Concours Etc.

For the past 2 weeks we have been working on a clients Ferrari 430. It is getting a front bumper makeover (more on that on another post) and some clear bra plus a paint polishing.

When I mentioned to the client that we could add some lighting to his engine bay he really didn’t hesitate in telling us to “go for it”. He was concerned though it would be too bright and look stupid but we assured him it would look really nice and add to the cars overall appeal.

We (Ron, Eric, Mike and myself) spent 3 hours discussing, positioning and planning the project. We already knew we wanted 2 colors, white and red. Red to go with the color of the Ferrari and also the engine manifold and we figured that placing the red underneath as much of the engine would be best to give it a nice glow. The result is stunning! It looks as if the engine is so hot it’s glowing red, like lava.

Now heat was a concern so we positioned the lights away from any metal engine structure but we also wanted to make sure that the lights could not be seen. This was both tricky and time consuming. Here is Eric and Mike working on the positioning of the lights.

In the picture Mike is running wire from the overhead LEDs that will give a soft glow to the top portions of the engine area and highlight the manifold and frames.

After the final positions were decided upon we began the tedious task of removing panels to run and hide the wires. Eric then worked on the on/off switch. Once again we did not want to cut or drill into any of the dash material so since our client does not smoke we decided to use the cigarette lighter as the the place to wire and house the switch. So upon opening the lighter cover he can easily access the switch, turning the lights on or off. When on the indicator light lights up red.

Now the really tough part in this is trying to take decent pictures of the end result and not having any light or flash! It also doesn’t help that I am a “point and shoot” kinda photographer so I have little knowledge of camera settings but we did have a professional photographer come out and take pictures also so I am sure his came out far better than mine. I will be sure to post up those pictures after the paint polishing is completed.

Well thank you very much for reading, please post any comments you may have. Next up is an Audi R8 and we are very excited about that project!

I’ll post up soon the finished detail of this Ferrari 430.

Take care,

Anthony

Tags: detail, engine, Ferrari, LED lights

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