2003 50th Anniversary Edition Corvette

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Sizzle Chest

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2003 50th Anniversary edition Corvette, Electron Blue with Carbon Flash accents.

This is the 2nd time I’ve had this vehicle in for my client. He had some performance and body modifications performed.
The car is now supercharged, had headers, coil over suspension, and has a new hood, front splitter and had the rear valance and rear end painted. The wheels are going to be replaced with something different, so that is why there were not removed, polished and coated.

The vehicle dyno’d at around 550rwhp and sounds great with the exhaust system!

Needless to say, the performance shop didn’t take great care of the finish nor did the body shop’s finish work leave a lot to be desired.

Enter the doc at Autodermatology. The vehicle needed another multi-stage paint correction and another slathering of ceramic coating.



Process/tools/etc:

UWW wash.
Misc mf towels
Flex 3401
Rupes MkII 21
Rupes iBrid
Griots fast cutting mf pads
Megs polishing (yellow) discs
Griots fast correcting cream
Griots perfecting cream
Eraser for wipedown
Scangrip lighting & tripods
Metro vacuum
LSP-Beeds HD and Beeds ELX
Tire dressing-Kenotek vinyl and leather conditioner
Adam’s APC
Adam’s glass cleaner
Nano clay sponge-fine for claying
Blackfire spray wax on wheels
Sonus motorkote on engine plastics






Thanks for looking!




The vehicle was full of swirls, scratches, hard water spots and of course, rotarty induced holograms.
They were dealt with properly!



Defects:













 
PTG readings and general work shots:















After shots of the hood-defect free!!!





 
Engine, engine compartment and underhood pics:

















 
Nice job. I like those color matched valve covers.
 
Scott,

That is one of the classiest C5 corvettes I've ever seen. Some of the most tasteful mods, from the black supercharger to the hood and valve covers. Only thing that needs is bigger calipers and a fixed roof:) However that black top works awesome to contrast the paint.

The work is not too bad either. Great job, as usual.

Edit: just noticed the chin spoiler. That makes the front end look very modern. To an untrained car guy/gal that could pass as a 2015/16. Without mods no way.
 
Top notch work on a nice ride!!! Garage looks great too!!
 
Thanks everyone! The car is ECS (East Coast Supercharging) Paxton centrifugal supercharged. My client has done some very subtle and tasteful mods to it! From the valve covers, to the badging on the valve covers, the custom CCW centercaps with a holographic look to them, to small stuff like some very nice stainless torx bolts for the license plate! It is indeed a nice ride! (and I love the hood, kinda infatuated with it!)
 
Sizzle Chest said:
Thanks everyone! The car is ECS (East Coast Supercharging) Paxton centrifugal supercharged. My client has done some very subtle and tasteful mods to it! From the valve covers, to the badging on the valve covers, the custom CCW centercaps with a holographic look to them, to small stuff like some very nice stainless torx bolts for the license plate! It is indeed a nice ride! (and I love the hood, kinda infatuated with it!)
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Without that hood, it is just a nice C5. That hood makes the car!

Do you know who makes the hood?
 
LED I do not, however I will find out if you wish!
 
Great job on the car, but I kept getting distracted by that nice floor in the garage.
 
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