Work in progress: 360 Ferrari Spider

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dsl4evr

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I got home today and noticed a UPS package waiting for me.I finally got my Klasse/Sonus kit today.I couldn't open the box fast enough.Now i need to get a clay bar.And i'll be trying out everything next weekend.I haven't been here long but i've gotten alot out of this board.
 
Cool. :cool: I'm still waiting for mine... won't have it until Tuesday. Can't wait to use it though, I'm going to clay either tomorrow or Monday.



Have fun!

Josiah
 
There's just something special about getting a UPS package of car care products. It's a wonderful feeling. Now when you get the package with an added bonus of having Kentucky Bourbon chocolates. Now that's a true delight. Laters.
 
Yes i love seeing those UPS boxes waiting for me when i get home.Since i bought this car I've got to know The UPS driver pretty well.
 
FINAL PICS AND ADDITIONAL BEFORE PICS AT THE TOP OF PAGE 5

This one will be a guest at my house for next couple of weeks. I will work on it when I am in town, during my time off, etc, so I am not sure of the schedule.

Today I started by washing the under body, wheels, tires, wheel arches, and exhaust pipes with Optimum Power Clean.

The tires had a lot of thick silicone dressing build up and required two cleaning with a copper wire brush (and quite honestly need a third).

The driver's side rear wheel.

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The driver's side front wheel.


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After cleaning...
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After rinsing all of the wheels clean with my Karcher 1500, I washed the body and exterior glass with Optimum No Rinse.

With the paint cleaned I was shocked at the poor condition of the paint and the very rough feel. I will need to spend some time with clay (planning to do this tomorrow) to get this paint truly clean.

The semi-aniline leather hides that make up the interior of this Ferrari are in pretty rough shape. I snapped a bunch of 50/50 shots of the passenger seat.
So far I am using 3:1 Optimum Power Clean and both a stiff leather brush and a toothbrush to agitate the solution and release the grime. I figure that I will have 2-3 hours in just scrubbing and cleaning the leather.

My plans for this weekend are to finish scrubbing the hides and apply Leatherique Rejuvinator Oil. If all goes well I will have time to extract the carpets as well.

A 50/50 of the upper door panel.

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Slightly different view of the same area.

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The side bolsters in the rear told the same story.

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After 15 minutes of cleaning.

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A couple of more pictures in the sunlight.

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The interior is actually a creamy butterscotch like color called Cuoio.

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The paint is even worse then the interior... :(

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Luster said:
Nice work Todd... Can't wait til you get to attack that paint!;)
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The paint??? How about the carpet. The paint is still a LONG way away.

I woke up early this morning, had a coffee, then started on the engine bay...

The engine was bad, and certainly looked worse then the 10,000 miles on the odometer would testify to.

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I used a toothbrush and Optimum Power Clean on a small piece of the manifold cover.

That is the color it is supposed to be!

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Grime everywhere :(

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I cleaned half of the cover to make a more dramatic statement.

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Then it was Optimum Power Clean (1:1), a lot of brushes, including my trusty old toothbrush (maybe this is why my son is losing his teeth?).

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It took about 2 hours to scrub and clean every square inch of the engine, but there is still much to do.

After cleaning the engine and the engine cover (including the glass window with Eimann Fabrick Clear Vision II) I snapped it shut. There is still a lot of detail work to be done, including polishing the drip rails alongside the engine bay; that is one of the goals for this week should time permit.

I did have an opportunity to polish the airbox covers. Optimum Metal Polish, a 4 inch white CCS Hi-Gloss Pad, and my Flex 603 made pretty quick work of them.

The driver's side, scratched, dull and hazy.

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The passenger side, after polishing. Mostly scratch free, although the sun washed out its reflection.

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Unpolished near, polished farside...

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With engine cleaned up I moved to the trunk. Ferrari's have very short, very fuzzy nap in the trunk that holds everything. I removed the tool cases (leather) and will apply leatherique to those when I apply it to the interior. (Hopefully tomorrow).

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The black moulding surrounding the trunk was pretty faded though. Klasse AIO, a terry towel, and patience brough the pieces back to life.

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Finally I got started on the carpets. I have never seen a 50/50 of shampooed carpet next to dirty carpet so I got out the tape and went to work.

The carpets are as bad as the paint and leather and engine and trunk and trim.

I used Meguiar's APC 4:1, a brush, elbow grease, clean water, a towel, and a wet-dry vac.

First I wet the carpet with a couple mists of water then saturated it with APC. A Meguiar's Carpet Brush and a lot of scrubbing produced a thick, gray, dirty foam. This was extracted with a shop vac. Then I sprayed more water on to the area, scrubbed again to remove any remaining solution, then vacc'ed until nearly dry.

Only the right side of the floor has been done.

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A view from slightly further away.

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I had brushed the carpet in the same direction prior to taking the photos so the difference would only be the dirt removal. I know somebody may think the carpet nap was brush in opposite directions to make the difference more dramatic, so I brushed a line on each side in the opposite direction to show the difference.

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And finally the passenger side floor and kick panel after shampooing. I still haven't done the center console. Hopefully I will finish with the carpets today and let them dry tonight.

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