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Old 05-29-07, 08:54   #1 (permalink)
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Ferrari 348 Corsa Rosso

The owner of this car is one of the friendliest people I have ever met. The car was in amazing condition, minus some moderate swirling. (Not bad considering that car had never been polished in the 17 years since it was hand assembled in Italy). This was the third car that had been done this day, so lighting was a matter, keeping me from any good after pictures that night. However the owner was kind enough to send me some pictures from the morning after!

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Washed using ONR
Rims and Tires cleaned using Meg's APC
Engine Degreased with Meg's Super Degreaser
Engine and Wheelwells dressed with Meg' Hyperdressing
Zaino AIO on Rims, Windows, and Trim
Interior Cleaned using Meg's Quik Interior Detailer
Interior Plastic and Vinyl dressed with Meg's Natural Shine
Leather Cleaned and Conditioned with Zaino Z9/Z10
Carpets/Floor Mats shampooed with Meg's APC
Windows Cleaned with Meg's Proline Window Cleaner

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Zaino Z-PC Fusion @ 2000 RPM with Meg's Polishing Pad
Zaino Z-PC Fusion @ 1200 RPM with Meg's Finishing Pad
Zaino ZAIO via PC with Meg's Finishing Pad
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Here is a side of the swirling. We where running low on light so I didn't really set the focus or the apendature of the camera. You can still see the diffisuion of light, its just not focused enough to caputure the swirls.




Here is the test side after 2 passes on the rotary, both with Z-PC, but with different aggressiveness.... It came out 95 percent defect free! (I didn't want to go much more aggressive because of the age of the paint.





My brother went to work on the interior while I polished. By the time we finished it was dark out so I captured some photo's in the garage.









The next morning, the owner was kind enough to take some pictures before taking the Ferrari on a cruise! Here are some midmorning photos of the car.

The airbox was so dried out it sucked in most of the dressing, I'll have to touch it up!













 
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Old 05-29-07, 09:29   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Ferrari 348 Corsa Rosso

Wow!! Great job. That last pic looks like it came from a Ferrari brochure, it's perfect, the angle of the car, the position of the sun...nice!
 
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Old 05-29-07, 10:44   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Ferrari 348 Corsa Rosso

Great work as always Todd! Excellent pics from the owner too.
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Re: Ferrari 348 Corsa Rosso

Beautiful!

Did you notice the plastic in the center console had a melted look to it? I have a customer with a '96 348 Spider and his console looks horrible. He said it is a common problem but Ferrari refuses to replace his.
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Re: Ferrari 348 Corsa Rosso

Awesome work Todd! i agreed the last picture is so fine that it should be on a business card!
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Re: Ferrari 348 Corsa Rosso

Nicely done Todd. She's purty.
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Re: Ferrari 348 Corsa Rosso

Hey Todd,
Might want to check all of those photos...One of them still shows the License Plate. Great looking job.
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Beautiful car!
 
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awesome job. that ferrari looks sweet.
 
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Thanks for the compliments!!!!!
 
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