Rear arch detailing on the Ferrari 360

With the front arches detailed and protected it was time to look at the rears. The arch liners are more complicated to remove as some engine related equipment is attached to them.

Removal involved removing the engine bay side panels which is not difficult but some of the screws were a tight. With these panels out you can remove the items attached to the top of the inner arch liners.



The liners are held in place at various locations to the frame by M6 bolts - these proved very tight despite being stainless steel. I used Loctite's Freeze'n'Release and managed to remove all the bolts without breaking any and when I reinstalled the liners, re-tapped the threads on the fixings and used new bolts with anti-seize grease.

With the liners removed you can get to quite a lot of the engine including the manifolds, coil packs and plugs, inner drive shafts etc. and of course you can give it a good clean from a different access point of view.





All back together, detailed and shiney:

Leaves in the radiators on the Ferrari 360

Not an uncommon problem these days with cars that have lots of radiator space at the front. The Ferrari 360 has two cooling radiators, one on each side of the car which allows for more boot space too. They are angled and the housing they sit in can get stuffed full of leaves. No surprise to see mine like that. With a small vacuum cleaner pipe and and airline I cleaned these away!


Both sides nice and clean now. Cost £0

Detailing time on the Ferrari 360

Most people recognise car detailing as addressing the cosmetic issues on a car. That's all very well, but my new 360 is pretty clean on top. However, I feel the need to have a good look round the more important bits, so first job is to have the wheels off and take a look.

Most modern cars have an uninteresting subframe with plastic arch liners to finish off underneath and protect the chassis.

So with wheels off I started the underneath detailing at the front end. You dealer prepared car will be prepared with compromises. They will likely prepare it mechanically, but with the wheels off on my 360 it was clear I had work to do to clean up and protect from rust.



360's are easy to jack up with a regular trolley jack. They don't have spare wheels by default and don't have a jack on board. Wheels are straight forward to remove and are nice and light. I gave the wheels are detail whilst off, scrubbing off years of brake and road dirt - I used a non-stick pan sponge and soap and hot water for this!



By removing a bunch of M6 stainless bolts you can pull the plastic arch liners out to also give them a scrub.

Whilst off I used some Valvoline Tectyl 506 on components showing surface rust and had a general clean up. An old tooth brush, and hot soapy water works well on the Brembo Ferrari badged brake callipers. It also helps to have a compressor so you can blow dirt away as cleaning.



All shiney now :)