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Ferrari F40

Postby Clark » Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:11 pm

"The car that launched a thousand posters" as they say, and one I was delighted to have sat in our Studio at the start of this week (and what a bad time Alan had chosen to take his Holidays! :lol:)

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As you can see this one does get used:

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Lots of old product residue and a couple of the wheels look like they hadn't even been buffed off last time they were polished/sealed:



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The aim of this detail was to clean and protect all surfaces inside and out whilst giving the paintwork a light machine polish to remove some of the more noticeable scuffs etc.

I had planned on doing a step by step picture guide for the wash stages but as you can see it was raining rather hard and I didn't fancy getting the camera wet...

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So instead, this was the process carried out:

- Wheels, tyres and arches pre-rinsed.
- Wolf's Deironizer, EZ & Swissvax brushes for the wheels.
- Meguiars APC (4:1) for the tyres and arches.
- Meguiars APC (10:1) for all exterior trim and badges.
- Foamed with Meguiars Hyperwash & thoroughly rinsed.
- Paintwork washed with 2BM & a new test shampoo.
- Autosmart Tardis on a few small areas of paintwork.
- Clayed with Meguiars Mild Detailing Clay.
- Dried off with PB Lux Drying Towel and the Black Baron.



With the car now clean and dry there were alot of random scratches and almost cat claw type marks visible in the paintwork:

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Machine polishing was going to be the only way to remove/improve this but first I had to measure the paint thickness to make sure it was safe to do so.

As there are no metal panels on the F40 a normal paint gauge wouldn't work so the Positector 200 was needed in order to give readings on the composites:

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The paintwork was slightly thicker than I was expecting with a few low areas but certainly nothing scary :)

Menzerna 203S and a Lake Country HT Crimson Spot pad were used with the DAS-6 Pro for the smaller areas:

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Whilst correction wasn't really the aim for this detail (just to try and reduce the deeper marks) this achieved a good result with minimal paint removal (approx 2 microns removed).

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The larger areas were done with a Wolf's finishing pad that Jesse had kindly sent for me to have a play about with:

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Scratches removed from front end (you might have to look hard to see them)

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The rotary was used for the rear quarter windows which are made from Lexan. These were badly scratched so Menzerna 3.02 and a LC HT Tan spot pad was used to greatly improve them,

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The scratches left were on the inside which could be removed given more time but I didn't have days to spend on this one unfortunately.

The rear screen which is also made of Lexan was polished with 203S but due to a new backing plate I'm testing there's no pics of that yet :D




With all that done I dusted the car down with a Lambswool duster and then treated the glass with Nanolex.

First up was the cleaner:

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This is applied with a firm foam pad (my own preferred applicator as it ensures you don’t put it on too thick compared to a softer pad):

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Then with a spritz of water it's buffed off:

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Next up is the application of Nanolex Ultra Glass Sealant:

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This was left for a few hours while I attended to the other details.


Swissvax Cleaner Fluid was used to prep the paintwork ready for wax:

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Wax of choice was Crystal Rock:

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Wheels were protected with Nanolex Ultra Paint and Alloy Sealant:

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All 4 dust caps had product residue on them so these were cleaned up:

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By the time that had been done the Nanolex on the glass was ready to come off:

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Onto the engine bay now, the underside of the rear screen was cleaned with Swissvax Crystal:

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The engine bay was largely done by hand with various brushes and microfibers with Meguiars APC (4:1). I found this bit hugely frustrating as I could have spent a whole day on this alone:

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Exhausts polished up with Swissvax Metal Polish:

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The front end was pretty clean underneath so just a quick hoover and APC wipe down was sufficient:

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Interior now and as always, I started with the glass:

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Then a good thorough dust out of all the switches etc with a Swissvax Brush:

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Followed by a hoover:

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The pipe off a spray head makes for a good accessory for getting into the really tight areas:

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Don't forget to pull back the seams of the seats when doing interiors:

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An APC wipe down followed, including the roof lining which was a bit grubby:

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Swissvax Metal Polish was used again for this part:

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Another quick hoover followed by a check over and then it was back onto the exterior to finish off a few small bits.


Wolf's Nano Trim Coat was applied to the front lip of the bumper:

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Then a few cocktail sticks were used to remove all that old product residue:

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It was now nearly 3am Tuesday morning so a final wipe down of the paintwork was all that was left before a bit of time was spent photographing the final result. The pics are in no particular order and you may notice a few look slightly different to the rest as they were taken with my brother's camera :)



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Thanks for looking!

Clark
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Postby WR 1mposter » Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:29 pm

Top notch again Clark 8)


3am and you just finished, do you ever sleep ? :lol:
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Postby Scooby Si » Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:50 pm

Awesome car - had a ride round Oulton in a F40LM a few years back - that really was something else :D
Good write up again Clark
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Postby SteveS » Wed Jun 22, 2011 5:41 pm

Hats off Clark, very well done. Image
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Postby eck » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:38 pm

Best looking Ferrari ever made
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Postby Crockel » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:48 pm

Great pictures, great car and a great job. The F40 is still to my mind one of the best looking road cars ever made. In terms of syling the only car which I would probably put before it would the second generation Corvette Stingray from the 1960s. If you have any photos of a job on one of those (or if one comes up in the future) I would love to see it!

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Postby Steveyk » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:57 pm

Wow! If I win the euromillions this would be the first car I went out and bought. I would give my left testicle to own one of these and a 288GTO. Finest car Ferrari ever made, before they discovered electronics.
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Postby Megaman » Wed Jun 22, 2011 8:40 pm

Great job there Clark. Very impressive. The F40 is just an legend and always will be a fave :)
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Postby Cozzy 481 » Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:11 pm

Enzo now the F40! Im going for a lay down!! :lol:
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Postby John Mc » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:38 am

My favourite car of all time, you have done it justice Clark, awesome job mate. You must have the best job in the world :lol:
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Postby grahampesking » Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:49 pm

what a job mate , you can see you take great pride in your work

bet ur house is a state tho :lol:
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Postby Clark » Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:10 am

I'm as bad for OCD in the house as I am at my work, I do my own head in :lol:
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Postby torres09 » Sat Jun 25, 2011 6:24 pm

That car looks out of this world, my favourite ferrari by a mile.
Outstanding work as usual mate!!

If i was rich i would want one of them in my garage, right next to my WR1 :D
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