name there). ;)



fishbonezken-actually, that isn't an orange CCS pad, it is a white one! The other pad is the Ultrafina pad. Still works fine but it sure is ugly after going over a license plate or two with it. Just bought a couple more though, my local 3M distributor sells them for $15 each.
 
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