Ferrari 458 Italia: Full wetsand, orange peel leveling and paint perfection.

[Todd@RUPES]

[Todd@RUPES]

Before looking at the full sized after photos it is important to reflect with two full sized before photos.

There was heavy orange peel over the Ferrari`s entire surface.







Here is an in progress shot taken of the 458 Italia prior to the end of day three. A lot of time was spent double and triple checking the progress and results. If there had been enough factory paint thickness to completely sand the body completely flat, this job would have been easier. As such the goal was to get as close to perfect as possible, which meant giving it a consistent and uniform finish everywhere. Over sanding and over flattening a small amount too much would have meant re-sanding the entire surface flatter as well to ensure total uniformity.





The remaining pictures are after shots, taken both in direct sunlight and in the shade close to the house. Thank you for reading.




















































I would also like to thank Kevin Brown for graciously taking the time to proof read this thread and for making many beneficial suggestions!

After Note:The picture of the mil gauge reading was borrowed from a previous write-up of mine but worked for the story line. Since I originally was writing this for my website, I used artistic freedom with that picture. All other pictures used on the write up and every description is 100% correct and was taken during the course of the write-up.

[wallyStang]

Such an amazing job! What a wonderful piece of machinery to work on!

[CT3]

Work of art.

[Iomcamaro]

You can come do this to my Camaro anytime.

[Rocket]

Wow you did a lot of work on that car. It had a lot of orange peel on it too.

Todd, do you ever get nervous when wet sanding on these expensive cars?

[Rocket]

Wow you did a lot of work on that car. It had a lot of orange peel on it too.

Todd, do you ever get nervous when wet sanding on these expensive cars?

[Todd@RUPES]

Such an amazing job! What a wonderful piece of machinery to work on!

Thank you Wally!

You can come do this to my Camaro anytime.

Sweet, looking forward to it

Wow you did a lot of work on that car. It had a lot of orange peel on it too.

Todd, do you ever get nervous when wet sanding on these expensive cars?

Yes, but the only two cars I have ever gotten truly scared on where the only original paint 427 Cobra left in the world (at least the only one with paint good enough to work on) and an original paint Lamborghini Miura.

[TroyScherer]

Such amazing work and documentation. You are setting the bar very high.

[BIOLINK]

Lord Vader, your car is ready.

Stunning work Todd. You are an artist.

[Todd@RUPES]

Such amazing work and documentation. You are setting the bar very high.

Thanks Troy!

Lord Vader, your car is ready.

Stunning work Todd. You are an artist.

Thanks BioTID!