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Wes_R x Ferrari Testarossa Car Detailing (126 pics)
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From my buddy Wes R
The opportunity to work on this Testarossa presented itself to me when the owners co worker saw some of my other work and referred me to him. I got a call near the end of November from the owner saying that he wanted to get his car detailed for storage.
First off a walk around the bella macchina.
lol yes that is a dog biscuit
In defense of the owner he said it was I while since it was detailed and the last time it was just a quick job
So starting with the interior I dusted the car down to get in the tight areas. At the time I was using a Meguiars Slide Lock Brush but it gave out on me and I had to take what was left and wrap it in a rubber band, but it still did the job
I then vacuumed the entire car with my Metro Vac n Blo and various attachments to get in the tight areas
Then gave everything a wipe down with Meguiars All Purpose Cleaner cut 50/50 with water to have a clean surface to work with
At the same time I used my foam stick to get in the tight areas that my fingers couldn't reach
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Got in the tight areas of the prancing horse on the hood and trunk latch and here are some before and afters
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Got in the even tighter areas with a q-tip
Had to scrub a few areas with the fine side of my Meguiars Triple Duty Brush like...
The cassette tape holder buttons
And the "PRESS" on the seat belt
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And the pedals, no dressing was applied after the clean up as common sense is I don't want the pedals slippery
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Pretty much everything in the interior is leather. So I leather cleaned and conditioned everything... the seats, dash, doors, and roof
Gliptone Leather Cleaner & Conditioner was what I used
Scrubbing away with my leather brush
Leather conditioned by hand and massaged it in to the leather
Doors
Seats
Roof
I let it soak in for a bit then wiped off the remainder for a nice natural finish.
Did I mention it was cold!!!
Brought the tool bag, owners manual, and jack inside for a cleaning.
Tool bag was dirty and disorganized
Cleaned up the bag with some APC and the tools as well
Clean and organized (yes I know... one of them is backwards. I'm such a hack!!!!)
Leather cleaned and conditioned the owners manual bag
Cleaned the bag that held the jack etc and wiped down the jack and tools
And here they are ready to go back in the car
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Now getting started on the exterior I start off with the wheels.
P21s Wheel Gel was used to clean the rims which is non acidic. I could leave this cleaner on the rims all night and no damage to the rim. Acid based wheel cleaners you can't say the same for and even a light application of them to ceramic brakes, anodized rims, etc and a beautiful rim or brake system is ruined. So no acid based wheel cleaners....ever!
Let the rims soak while I attended to the engine bay
I didn't get to aggressive on the engine bay but still did the best I could. I wiped down with Meguiars All Purpose Cleaner and then dressed it with Meguiars Hyper Dressing cut 20/80 with water for a nice natural finish.
Here is a before and after pic
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After (still a little wet from the dressing)
Artsy Fartsy
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Masked off the rubber trimmings
And here is what I was up against under 500w halogen lighting
Did a quick test spot to find a combination that worked and here are the results of a wool pad and Menzerna Super Intensive Polish which is a medium cutting polish.
Now for a few before and afters of the body panels
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And a 50/50 shot
Single stage paint really clogs my pads up so I had to change them frequently
All the tight areas my rotary couldn't reach I did by hand with on orange lake country pad and Meguiars M105 then a white pad with Meguiars M205. They did not end up perfect but still a huge improvement to how they were before
This was a full paint correction so the few deeper scratched I wetsanded with Micro Mesh sand paper 2400 grit and then 4000 grit to refine and then finally polish out the sanding marks. Results were either to round off the edges of the scratch to make it less apparent or to completely remove the scratch.
After all the compounding and wetsanding I finally jeweled the paint with a white Lake Country pad and Menzerna P085rd. Here is a shot of me jeweling the paint.
And finally the results of my work
Unmasked the car
Dusted it down and got in the tight crevices.
Gave it an alcohol wipe down to clean off the polishing oils
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Then double checked my work with my 3M Sun Gun which omits the same color spectrum light as the sun. So basically what I see with this light is how it will look in natural daylight.
Perfect
Applied Swissvax Concorso
While the wax was curing I attended to some other areas
Sealed the rim with Poorboys Wheel Sealant to protect against brake dust
Dressed the tires with Blackfire Long Lasting Tyre Gel which after being left on for awhile then wiped off leaves a beautiful finish
Here is an after pic of the tires and rim
I couldn't get the exhaust perfect but still made an improvement.
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Now finally after 50+ hrs of work, -10 weather, and the first snowfall of winter here are the finished pictures.
First up some shots of the sun on the paint
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And my last 3 favorite pics.
I hope you enjoyed reading the write up and Happy Holidays! : peace :
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| geroin |
nice detailed post
and also that is ing tight, how much did this cost? |
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| chinamon |
| damn, you do afantastic job. ishould have you clean my carcuz it gets pretty dirty/dusty from work. |
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| Nima |
| Amazing work !! The 'Rossa is one of Enzo's most timeless pieces . |
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| Mach X |
NICE! Couple questions...
1) What year Ferrari is this?
2) How long did this take start to finish
3) Approx how much would one charge for such a task? |
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