Ferrari 458 Italia - New Car Prep
This is one of my first customers' Ferrari, an extremely loyal customer and very supportive.
This was the first and most extensive clean up. I'll let the pictures do all of the tell the story.
Total time: 40 hours of work over 3 days
What was done -
Exterior
- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Pre Washed with W99
- Iron Cut
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Clayed
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Meguiar's M105
- Meguiar's DA300
- Menzerna SF4000
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Last Step – Wolf's Nano Sealant
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were clayed, cleaned, and sealed
Engine -
- Clean
- Dress
Interior -
- Vac
- Wipe down and protect dash
- Leather cleaned and conditioned
- Carbon Fiber Polished and Waxed
Links to products used -
1Z einszett W99
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
Uber Clay Bar Kit
Meguiar's M105
Meguiar's Microfiber DA Compound D300
Menzerna Super Finish
Wolf's Chemicals Nano Sealant
1Z einszett Vinyl Rubber Care
Optimum Metal Polish
Glass
Uber Glass Cleaner Kit
Engine
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Adam's In and Out
Interior
1Z einszett Cockpit
Sonax Leather Foam
Adam's Carpet and Upholstery Cleaner
Lusso Oro Carnauba Wax
Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Porter Cable 7424XP
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster
Interior shots
Before
Vac
Masking the interior for polish and wax
After
Exterior
Engine
Before
Clean up time
After
Before Exterior
Prep, Wash, Clay, Polish
Cleaning up the tires and wheels, Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner and Citrus Degreaser
Going to work on the bugs with 1z Anti Insekt
Wash
Rinse
Metro Air Force Blaster in action
Paint after the Ferrari was prepped and ready for claying
Claying
Masking
Polishing (before and afters, 50/50 shots)
Before
Various 50/50 shots
After shots
Masking material
Final touches
1Z einszsett Vinyl Rubber Care
Uber Hi Tech Glass Microfiber
Exhaust tips
Before
After
After shots
I hope you had fun looking at this one.
