1990 L98 Supercharged C4 heavy correction

[ihetenyi]

what level of shine or gloss do you look for in your tire treatments? I'm asking b/c I generally use low gloss (Eagle one or Vinylex) treatments and I find that from a distance the tires blend right into the wheel wells (which are treated with armor all) and there is very little contrast... almost as if my polished bbs rims are just floating around. It looks a little odd sometimes.



Any thoughts?



Steve

 

[ALM]

Steve- I like the look of EF BO on my tires. Many people hate BO all together but i like the hi-gloss shine it gives my ties, and it contrasts well with the bright red finish.

 

[GoFast908Z]

*My first post to this site. Thought I'd start off with a nice correction *

This one came to me after the city was responsible for getting a bunch of black road paint all over it. When they finally paid up, the owner brought it in for some major correction work. Its a serious car too. Full bolt ons + supercharger running some pretty good boost (sounded amazing). The guy races the car frequently at the track too (road racing I believe). I was grinning like a kid each time I moved it around. Just hearing the supercharger respond to the slightest throttle response constantly put a smile on my face!!

There is right around 24 hours into this Corvette. The hood and rear bumper were repainted a few years ago, also when the chameleon Grand Sport stripes were painted and cleared over. The car has 103k miles on it and is HEAVILY tracked, which is why it has the tow hitch and mud flaps. He trailers his race tires to the track and the flaps keep rocks from destroying the lower half of the paint from rocks flung from the race tires. It wasn't set out to be a 100% job, but I was very happy to get somewhere around 90-95% correction out of it. Anyway, enjoy the pics!




Process:

Exterior
-Foamed with Dawn
-Rinsed and Dawn wash
-Megs APC 4:1 on wheels/tires
-Swissvax Wheel brush
-Megs Aggressive clay and Megs LT as lube
-Tires with Zaino Z16



Interior

-Vacuumed
-Leather with Megs APC 10:1
-Zaino Z10 conditioner
-Stoner's Invisible Glass on windows
-vents and console cleaned with various brushes/qtips



Correction

-Megs 105 on PFW LC 6.5 - rotary
-Menzerna SIP on LC orange 5.5 - rotary
-Menzerna 106FA on LC white 5.5 - PC



LSP

-Zaino Z5pro
-Zaino Z6







Starting with this...

The rear bumper was one of the repainted parts and had excessive orange peel and very soft paint. The overspray was soo heavy it required aggressive clay. The scary thing about this overspray is that it was STILL resistant to the clay!! The only option was to put some pressure behind it, which is typically a no-no. This is an example why you don't put pressure behind the clay. No worries though as the first stage took it out without any problem at all

More swirly badness

 

[GoFast908Z]

Some before/after and 50/50 shots.


Remember this one?

After 3 stages

 

[GoFast908Z]

Check out the gloss!!

After a bath and some Zaino

One of my favorites here

More stripes

And some outside pics

I just couldn't get enough of these stripes!!!

Thanks for looking!!

 

[*MustangGT/25YRS*]

*Very Nice & Welcome/=O]*

Morning Jeff/
First off,*Welcome to TID*/:cornut:.Prior to your work,it looks like
it's been washed w/a Stone rake!!You did really nice correction on the Vette.
I'm sure the owner is grateful for the turn around on it/:notworthy:.
I'd know I'd be/:wink:.Congrats,and again,Welcome to TID.It's a real
Great Forum,w/a Great bunch of Guys.Happy Holidays to You & Yours.
Best Regards/
Raymond

 

[Old Pirate]

Welcome to TID. Nice correction work, did you get the wells too after the pictures?

 

[imported_RootsRadical]

What was the owner using to wash his vette? Steel Wool maybe? ut:

Nice correction, though! Hopefully you were able to give him some car care tips to keep it looking good.

 

[imported_gewb]

This one came to me after the city was responsible for getting a bunch of black road paint all over it. When they finally paid up, the owner brought it in for some major correction work.

First of all, WELCOME!

While the owner must have been distraught at first, this was a blessing in disguise as that finish was trashed!

