Ferrari F430 Scuderia By Tru Shine and Unique Mobile Detailing

[Tru_Shine]

While I was up in Bristol, David of Unique Detailing and I had a chance to work on this beautiful Ferrari F430 Scuderia giving it a nice refinement detail. This Customer was referred to us from one of our other Ferrari clients. This car wasn't extremely scratched up, but it did have a lot of marring on the surface and needed a good polishing. Lets get this going and see how it turned out.







here is the state of the vehicle when we arrived

Starting with the wheels first

We used Sonax Full Effect wheel cleaner which is a pH balanced wheel cleaner safe for all types of wheels and brakes, and will turn a redish color to let you know when it is reacting with the iron particals.

Then we used degreaser for the fender wells

After cleaning the wheels, we moved on to the paint giving it a pre-rinse and a foam bath

After washing the car, clayed the car using DodoJuice Born Slippery lube(Which I love!) and clay magic blue fine clay.

With a separate piece of clay, David clayed the wheels to remove some stuck on grime.

 

[Tru_Shine]

We then brought the car back inside to dry it, for this we used a Metro air blaster and Microfiber towels.

this really help get all of the water out of the tight areas

we had noticed a few areas with compound build up, so we decided to remove it with a cuetip.

That's better!

and some around the rear break light

Next we taped up all plastic trim and coverd the edge of the clear bra using Meguiars masking tape

We briefly pulled it outside to see some of the surface defects and most of the car was good except for the surface marring

then we pulled it in and began the correction.

Our weapon of choice was the Meguiars Microfiber DA system with the D300 compound



with the halogen lights behind me, you can see the marring glaring back to the camera

The machine that we both chose for this method was the Flex 3401 the the Microfiber DA cutting disc

all polished out

Making our way around the car each tackling one side of the car

look at that flake!

here is a before picture of the passenger side rear quarter panel which is hazy from all of the marring

nice the light scratches

After buffing and polishing

 

[Tru_Shine]

no marring.... just crisp reflection

Next was the Ferrari Muffler, I noticed that the muffler was a yellowish dull color, and I knew the potential that it had.

I taped off half of it and began to polish it out.

here are a couple of 50/50 shots of the rear muffler showing how much Bling was brought out

I used the Griot's 3in orbital and a small wool pad w/ bushes aluminum polish

While I was working on the engine compartment, David was polishing out the paint with Black LC and 205

While I sealed the wheels with Rejex and Shined the tires with OPT opti-bond, David polished up the exhaust tips

Now it was time to seal the paint, For this we used Chemical Guys new Blacklight Radiant Finish Sealant.

we applied the Black Light using a black LC pad on the Flex 3401

After letting it cure it was them wipped off and this is what we were left with.

Thanks for viewing and stay tuned for more!



-Eric Witt and David Purser

 

[Knox Details]

Nice work, looks fantastic! Liking the 50/50 on the exhaust!

 

[Tru_Shine]

Thanks Timmy Tim

 

[MikeEast]

That muffler really woke up nicely!



Of all the awesome pictures, I think this one tells the whole story best...



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Mike

 

[jimmie jam]

beautiful result!!!!

 

[Thomas Dekany]

Excellent work guys!

 

[Buff Guys Auto]

Great job on a fantastic car fellas!

 

[imported_animes2k]

Wow, that's stunning! Beautiful work.



BTW, you missed blurring the license plate in one of the photos

 

[Brad B]

That was a treat to look at! Kudos!

 

[JohnKleven]

Great job and write up. But the sonax never turned red on those wheels with carbon ceramic brakes