Apollo_Auto
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Howdy all! Let me start by saying that I'd love to have ANY Ferrari, but to be able to park this one at my house every day, I'd even give my neighbor's first-born son... I met the owner of this car at the Ferrari weekend that I went to a couple of months ago and all brown-nosing aside (he'll never see this post anyway so...), he's the coolest disgustingly rich person I've ever encountered. We didn't speak much at the party because after washing 14 Ferraris I was a bit too busy making sure my chair didn't walk away while sipping on Chivas and toaking on a fatty-bo-batty Cuban. We had a nice conversation at the racetrack the following Sunday and he was very interested in what I could do with his car. He first showed me the rock chips in front and asked me what my opinion was and I told him that I would have it repainted, but then warned him that if he ever sells the car he may have problems because the buyer will think it was in an accident. His reply was, "Oh, I'm never selling this one."
So as agreed on the track, he brought his car in a couple of weeks ago, I arranged to have the front bumper resprayed first to allow aple enough time to cure before the clear bra guy came to do his magic (does a great job and leaves very minimal scratches... and hooks me up with alcohol... isopropyl
can't get it in this country for some idiotic reason). So with the bumper resprayed, the service guys got cracking on the 30k service including brake pad replacement, new Pirellis, oil change, etc., etc. After they were finished the clear bra guy came to cover the front bumper and the next day I started. This car is a 2005 and though not a "daily" driver, it gets used. The owner dropped this car off at the same time he picked up his new California (this one) I made "sometime in the summer" arrangements to come out to the countryside for a washing tutorial with him. Anyhoo, enough of my lip, here's the point:
The fornt hood scoop was repainted inside, though I didn't get pictures
The carpet on the back deck was a bit dry-rotted so we tore up the rest of it and re-glued it.
While gluing, I started getting the urge to break open a couple of glow sticks and turn on some techno music so I decided to step out of the car and enjoy the lights instead while Zsolti sniffed... I mean "finished" up...
Dirty rims and grease from the new tires
Ugly water spots in the boot that were cleared up with InstaFinish #15 and a foam applicator
After everything was cleared up I applied some Collinite 885 to the entire boot.
All finished and shiny. The door shuts got the same treatment.
Woah horsey! What's that I see?? Could that be some automatic car wash bristles caught in the emblem like the others that I've seen?? Yup, that's exactly what it is... and nobody has seen this until now?? Pfft.
Here's another one...
Some carnage under the "Crime light"
These also needed some attention
Holy melted gumballs, Batman! By the shape of this I thought it was some kind of leaf or something at first, but then realized that it was a melted piece of gum... along with A LOT of counter-weight glue :wall:.
An aerial view
And what was lurking behind it...
All cleaned up! First I cleaned the rims with APC and brushes then wiped them clean with a retired MF. After that, I used a clean MF to strip off the top layer of counter-weight glue so that the adhesive remover could penetrate it. You just have to rub the top part basically and it's all downhill from there... well compared to stripping off the top part.
Since I don't have a wash facility and use ONR to do these cars, I obviously didn't have a PW to handle all the dirty work for me so this was all cleaned by hand and then dressed with IF Super Protect All.
After all the rims were cleaned they were treated with 2 coats of Liquid Glass.
So as agreed on the track, he brought his car in a couple of weeks ago, I arranged to have the front bumper resprayed first to allow aple enough time to cure before the clear bra guy came to do his magic (does a great job and leaves very minimal scratches... and hooks me up with alcohol... isopropyl
can't get it in this country for some idiotic reason). So with the bumper resprayed, the service guys got cracking on the 30k service including brake pad replacement, new Pirellis, oil change, etc., etc. After they were finished the clear bra guy came to cover the front bumper and the next day I started. This car is a 2005 and though not a "daily" driver, it gets used. The owner dropped this car off at the same time he picked up his new California (this one) I made "sometime in the summer" arrangements to come out to the countryside for a washing tutorial with him. Anyhoo, enough of my lip, here's the point:The fornt hood scoop was repainted inside, though I didn't get pictures
The carpet on the back deck was a bit dry-rotted so we tore up the rest of it and re-glued it.
While gluing, I started getting the urge to break open a couple of glow sticks and turn on some techno music so I decided to step out of the car and enjoy the lights instead while Zsolti sniffed... I mean "finished" up...
Dirty rims and grease from the new tires
Ugly water spots in the boot that were cleared up with InstaFinish #15 and a foam applicator
After everything was cleared up I applied some Collinite 885 to the entire boot.
All finished and shiny. The door shuts got the same treatment.
Woah horsey! What's that I see?? Could that be some automatic car wash bristles caught in the emblem like the others that I've seen?? Yup, that's exactly what it is... and nobody has seen this until now?? Pfft.
Here's another one...
Some carnage under the "Crime light"
These also needed some attention
Holy melted gumballs, Batman! By the shape of this I thought it was some kind of leaf or something at first, but then realized that it was a melted piece of gum... along with A LOT of counter-weight glue :wall:.
An aerial view
And what was lurking behind it...
All cleaned up! First I cleaned the rims with APC and brushes then wiped them clean with a retired MF. After that, I used a clean MF to strip off the top layer of counter-weight glue so that the adhesive remover could penetrate it. You just have to rub the top part basically and it's all downhill from there... well compared to stripping off the top part
.
Since I don't have a wash facility and use ONR to do these cars, I obviously didn't have a PW to handle all the dirty work for me so this was all cleaned by hand and then dressed with IF Super Protect All.
After all the rims were cleaned they were treated with 2 coats of Liquid Glass.
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