Paint readings

The most valuable Ferrari models that I'm aware of have been resprayed, rebuilt, restored.....etc. Some probably have less than 50% of the number of parts material that they had when they left the factory. Why are some people so obsessed about some paint?

 

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imho, 550/575 you should be concerned with body / structural damage and not paintwork. the doors are steel. rest aluminum which may throw off diff readings. any repaint was likely done to higher standards than the factory....

these cars were painted partly by "machine" if you could call it that and then finished by mario. from my research, u can usually see the blend lines (very faint) on metallic cars on the rear haunches. when faults were found during inspection, they simply just repainted areas (ie not bare metal)

that is the factory stoned guard. all the first gen xpel stuff yellowed after time. chance it will pull the paint off if removed.

 

not if done to a factory standard.

the reason you havent seen them is that many of these cars have had paintwork. just to refinish the black trim correctly, you are looking and painting the nose, side skirts and rear bumper.

removed when refinishing

 

I am pretty surprised anyone bothers with paint readings on a Ferrari. For one thing the factory paint shop in those years was just not very good. Many had paint rework before they left the factory. The number we saw that needed paint work once landed from shipping damage was quite high. If its original and all the same color be happy. Until recent years that was about as good as you could expect. Ferraris reputation for poor paint quality is deserved and goes back a long time.

 

any record or evidence of accident damage? i'd agree that around 200 microns is in the range for mainstream manufacturers. but that is a modern number. what kind of paint gauge are you using? i've read that certain brands / models are specific to steel - alum - fiberglass etc.

90's Ferraris are 80's technology. (70's craftsmanship ?)

by the time mario gets done with a sealer, base, clear coat, etc all bets are off.

if not, and the paint quality looks good, i would not worry about it.

 

By the way. The stone guard is from the factory. It was installed in a number of places, was installed poorly and turned yellow. If it stuck on and did not just peel off.

 

The paint on my new Stradale was a bad joke. There were spots where there wasn't nothing but the undercoating.

I didn't care.

 

those areas that are painted by hand up thru the rear. get a flashlight and see if you can find blend lines.

clear coat is .75-1. color? primer? what does the other side measure?

so the fender has been resprayed. does it look good?

looks like a euro car. u in the USA?