1994 Corsica, lots of wetsanding and buffing

[coupe]

1994 Corsica, lots of wetsanding & buffing (56K is a no go)





Picked up this little piece for dirty dirty cheap. All it needs is a lower intake gasket, no biggie. So I decided to recondition it, maybe I can sell it for a good price.



This is what I started with it:

Engine cowl before:



Candy? What the….

After (not very good after pics):

 

[coupe]

Engine bay before:

After:

The next thing to do was remove the pin-stripes, I hate those with a passion. I ran into a problem though like usual. The passenger side fender was re-sprayed with clear, the only problem is they sprayed OVER the stripes and then re-applied the stripes over top of that. Kinda funny to remove the pin stripes but they are still there lol



Removed by hand, residue removed with paint thinner:

On to the claying. It was obvious this vehicle had never been clayed….or even waxed.

This is ONLY a 1’x1’ section of the hood, the whole car was the same. This car single handedly trashed a 100 gram mothers clay bar, it was tossed after its job was done.

 

[coupe]

This is where things took a big turn. I did my usual half and half hood buff out, it did not go well.



I hit it with:

Optimum Hyper Compound

Edge yellow wool pad

Makita Rotary

2000 rpms

It took many passes to remove what was there. So I decided to wetsand the rest of the vehicle……..every panel.



The fenders didn’t need so much aggression so I hit them same way I hit the hood. This is what I ended up with, fenders and hood:

Drivers side door before

2500 grit

I hit it with:

Optimum Hyper Compound

Edge yellow wool pad

Makita Rotary

2000 rpms



edge blue

Optimum Hyper Compound

1500 rpms



Optimum Blue pad

Optimum polish

1000 rpms

 

[coupe]

Aftter

All 4 doors where hit this way.







Next the rear ¼ panels:

2500 grit



I hit it with:

Optimum Hyper Compound

Edge yellow wool pad

Makita Rotary

2000 rpms



edge blue

Optimum Hyper Compound

1500 rpms



Optimum Blue pad

Optimum polish

1000 rpms





Before:

Durring:

 

[coupe]

Sanded:

After a pass of yellow edge wool pad and OHC:

All done:

Make a difference?

The trunk, it was nuts!!!!



Hit it with

2000 and then 2500 grit:



Before:

Durring:

Guess what that is:

 

[coupe]

Half way through with just



Optimum Hyper Compound

Edge yellow wool pad

Makita Rotary

2000 rpms

Finished out with:

edge blue

Optimum Hyper Compound

1500 rpms



Optimum Blue pad

Optimum polish

1000 rpms

The whole vehicle waxed with Megs #26

 

[coupe]

Lets do a little re-cap:



Hood before:

Hood after:

Trunk before:

Trunk after:

 

[imported_weekendwarrior]

Nice work - last year, I inherited a '96 Corsica (white) that I was able to detail and sell. The one I inherited only had 39,000 miles. Does yours have the fancy 3 speed automatic? LOL

 

[coupe]

Honnestly i dunno, i only drove it around the block a few times :lol



I just gotta fix the LIM gasket, clean out the wheel wells and then im gonna try to sell it. I only picked it up for $100 so i should be able to make a decent penny on it.

 

[Bythehour]

For $100, you can't go wrong. You could probably flip it for ten times that!



Although, it occurred to me that the type of buyer looking for a 94 Corsica probably isn't going to care much about swirls and such. Good for the practice in anycase...

 

[coupe]

For $100, you can't go wrong. You could probably flip it for ten times that!



Although, it occurred to me that the type of buyer looking for a 94 Corsica probably isn't going to care much about swirls and such. Good for the practice in anycase...

A near mint vehicle can fetch a higher price than one that is in horrible cosmetic shape.

 

[imported_rydawg1]

Great job Coupe!!!!!



I remember doing hundreds of those back in the day. I use to love the older GM paint. I have had the best luck with Presta polishes on that paint. Also, HTHC or HTEC works great on that paint also.



Hope you make a great profit on it and do it again! Keep up the great work!

 

[cgage]

Nice work! Good to see west michigan guys around as always!

 

[99blackSE]

That's pretty nice Coupe, should be able to make a good return on that!

 

[coupe]

Whoops, little typo. I used an edg2k blue pad

 

[Monte78Carlo2k1]

Hey coupe what are you looking for the Corsica? I know a guy that is looking for a winter beater so he can stop riding his bike...PM me interested in knowing.

 

[P1et]

Wow, for $100 I would use it as a testbed for my products and perhaps some rotary practice!

 

[David703]

FANTASTIC JOB!! WOW!!!!! What a lot of work!

 

[White lexus 23]

wow man you really turned that paint around. Ill bet you will be able to sell it fast to, cus one will always want one that looks better than one that is in bad shape. very very awesome work !

 

[David Fermani]

Nice turn around Coupe! Typical example of how Michigan cars look after going to the $2 car wash for a decade.