2016 ATS-V, 2-Step Correction, CQuartz Finest Coating, and Wheels Off Coating

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2016 ATS-V, 2-Step Correction, CQuartz Finest Coating, and Wheels Off Coating

I love this car, especially in this color! The owner of this beauty contacted me back in June and our schedules finally aligned to get this thing dialed in and protected. This girl had been on display at an auto show prior to being sold so as expected it had a fair amount of swirls and RIDS, some of which couldn’t be safely removed. Overall I was very happy with the correction and what RIDS remained were diminished to the point where they would be hard to spot.

Process:

Wash – Meguiar’s Hyper Wash and natural lambs wool mitt
Wheels – Sonax FE+ Wheel Cleaner & various brushes.
Tires - Cleaned with Megs D143 and Tuf-Shine brush. Dressed with Megs Hyper Dressing 3:1
Decon – IronX
Paint Prep – Griot’s Fast Surface Prep Mitt and Glide as lube
Paint Correction – Griot’s Fast Correct on the G15 with Griot`s MF BOSS pads followed by Optimum Hyper Polish on the G15 with yellow BOSS pads. Tight areas were done with the Flex PE14, Megs G110v2, and Rupes Nano.
Glass – Megs D120 and Griot’s PFM glass towels
Exhaust tips - Optimum Metal Polish
Coating Prep – Eraser/IPA
Coating – 2 Coats CQuartz Finest

Pics

50/50, door was compounded




There were a lot of sharp edges and tight areas on this vehicle which required the use of a rotary with 1”, 2” and 3” pads












Fenix PD35








Thanks for looking,
Rasky
 
Damn that looks great Chad! Impeccable work!

You mentioned wheels off coating. Was Finest used here? I image the exterior trim such as front and rear spoiler received Finest as well.

Thanks for taking the time to share. Really enjoyed looking at the beautiful paint on this car.


That last picture is the "Money Shot"!
 
Wow, looks great!

So many V-specific pieces on that car, just out of curiousity, what was the hood made out of?
 
Amazing work. MT recently did a Head-to-Head with ATSV and I think a BMW M4(?)... Love this car.
The V6 doesn't give the v8 roar one would expect but it can still put the power down and do nicely in the curves!
Great car! Awesome job!!!!
 
Mike@DedicatedPerfection said:
Damn that looks great Chad! Impeccable work!

You mentioned wheels off coating. Was Finest used here? I image the exterior trim such as front and rear spoiler received Finest as well.

Thanks for taking the time to share. Really enjoyed looking at the beautiful paint on this car.


That last picture is the "Money Shot"!
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Thanks Mike! I actually used Crystal Serum Light on the wheels. Typically I used OCP but I was out and I just hate using Finest on them as it's so much more time consuming. Everything else received Finest though. :props:

paul_g said:
Amazing work. MT recently did a Head-to-Head with ATSV and I think a BMW M4(?)... Love this car.
The V6 doesn't give the v8 roar one would expect but it can still put the power down and do nicely in the curves!
Great car! Awesome job!!!!
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Thank you! Yeah, definitely doesn't have that sound but it's decent, at least on start up.

Setec Astronomy said:
Wow, looks great!

So many V-specific pieces on that car, just out of curiousity, what was the hood made out of?
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Thanks man! I believe the hood is carbon fiber. It had a noticeably different texture to the paint and my PTG couldn't read it.
 
Car looks awesome, love the color too. Nice photos, really like the shot of the front end from the elevated position (ladder?)
 
For the hood, it is indeed Carbon Fiber. If you look on the vehicles website it lists it as Carbon fiber. Halfway down the page under the exterior section.

Either way, it came out great!
 
Mike@DedicatedPerfection said:
For the hood, it is indeed Carbon Fiber. If you look on the vehicles website it lists it as Carbon fiber. Halfway down the page under the exterior section.
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Thanks, I was merely musing over all the V-specific parts on that car, and how GM does that for a model variant that probably accounts for maybe 1000 units a year. Just comparing website pictures, it would seem to have specific front and rear bumpers, grille, hood, rocker panels, and possibly the rear valence and trunk lid. The rear spoiler is optional on other ATS models so that and the trunk lid may not be unique to the V. And of course that doesn't include the V-specific interior and mechanical parts.

The yearly ATS production is only about 20-25,000, so it's not a high volume car to begin with. I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse to be making dozens of trim-specific parts for the V. However the base price on the V is $25,000 higher than the base ATS, so I guess that would pay for a lot of special parts.
 
Setec Astronomy said:
Thanks, I was merely musing over all the V-specific parts on that car, and how GM does that for a model variant that probably accounts for maybe 1000 units a year. Just comparing website pictures, it would seem to have specific front and rear bumpers, grille, hood, rocker panels, and possibly the rear valence and trunk lid. The rear spoiler is optional on other ATS models so that and the trunk lid may not be unique to the V. And of course that doesn't include the V-specific interior and mechanical parts.

The yearly ATS production is only about 20-25,000, so it's not a high volume car to begin with. I'm not sure if that makes it better or worse to be making dozens of trim-specific parts for the V. However the base price on the V is $25,000 higher than the base ATS, so I guess that would pay for a lot of special parts.
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Not sure if the piano black window trim is only on the V series or not but it sucks polishing that too! ;)
 
RaskyR1 said:
Not sure if the piano black window trim is only on the V series or not but it sucks polishing that too! ;)
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It looks like the regular ATS has black and chrome, while the V is all black.

Window trim is one thing, that's probably a difference of wrap or paint or plating, or perhaps painting the standard part. Making a specific hood is a pretty big deal that involves big tooling, etc.
 
You nailed it for sure Chad! beautiful job my friend.
 
WOW. that makes me want to eat a candy apple! Nice work!
 
Fabulous job i always like to see your work it makes me jealous lol but inspires me to get better
 
RaskyR1 said:
2016 ATS-V, 2-Step Correction, CQuartz Finest Coating, and Wheels Off Coating

I love this car, especially in this color! The owner of this beauty contacted me back in June and our schedules finally aligned to get this thing dialed in and protected. This girl had been on display at an auto show prior to being sold so as expected it had a fair amount of swirls and RIDS, some of which couldn’t be safely removed. Overall I was very happy with the correction and what RIDS remained were diminished to the point where they would be hard to spot.

Process:

Wash – Meguiar’s Hyper Wash and natural lambs wool mitt
Wheels – Sonax FE+ Wheel Cleaner & various brushes.
Tires - Cleaned with Megs D143 and Tuf-Shine brush. Dressed with Megs Hyper Dressing 3:1
Decon – IronX
Paint Prep – Griot’s Fast Surface Prep Mitt and Glide as lube
Paint Correction – Griot’s Fast Correct on the G15 with Griot`s MF BOSS pads followed by Optimum Hyper Polish on the G15 with yellow BOSS pads. Tight areas were done with the Flex PE14, Megs G110v2, and Rupes Nano.
Glass – Megs D120 and Griot’s PFM glass towels
Exhaust tips - Optimum Metal Polish
Coating Prep – Eraser/IPA
Coating – 2 Coats CQuartz Finest

Pics

50/50, door was compounded




There were a lot of sharp edges and tight areas on this vehicle which required the use of a rotary with 1”, 2” and 3” pads












Fenix PD35








Thanks for looking,
Rasky
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Great job.The back of that car is killer.Nice color as well.
 
Stunning work to a new car that looked a couple years old already, it never ceases to amaze me how people take care of their cars, or should I say DON'T take care of their cars. For people like them, there's people like Rasky!!
 
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