Work so far on my 348

and I tought I was doing a lot of work.....what I'm up to is nothing compared to this....

Awesome thread, read the whole thing!

 

The work on the 348 is simply amazing.
I guess there is no need to work on the 430.

 

Thanks mate!!

Looks stunning and the PERFECT combo! Red/tan/tan 6 speed manual.

When you are ready to sell, let me know.

Congrats and enjoy Paul. She is a beauty my friend.

 

Bravo!! I hope you enjoy the ride mate, the 430 is a great car.

 

Sorry Paul, I can't stand by and watch you post lies on this thread.

The truth is you've spent all these years converting your 348 into a 430 replica!!!















Can you send me the design specs please.

 

Looking good, Paul.

 

+430.

 

Why is it it all white?? What kind of soap are you using and why?

 

Oh, that's not soap. A flock of vindictive birds flew overhead and targeted his car. Most unfortunate.

It took him over 92 hours of dedicated cleaning (and weeping) to get it all off the paintwork. I think he parks it indoors now.



All the best,
Andrew.

 

See that gated shifter? You can't get that in a 458! Congrats!

 

Paul, it has been a few months now since your last update. Any more work completed on the 348?

 

Hi there, know this was asked a while back but just incase you're still wondering......

That's what's referred to as Snow Foam. You apply it by putting a small attachment on your pressure washer called a snow foam lance and it covers your car in a white foam. This lifts a large amount of the dirt off prior to you washing the car as normal which reduces the chances of dirt particles scratching the paint when you wash. Pretty much every detailer over here in the uk uses it (as do I). Although some have said it doesn't work that well, I find if you snow foam your car, wait 5 mins then rinse, snow foam again, then rinse (only takes a couple of minutes to apply) the car is all but clean and you haven't risked any swirls. Then wash your car as normal. Worth having a pretty waxy car to begin with but works very well for me

Anyway Paul, hope all is well with you. Have to catch up sometime. My 348 is in the middle of having a complete interior retrim. Seem to recall you were thinning about the same to finish yours off. Will let you know how it goes.

 

I had forgotten this post, so thanks for the reply. I have learned about this method recently and it completely makes sense. I spent a good 12-14 hours machine polishing my 348 and I don't want to re-swirrel with bad wash habits.

 

No problem. Just had my 348 'tarted up' a tad so want to protect that too. Was thinking of throwing a thread up showing the results, will do that now.

 

Hi Paul, good to see you're almost there. My car is about sorted, just getting a retrim done and she'll be sorted. Out of curiosity, did you replace thr carpets? If so would value your input on a thread I just posted up as interior retrims are a bit of a mystery to me.

 

There is a nice pair of seats you've got. What's their name?

 

Hi Paul. Mine are a bit faded in places, not bad but not perfect. I'm torn between getting replacements from Ferrari (but it would have to be the lot and I thought it was quite a bit more than £400) and letting my trimmer do it himself. I know that way it would be better quality carpet as I'll be choosing it and, as I said, I'm not overly concerned with originality. It's the moulded parts that are making me pause for thought. Anyway, cheers for that, will think on it.

 

More photos would be really interesting to see. I would like to consider this seats for some future projects, for 348 I'm searching for OMP AMS seats with kevlar looking back.

Not affialated in any way with this company and the price is high but for my own project I want to look deeper in the matter.
http://reoriginals.com/upholstery_51.aspx

 

Thanks for the info.