According to https://ferrari355registry.com 4.785 cars listed today, 34 of them in Le Mans Blu (1995-1999), 137 in TDF. If we double the figures we come close to the production figures still existing.
My car is original Le Mans 516/C from Glasurit and a 1995. I think before 1995, they offered blu scuro and some other shades of blue from previous vendor. No idea about the formula match with 516/C.
Hey I get it totally. I got rid of my Tesla because everyone wanted to talk Tesla at the charging stations. I am not a social person by any means. Trust me it's not the color its the car I have a red subaru and a silver ferrari. Had many F cars never a red one kind of funny but I like red Anyway it's the car that gets attention. heres my silver one, dont think it can stand out anymore LOL Image Unavailable, Please Login
Is there a particular reason to paint the front fenders on the car? Seen it done this way a few times, but I would think one could get a more thorough spray off the car.
I would assume it's because a) it's just not necessary, b) you don't have to disturb the bolts along the length of the fender inside the trunk that are painted flat black, and c) at least with metallic colors (and 20 years ago when I was young and poor and sanding my own bondo), you wanted to paint as much of the car as possible assembled, so the metallic flake laid down the same way. A door painted horizontally could look a little different once it was hung next to a fender painted vertically. Or at least this is what I was told. I didn't do all that much bodywork.
You’d want to paint the fenders side by side with door.. especially on metallics, but no doors are on the car in the cases I’ve seen.
I'd say the #1 reason they painted them on the car is the front fenders/wings are welded in several spots from the factory. If you really didn't need to pull the front fenders and disturb them then why would you?
Pretty much done. The HREs will be swapped for a set of factory wheels next. Image Unavailable, Please Login
