1990 Ferrari Testarossa

[The Guz]

Recently I had the privilege of polishing and coating this 1990 Ferrari Testarossa with 40K miles on it. Before I get into the full details of the project I will provide a little background on how I became involved with it.

Autogeek forum member TTQ B4U reached out to me and asked if I knew of any detailers in Southern California as his friend recently moved here from the mid west. I reached out to a few people I knew and nobody took the project with the common theme of being busy. So I reached out to Tim and had him put me in touch with his friend.

He brought the car over and we spoke about what he was looking for. Which was a single step polish and a coating. While we spoke he told me that the front end was repainted and showed me some areas of burnt edges from a rotary. He also wanted some rock chip repair which he provided a Dr. Color Chip kit. I quoted him and he brought it by after he had his exhaust installed.

Let’s get into the car. During paint inspection with a paint gauge, I was able to confirm that the entire front clip was repainted with base coat / clear coat along with the passenger side door, passenger rear quarter and half of the passenger side A pillar. The roof, rear hatch, driver door, rear bumper and driver rear quarter were original single stage paint.

The paint was single step polished with Dr. Beasley’s NSP 95 with foam cutting pads. The benefit to these polishes is no need for a panel wipe prior to a coating. The paint was then coated with the Adams Graphene Ceramic Coating Advanced.

As an added benefit I gave the wheels a quick pass with a polish and coated them with P&S Inspiration. Also polished the glass with the NSP 95 and coated the sides and rear with the Adams Graphene Ceramic Coating Advanced and the front with P&S Vue.

And as an extra measure I gave the leather seats and door panels a refresher with some colourlock leather protector and the seats received leather shield. The seats needed the hydration as they were pretty stiff.

In the end the owner was happy and gave an additional tip for the work. He texted me that same day stating someone asked him what year is it. His response was 1990 and the other person said it looks brand new. Always great to hear feedback.

I did not take too many photos.









https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7_OwAi-0elo

[dgage]

Great job Mike! That car is timeless and an absolute knockout, especially in freshly polished red.

[fly07sti]

That Stallion looks dripping wet!

[CleanIT]

Nice job Mike! Ferrari always has had one of the best reds. To me it's the best.

[JustJesus]

Dang, all those busy guys missed out ! LOL

Nice work on that one Guz. Looks great. And yes! Always great to get feedback like that.

[Azure]

Beautiful! Nice work!

[The Guz]

Thanks everyone. A fun one to work on.

[TTQ B4U]

Many thanks for taking care of my friend and customer. He is SUPER pleased with the work and I can guarantee will be a source of referrals. You see me mention the racing group I'm a part of here in Ohio, well he is too and a great car guy. Car looks amazing and this is an example of how this group works.

Great job and thank you again! FWIW that car looks amazing in your driveway. Now you need one. LOL!

[The Guz]

Many thanks for taking care of my friend and customer. He is SUPER pleased with the work and I can guarantee will be a source of referrals. You see me mention the racing group I'm a part of here in Ohio, well he is too and a great car guy. Car looks amazing and this is an example of how this group works.

Great job and thank you again! FWIW that car looks amazing in your driveway. Now you need one. LOL!

He is pleased with it as I am getting photos of it every now and then when he's at cars and coffee. Same with the Porsche as well as pointing him the right direction for rinseless washing.

I won't be getting one. They are not tall man friendly

[JustJesus]

I won't be getting one. They are not tall man friendly

Good thing I'm short then!
I may be driving one this weekend. Will see how I like it