Trashed Corvette brought back

gofast908z

gofast908z

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This client came to me looking to bring the "newness" back to his 05 Corvette vert. Over the phone he mentioned it had never been detailed before but he realized it would cost a bit to bring it back and he was fine with that. This was only a 2 step correction, but there was so much wrong on this car that it took nearly 20 hours to bring it back.

I have to apologize for the pictures, my battery on the DSLR completely died and wouldn't charge. I always keep my old point and shoot Nikon just in case, and it came in handy. So the quality isn't quite as good, but it still tells the story well.



Here's what I started with... :scared:


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Unknown stains on the paint

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License plate removed, probably the first time since it was new

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Severely neglected exhaust tips

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There were parts like this all over the car. Ancient wax never fully removed. It was basically like concrete now. It took multiple compounding passes with M105 to remove.


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After removal

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More old wax/concrete

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Corrected! Shown with 3 light sources (Halogen, Brinkman Xenon, and Camera flash

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Hood corrected

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More disaster on the front bumper...

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Corrected


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So many others miss this spot... gap between door and front fender. Try to use a MF to get this and the shape of the door will just feed it into the fender and not clean anything, so you gotta bust out the q-tips for this one.


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The 50/50 shot


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Corrected and shiny again

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All finished, sealed with 2 coats of Zaino Z5pro, wheels/exhaust sealed with ZAIO, top treated with RaggTopp. Interior was bad too, but was under too much of a time crunch for pics. Again pics would have been better if my DSLR battery hadn't died...oh well



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Thanks for looking!
 
Great save that baby was definitley in need of some serious loving.
 
Looks great and thanks for great same "before and after" shots.

20 hours...you gotta love those-after the 14th or 15th hour you ask yourself "I am I ever going to get this done?". But from what I can see, in the end it was worth it. Kudos.
 
Looks great, it really shows that you put 20 hours into it. Amazing results!!! :props:
 
Very nicely brought back from the dead. It really shows all the work you put into it. Thanks for sharing the pics with us.
 
Great job. Seeing this makes me want to clean up my girlfriends dads Vette again. Bummer that I gotta wait until March for nice weather to come again!
 
You did a great job, but I've gotta ask; in what year did Corvettes go from being somewhat of a collector car / status symbol, to becoming like every Toyota Camry, sitting outside 24/7 and being driven in snow. My friend Tom on here saw a guy recently driving a convertible C6 with the top down and some 16' 2x4s sticking out of the car. Do people really not take any pride in these cars anymore?

Mark
 
That is one of my dream details. Can't wait to bring one back from the dead myself.
 
I like the shot of the seam, really makes a difference! That's why it's called detailing. Looks like you got a lotta customers lined up there!
 
Bravo!! Gofast908z good job with the vette, what was the clients reaction after he saw his "new" vette?
 
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