488 Undercarriage with paint on both sides?

If whomever is performing the pre-purchase inspection does not know that is normal, they may not need to be doing a pre-inspection….

Some Ferrari have its, some do not…

From what you are sharing, I would not be worried, unless there is some other indicator of previous damage or repairs.

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Personally I've never seen it before. I've owned 6 Ferrari cars and certainly not any expert. None of my cars had this. Like everything today truth's definition is what you think it is. Only source of confidence is to DIG! If it makes you question= Walk! There are plenty of 488's to behold. You might ask an exclusive Ferrari Body shop, you might call Ferrari of North America, you might ask judges at Concours events. Overall if in doubt Walk. If you have doubts, when it comes time to sell this car you may be limiting potential buyers

 

All 3 Ferraris I've owned (360, 458, 488) as well as any of my friends cars, that I put on the lift, looks like the bottom of the OP's car. I have never seen them totally smooth without that coating, nor perfectly coated and solid black like the other photo (although the totally black one looks like the frame rails are damaged, so maybe it was re-done, also do not recognize which car it is). Very strange that they vary so much. I would love to know the logic on what causes the variation from car to car.

 

Just use a paint meter and check the mils of the paint, would think someone doing a inspection on high end cars would be a standard practice

 

That’s good news, no need to worry then. I find it odd how the black paint in the engine compartment is just sprayed over the red and chips easily when taking bolts out and working on them