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Hello guys! Love the forum and thought I'd finally start posting but I wanted to get the 360 looking good before I did! I admit I was a bucket and sponge guy and thought it looked good until my wife got this company in (Executive Detailing) as a pressie and I have to say I was more than impressed!
I've taken this write up from another site http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=696... so I hope E-Detailindon't mind g me reposting their pics but I wanted to show off my lovely car whilst showing you how it was done!
Here's the post.
You'll have to forgive me if some of this doesn't make sense as I'm a bit distracted at the moment by the stunning looks of this car!
This Ferrari 360 Spider comes out about once a month and has only done 14,000 miles in it's 2(ish) years. No full machine polish this time but pretty much everything else from the engine bay to a good clay.
This is what greeted us.
The first step was to wash all the flies off with a good blast from Mr Jetwash. I'll also point out that I've not gone insane whilst doing this, we just wanted to make sure we didn't catch the fabric hood too much, hence the angle I'm holding the lance at.
Let's not forget the rear diffuser!
Now onto the washing section, using a couple of Edge Schmitts and snowfoam through the Gilmour Gun.
After the car had being cleaned (twice), we brought out the Mild Clay and started on the bodywork. Very little was found so no pics of a black piece of clay this time!
Drying time now! Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels again with a spritz of Meguiars Last Touch. Yes this is a pose with the towel as we'd forgotten to take one mid-process!
The next step we had to stop and have a rest a few times as we were cleaning the engine bay and it was that nice (car geek alert!) we started to get a little faint with excitement!
Meg's NXT Polish, Meg's Interior NXT Cleaner (for the black engine plastics) and some degreaser was used in this process. With the engine being such a beauty, Ferrari decided to put a window on the hood so you could see it all the time! Here's me cleaning that part with some Meg's Glass Cleaner, it was a bit of a stretch as you can see! This is one wide car!
The wheels were done now, using Meg's Super Degreaser to get the grime off and Collonite 476S to protect and shine.
Here's that rear diffuser again, protected and shined with Meguiars NXT Interior, which is appalingly shiny for the inside but great on engine plastics and areas like that.
Now it's time to get the hood down! You had to start the car to do this, hence the look on my face!
The bit's around where the hood was before it went away was then cleaned as it was out of reach before. The boot, errrr, front Luggage Compartment was next in line for a clean and protect!
Don't forget those door shuts! Or more importantly, those brushed aluminium door shuts! Meguiar's NXT Metal Polish was used here as Harry is demonstrating.
The wax we, or rather the customer chose, was the elusive CG Jetseal. He wanted it to last a while so this fit the bill. It's a dream to apply and even easier to buff off! 2 coats put on 30 mins apart. You can just about see the wax on the bonnet in the picture below.
And here we are ladies and gentlefolk, the finished Ferrari 360 Spider. It was a pleasure to work on!
Thanks for reading and enjoy!
Cue drool.
We've also being invited back to do his Porsche 911 Carerra and Range Rover Vogue.
Very impressed guys, thanks very much!
I've taken this write up from another site http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=696... so I hope E-Detailindon't mind g me reposting their pics but I wanted to show off my lovely car whilst showing you how it was done!
Here's the post.
You'll have to forgive me if some of this doesn't make sense as I'm a bit distracted at the moment by the stunning looks of this car!
This Ferrari 360 Spider comes out about once a month and has only done 14,000 miles in it's 2(ish) years. No full machine polish this time but pretty much everything else from the engine bay to a good clay.
This is what greeted us.
The first step was to wash all the flies off with a good blast from Mr Jetwash. I'll also point out that I've not gone insane whilst doing this, we just wanted to make sure we didn't catch the fabric hood too much, hence the angle I'm holding the lance at.
Let's not forget the rear diffuser!
Now onto the washing section, using a couple of Edge Schmitts and snowfoam through the Gilmour Gun.
After the car had being cleaned (twice), we brought out the Mild Clay and started on the bodywork. Very little was found so no pics of a black piece of clay this time!
Drying time now! Sonus Der Wunder Drying Towels again with a spritz of Meguiars Last Touch. Yes this is a pose with the towel as we'd forgotten to take one mid-process!
The next step we had to stop and have a rest a few times as we were cleaning the engine bay and it was that nice (car geek alert!) we started to get a little faint with excitement!
Meg's NXT Polish, Meg's Interior NXT Cleaner (for the black engine plastics) and some degreaser was used in this process. With the engine being such a beauty, Ferrari decided to put a window on the hood so you could see it all the time! Here's me cleaning that part with some Meg's Glass Cleaner, it was a bit of a stretch as you can see! This is one wide car!
The wheels were done now, using Meg's Super Degreaser to get the grime off and Collonite 476S to protect and shine.
Here's that rear diffuser again, protected and shined with Meguiars NXT Interior, which is appalingly shiny for the inside but great on engine plastics and areas like that.
Now it's time to get the hood down! You had to start the car to do this, hence the look on my face!
The bit's around where the hood was before it went away was then cleaned as it was out of reach before. The boot, errrr, front Luggage Compartment was next in line for a clean and protect!
Don't forget those door shuts! Or more importantly, those brushed aluminium door shuts! Meguiar's NXT Metal Polish was used here as Harry is demonstrating.
The wax we, or rather the customer chose, was the elusive CG Jetseal. He wanted it to last a while so this fit the bill. It's a dream to apply and even easier to buff off! 2 coats put on 30 mins apart. You can just about see the wax on the bonnet in the picture below.
And here we are ladies and gentlefolk, the finished Ferrari 360 Spider. It was a pleasure to work on!
Thanks for reading and enjoy!
Cue drool.
We've also being invited back to do his Porsche 911 Carerra and Range Rover Vogue.
Very impressed guys, thanks very much!
hello and welcome, lovely car. drool!
bucket and sponge man? oh dear! hope you ordered a wash mitt
a quick clean with a wash mitt and drying off with a drying towel will bring it back that shiny for a fair few washes so should last a few months.
you own a 911 and vogue too?
are you a drug dealer? lol
bucket and sponge man? oh dear! hope you ordered a wash mitt
a quick clean with a wash mitt and drying off with a drying towel will bring it back that shiny for a fair few washes so should last a few months.
you own a 911 and vogue too?
are you a drug dealer? lol
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