Dellinger
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Have always had a soft spot for these cars. They are not the best handling, most powerful, or best looking, but compared to the latest gen Camaros... they are significantly lighter, respond very well to bolt ons, and have less gadgets and crap on the interior.
This 2000 SS T-56 car had less than 70k on it and mostly stock except for LS6 intake.
The owner was a very reasonable guy who recently purchased it and wanted of balance of result/ price. A two-step machine polishing process with C.Quartz Professional over top fit the bill perfectly. Extra attention was paid to the rear sail panel and hood. Only portion of the vehicle that was not attended to was the headlamps of which the owner had located some NOS OEM units to replace existing after the detail.
Some compound dust remains after some intense compounding and polishing, prior to coating.
After compounding, this passenger fender looks better. Not perfect but better.
Maring on hood. There were some sanding marks from who knows what happened. Almost like someone took an electric palm
sander made for wood working and used it to remove whatever was there. All outer profiles of sanding damage was in a square shape.
Above, I could hardly capture the deep defects between the body lines on the hood and that was with a 35mm 1.4 lense.
Sanding marks here as well.
Deep damage was located on upper portion of hood below cowl. 3" 3000 grit with interface pad on a pueumatic sander to
address damaged area.
More sanding here. Same 3000 grit set up. There were sanding marks to the edges of the hood... and I had to get them out.
After wool/ rotary and Rupes 17/ MF
Previously sanded area and polished with 3-steps. Still one or two deep defects left here.
Hood is looking crisp after coating and prior to Reload application.
This 2000 SS T-56 car had less than 70k on it and mostly stock except for LS6 intake.
The owner was a very reasonable guy who recently purchased it and wanted of balance of result/ price. A two-step machine polishing process with C.Quartz Professional over top fit the bill perfectly. Extra attention was paid to the rear sail panel and hood. Only portion of the vehicle that was not attended to was the headlamps of which the owner had located some NOS OEM units to replace existing after the detail.
Some compound dust remains after some intense compounding and polishing, prior to coating.
After compounding, this passenger fender looks better. Not perfect but better.
Maring on hood. There were some sanding marks from who knows what happened. Almost like someone took an electric palm
sander made for wood working and used it to remove whatever was there. All outer profiles of sanding damage was in a square shape.
Above, I could hardly capture the deep defects between the body lines on the hood and that was with a 35mm 1.4 lense.
Sanding marks here as well.
Deep damage was located on upper portion of hood below cowl. 3" 3000 grit with interface pad on a pueumatic sander to
address damaged area.
More sanding here. Same 3000 grit set up. There were sanding marks to the edges of the hood... and I had to get them out.
After wool/ rotary and Rupes 17/ MF
Previously sanded area and polished with 3-steps. Still one or two deep defects left here.
Hood is looking crisp after coating and prior to Reload application.
B) In all seriousness though, the car looks better than new. Excellent job!