Street Dreams Detail - Ferrari 458 Spider Extensive Correction...

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Why do most luxury and exotics need proper detailing work and paint correction even when they are brand new...

Ferrari 458 Spider by Street Dreams Detail

Finer Points:
Factory paint defects
Sanding Marks
Heavy Pigtailing
Swirls
Rids
Machine Holograms
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Before shots...

Using Wolf's Clean and Coat on the wheels for cleaning and protection, the 458 was then washed using citrus soap mixed with some Z7 with an Uber wash sponge

Clean car ready for paint correction...

Remaining water blown off with the Metro Blaster and compressed air inside the garage

After a few IPA wipedowns this is what the finished looked like outside in sunlight. To date this has been overall the worst condition Ferrari paint I have seen from the factory. Its typical of most every new Ferrari to come from the factory with its share of defects and unfinished-finishing work but that is usually isolated to the smaller parts of the car and especially the front and rear bumpers. On this Spider however heavy defects and pigtailing were present all over the car on panels high and low, mind you this is a white car. I can only imagine how it would have looked if it were jet black.

Correction process: Paint was measured and taped followed by inspection with both halogen and LED lights.

Correction work carried out with both DA and Rotary machines with a variety of pads ranging from wool to MF cutting disc to yield a high level of correction, safely.

Meguiars M105 & D300 were used for the cutting process and much of the finishing work was carried out with Menzerna polishes.

The rear bumper needed the most work, it had a little bit of everything

 

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The deeper gouges seen here needed wetsanding to remove fully..

50/50 the pigtailing cut in 1/2 after several rounds compounding (better after shots in the sun later)

One of my favorite 50/50s in a while, the amount of sanding marks and pigtailing through the whole rear bumper was really amazing, in a bad way...

Black plastic trim pieces in need of some serious polishing work as well

After

After compounding, minimal haze left over

Closeup

Smaller cutting disc used here

When I said earlier this was the "overall" worst new Ferrari I have done this is really what I'm talking about, the haze left on the rear quarter was so great that the LED light looks like a melted marshmallow on the finish

Before:

After cutting:

Outside after all correction work and IPA, no wax or sealant

After all correction and finishing work was complete the rest of the car was taken care of. Interior just needed a light cleanup, all carbon fiber was polished and sealed with Shine and Seal from Wolf's by hand. Red sport leather seats with white stitching and all the carbon makes for a stunning combo :thumb:

 

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The car was wiped down with IPA solution one more time before applying Wolf's Body Wrap for protection, 2 coats over 1 hour

Waiting to apply second coat...

End result after 3 full days of work...

Thank you for reading!

All the best,

Dave Saunders
Street Dreams Detail

 

[mjlinane]

Beautiful work!!

 

[BIOLINK]

:drool: Same result as always Dave :drool: Love your work! :drool:

 

[Concours.John]

You do great work. It's hard to explain why on certain vehicles a simple two step is not going to fully improve the looks. It just enhances the factory defects. You have always done great job of explaining why it can take some time to perfect a new vehicle.
Nice write up.

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Great article! It was really a joy to read. Your client has a great taste in Ferrari's (love the color combo/options) and obviously great taste in a detailer as well. Thanks for sharing Dave!

 

[juliom2]

A Rocket propulsion write up!!!!!
Up and above......:super
what a beautiful work on such beautiful machine.
Amazing images...well done :bigups

 

[AndrewBigA]

excellent work david. its amazing such an expensive car doesnt get the special treatment that it deserves till its out the door & into your hands. great work. white is difficult to see the paint defects.
i love the red interior!

 

[Pats300zx]

Amazing work Dave. Way to bring the car back to where it should be

 

[RioGrandeValley]

Absolutely beautiful...love your results and really appreciate your pics and write up. Your dedication and efforts paid off BIG time on this baby.

Tomato

 

[glfahlc1]

dave i always enjoy reading your writeups and oggling your work. you are one of the few guys that can make a white car bling.

 

[Orinda Auto Detail]

Great work and write up! Did the customer call the dealership to make them pay you for fixing it?:rofl

 

[rurocking]

WOW!

This is the most beautiful Ferrari I have ever had the pleasure to see. The workmanship of your detail is also very worthy of such a beauty. Amazing details in your write up also. Great photography also.

 

[Roadrunner STi]

Absolutely stunning!!! I aspire to have the skills and attention to detail you've displayed here and to apply them to such a jaw dropping vehicle!


I look forward to hopefully seeing this car on the roads here in Greenwich so I can see you work in person haha!!

Well done sir!!!

 

[Street Dreams]

Great work and write up! Did the customer call the dealership to make them pay you for fixing it?:rofl

... most of the cars are bought from the same dealership, if they had to pay my detailing bill I think they would simply drop my customer as a client LOL

Again most of the damage is really from the factory and not the dealership... dealerships are not machine sanding cars.