Nice recovery!

This is an example why you don't put pressure behind the clay. No worries though as the first stage took it out without any problem at all

Great examples!

Regards,
GEWB

 

[hopsgt500]

Welcome and you did an amazing job on that Vette ancing Dot:

 

[imported_Slik560]

Great work. That really did look like vandalism with steel wool!!

 

[bmw5541]

Jeff,
Welcome to TID. As you have already heard, this really is a great place.

WOW!!!, that was an amazing turnaround:thumbup: The finish on that Vette was downright scarry:scared: The owner must have kissed you full on the lips "not that there is anything wrong with that". That was a Seinfeld reference for the 20 something detailers reading this

Great first post BTW.

 

[imported_broker99]

welcome. Nice job.

 

[imported_Luster]

Hey Jeff.... very nice work!!!! That Vette was typical of most neglected C4's.

Now it looks like new paint. Again, very nice work, to be proud of!

Welcome to TID!

 

[Puckman]

Beautiful work and welcome. Looks like you'll fit right in here!!!

 

[Todd@RUPES]

Welcome the forum and thanks for posting that. I have seen of your other threads and the turn arounds that you accomplish are awe-inspiring! Post the Firebird if you get a chance as well!

Thanks for sharing... SPEECHLESS

Todd

 

[GoFast908Z]

Morning Jeff/
First off,*Welcome to TID*/:cornut:.Prior to your work,it looks like
it's been washed w/a Stone rake!!You did really nice correction on the Vette.
I'm sure the owner is grateful for the turn around on it/:notworthy:.
I'd know I'd be/:wink:.Congrats,and again,Welcome to TID.It's a real
Great Forum,w/a Great bunch of Guys.Happy Holidays to You & Yours.
Best Regards/
Raymond

Raymond, thank you for the welcome. The owner was very pleased with it, thanks!

Welcome to TID. Nice correction work, did you get the wells too after the pictures?

thanks for the welcome . Was going to get them as they are a pet peeve of mine, but the cust was in a hurry to get home and couldn't wait the 5min I needed. He said it wouldn't matter anyway because there was a storm coming and he'd be driving right through it lol. Thanks!

What was the owner using to wash his vette? Steel Wool maybe? ut:

Nice correction, though! Hopefully you were able to give him some car care tips to keep it looking good.

Thanks! Yeah i gave him some tips. He also immediately scheduled his next appointment too!

First of all, WELCOME!

While the owner must have been distraught at first, this was a blessing in disguise as that finish was trashed!

Nice recovery!




Great examples!

Regards,
GEWB

Thanks for the welcome! He was much happier when he picked it up than when he dropped it off Thanks!

Welcome and you did an amazing job on that Vette ancing Dot:

Thank you!

Great work. That really did look like vandalism with steel wool!!

Thanks!

 

[GoFast908Z]

Jeff,
Welcome to TID. As you have already heard, this really is a great place.

WOW!!!, that was an amazing turnaround:thumbup: The finish on that Vette was downright scarry:scared: The owner must have kissed you full on the lips "not that there is anything wrong with that". That was a Seinfeld reference for the 20 something detailers reading this

Great first post BTW.

Thank you for the warm welcome. Thanks for the kind words as well
+bonus points for the Seinfeld referrence. Classic! I'm 20 something... too

welcome. Nice job.

Thank you!

Hey Jeff.... very nice work!!!! That Vette was typical of most neglected C4's.

Now it looks like new paint. Again, very nice work, to be proud of!

Welcome to TID!

Thanks so much!!

Beautiful work and welcome. Looks like you'll fit right in here!!!

Thanks! I like it here

Welcome the forum and thanks for posting that. I have seen of your other threads and the turn arounds that you accomplish are awe-inspiring! Post the Firebird if you get a chance as well!

Thanks for sharing... SPEECHLESS

Todd

Thank you Todd! I'm always amazed by your work. Can't believe you're speechless haha. I will post up that Firebird soon. Thanks so much!

-Jeff