Divine Detail 2008 Z06 Twin Turbo

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CalgaryDetail

Mike
2008 Z06



Again another lovely vehicle with some nice curves as well.



First a little bit of history: With the new ZR-1 Corvette being released, there have been a large ammount of people who did not make the waiting list for the car. The local dealership began talking with our client, asking for a car they could direct these people to. This is the car that the conversation spawned. The car was towed off the dealer lot, and fully dismantled. The engine was pulled, and totally rewored with forged pistons, rods, and crank as well as ported heads added so as to lower compression ratio. They then added a twin-turbo setup, twin disk clutch, HRE rims and a katech hood. The car will lay down anything from 700-1000hp to the wheels depending on the boost. Anyways, moving on...:applause2:



Well this one was also in the shop and not very dirty at all just some dust and a few spots here and there, so we got ONR with grit guard out again and a way we went:



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This bucket is quite lovely and very handy :thumb:



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Well once the entire vehicle, wheel wells, rims and all was done it was time to clay the vehicle. To clay the vehicle we used our friend Ricardo Clay bar:

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Now it was Mike’s turn to do the rims:

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Again we used the Hollywood Metal Polish, good stuff.



We taped up the vehicle because we were eager to polish:

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But as the taping of the vehicle was going on Carlos was taking paint gauge readings with the PosiTector 200 and gel:

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Boy was he surprised to find the following:

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This vehicle had some serious issues, Carlos was getting really odd readings ranging from as low as 37microns to as high as 480microns, the graph will show the inconsistency much better:



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As the graph shows



As the inspection of the vehicle continued we found a spot that looked as though someone had wet sanded too much on the edge:

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If you look at where the finger is pointing to you’ll see the dark spot.



Due to it’s inconsistency we decided that we could not polish this vehicle, polishing with a finish pad and a very light product possible burn through the existing thin clear coat so we brought the owner over showed/explained to him what readings we were getting and made him aware of our finding. Customer was not pleased to say the least but he understood and we proceeded to the HD cleanse and removed the tape.



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The entire vehicle was HD cleansed, one person applied the HD cleanse and the other two wiped it off right a way, making sure not to let it dry.



Then it was time to apply Ital by hand of course and removed with Cookie Monster towels:

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Engine bay and interior were given a good wipe down and dressed as well, all leather was cleaned and treated and carpets vacuumed.



Now for the end results:

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The tires were dressed with Optimum Tire Shine



Well despite not being able to polish this vehicle it still turned out quite nice, hope you enjoyed the detail, we sure did. Feed back is always welcome
 
olegg said:
Nice work.

So is that a brand new car?
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Thanks, and yes its a new car. It was less then a month old I belive. The gentleman who owns it bought it, did some tunning then was selling it again through the dealership. But yes its new and had some very low and intresting paint readings :sadpace:
 
Sorry to hear about the inconsistency in the paint readings. I'm sure you were beyond anxious to polish that car. Can we say ZR1 Killer? :D
 
Meh...disappointing to see that on a new car, but the hood looked like it would have sucked to polish anyways :D



Nice work, you did what you could.
 
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