2007 Corvette Convertible Paint Correction

[dsmith2013]

Did a paint correction on this very low mileage Corvette. The car only had a couple thousand miles on it but the paint was in pretty rough shape.



Car showed up not very dirty, just a little dusty.



















Wheel cleaner and APC doing its thing.







After a two bucket wash, being clayed, rinsed off again, and dried, I started on the paint. This was a test spot on the hood with my new Rupes 21. Microfiber cutting pad with some FG400 did the trick and didn't leave too much haze to clean up in the finishing stage. Used my new Rupes LHR75 for the tighter areas (definitely replacing my PC for 3 and 4" pads).







Passenger front fender before.







After.







Driver's front fender before.







After.







Driver's rear quarter panel before.







After







Passenger door before.







After.







I don't even know what was going on with the interior.







Dash was the same way.







50/50 of the door cleaned and conditioned.







A couple after shots of this beast. (Camera lens fogged up and ruined the others.)

 

[jimmie jam]

Very nice result on this black beauty! It's amazing how just plain neglect, not use, will destroy things. As an owner of a 2007 C6 (ordered new and watched being built at the factory) the interior issue is common for all "unused" C6's. The white haze is just the "off gassing" of the interior materials when the is closed up. My car has 6,100 miles on it and right now has not been driven since last October, sitting up on the lift. I checked the interior last month and have got to get at it as the "dust" is starting up again. Some warm water with a touch of Murphys oil soap solution seems to help the problem from occuring so quickly again. That looked like at least a couple of years worth of sitting. The clear is pretty hard but that looks like cover damage to me. The owner should have been totally thrilled!