FERRARI car paint 

The question addressed in this article is often asked when you want to do a repair and touch-up on a Ferrari or even quite often in the case of a total renovation with a complete paint job. Knowing the color codes of Italian cars and in this case, the FERRARI cars corresponding to the vehicle is necessary in these cases.
The Ferrari color code makes it possible to find the components and the recipe for mixing the paint from an automotive color software.
Either the body painter will do this mixing and preparation work, or an automotive paint manufacturer.

The realization of a painting therefore goes through 3 stages, that is to say, knowing the reference, preparing the paint, then applying the paint.
At each of these stages, no error can be done. It is above all the mixing and preparation of the paint that is a crucial step. The weighings must be made with a very important precision, that is to say to the tenth or even to the hundredth of a gram.
It is logical that the more a mixture is done in small quantity, the more there can be a lack of precision. For this reason, the minimums for mixing paint with a good level of precision are 500 ml.
It is then up to the refinisher to judge how to carry out the touch-up and what mistakes to avoid.

Ferrari car color codes

Let's take the example of a door: this body part is located between the front wing and the rear wing. If the paint is not properly mixed, the clear separation between the parts will make the difference in shades obvious to a more or less accustomed eye.

Also, it must be understood that even if the color is perfectly prepared and the formula of the recipe is perfectly similar to that of the Italian manufacturer, there may be a difference between the old paint and the new paint : this is naturally caused by the fact that the old paint has been altered by years of exposure to sunlight. In general, colors that have taken a lot of sun, are bleached by time.

The best way to do a touch-up with a Ferrari color code is to do a “fade”. This simple technique consists of working a little more, by not simply painting the part to be renovated, but also the related parts, that is to say the parts which touch the area to be painted : It is a question of creating a gradient using the gun on a portion of 20 to 30 cm around the retouching area.

Of course, if the original Ferrari paintwork is too old, then a so-called full paint job should be done, i.e. over the entire vehicle and this of course represents much more important work and especially more expensive in manpower.

The cost of the material, that is to say the manufacturer's paint according to the Ferrari color code, is not very important because a Ferrari paint is not more expensive than that of another brand. It is the disassembly work and the masking work, as well as the micro repairs, which represent a significant amount of labor.

The history of the manufacturer FERRARI

There is no need to introduce Ferrari, a famous Italian manufacturer of luxury and sports vehicles. The firm was founded by Enzo Ferrari in 1939. In its early days, it was the result of cooperation between Alfa Romeo and Fiat. Throughout its history, the Ferrari brand has been deeply involved in motor racing (Scuderia team).
The first Ferrari car dates from 1947 : it was already equipped with an exceptional engine, the 1.5L V 12.
In 1988, the fabulous Ferrari 40 was produced just a year before the death of the founder and this car became the fastest ever at the time. Already at that time, the car sold at a very high price (between 500 and 700 thousand dollars), was absolutely beyond the reach of any normal person.
Today, the Ferrari company is part of the top 10 of the largest automotive companies in the world with a capitalization of more than 50 billion dollars.

Where to find the color code of your FERRARI car ?

For FERRARI brand vehicles, the plate mentioning the color code (vinplate) can be found in three different places :

- Under the front bonnet near the bonnet lock.
- In the front compartment on the inside of the right fender (seen from the front)
- In the rear compartment on the right or left fenders or on the trunk lid.

You can take help from the images provided below which illustrates the location.
The color code is always composed of three characters (letters or numbers).

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The emblematic colors of FERRARI cars

If you think Ferraris are only yellow and red, and the Ferrari color card is simple and short, then you are wrong. In 70 years of creating exceptional vehicles, the brand has accumulated around forty completely varied color codes. Yes the emblematic color of Ferrari is red. However, there are many red color codes for Ferrari.

Choose the aerosol ? Or the pot ?
Without hesitation, the pot. You should know that a 300ml aerosol only contains 100ml of paint (200ml of gas). Choosing a pot is choosing 100% paint.

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