Ferrari 575 restoration detail rather large thread!

Well this is going to be a pretty large thread and is more a kind of restoration than detail so put the kettle on!

Had this Ferrari 575 in for an Ed detail, basically detail the car and get it to the shape I would like and anything that needs doing do it. This is a well used Ferrari and is also well maintained, also one of my oldest customers so this has been on the cards for a long time.

The car arrived having had a recent 200+ mile trip to Kent so was slightly bug ridden and hadnt been washed for many months.

Here are the before pictures:














Car was washed then into the garage,clayed and then the paint depth measured,confirming the panels we though had been previously painted had:












Car was then masked up, this is of massive importance especially on a car like this, for minutes of your day you can save a huge cost, the trims etc are not only hard to obtain for these cars but very pricey:








Condition under the sun gun:

 

Onto the test spot, to settle on an effective and safe pad and polish combination, then full correction:
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The bonnet had loads of sanding marks on and actually took me a day to get it into the right condition:

 

That was the correction polishing stage complete, so I then moved onto the front splitter and grille, behind was cleaned and the mounting pegs painted:
































Onto the wheels,brakes,arches and nuts:

 

Wheel weight glue removed:




Centre cap removed and aligned to be level with spoke and valve:














Wheels then correctly torqued with a protected socket:

 

Then the shuts polished:




Then it was onto the finishing stage:








Onto the protection Migliore Frutta was chosen as it really is unbeatable for yellows and reds in my expereicne:












Quick sneaky peak of how it looked at that point:








Spotted this which needed taking care of too:


Then onto the interior, gliptone used to clean all the leather and then conditioned with gliptone:

 

Seat belt was twisted so realigned:




Spotted this travesty!






Onto the fuel cap:










Onto the exhaust:

 

Engine bay:


























Boot cleaned up:

 

Then noticed another travesty, look at them bolts!:




Interior dusted:


Then before rolling the car out for the finished pictures I wanted to sort this badge out, not perfect but better till a new one is fitted:


50/50 shot:




Onto the final shots:

 

Thanks for reading.

 

That was all done in a day........................short of 2 weeks

 

Haha yes sir

 

Thanks mate, grab some pics and do a thread always been tempted by the 456 such a lovely looking thing.

 

Thanks mate.

 

Thanks mate would love to do another R done quite a few now.

 

The thread or car

 

Thanks Naith

 

Blimey thanks mate.

 

Thanks mate, how you getting on with the Leon?

 

Haha sticking to your usual regime mate glad to hear your enjoying it, bet it's quick on the track, remember seeing auto car test it against the golf r.

 

Thanks yeah only ever seen 2-3 on the road.

 

I'll be honest mate you have had an have tracked both so I believe you

 

Hmmmm no not in this sodding weather.