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    Detailed: 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - Black

    Wheels/Tires:
    Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner and Meguiar's Deep Crystal on wheels
    Meguiar's APC on tires and wheel wells
    Meguiar's Hyper Dressing on tires
    EZ Detail brush for the barrels
    Swissvax Wheel brush for calipers and small crevices

    Wash:
    CG Citrus Wash and Gloss via 2BM
    Meguiar's Microfiber Wash Mitt

    Clay:
    Meguiar's OTC Clay
    Meguiar's Last Touch

    Paint Correction:
    Flex 3401 VRG
    Meguiar's G110v2 / 5" and 3” Backing Plates
    Meguiar's D300 / MF Correction Pads
    Meguiar's M205 / LC Black Pads
    Craftsman 500W Halogen Lights
    Brinkmann Dual Xenon Lights

    LSP:
    Meguiar’s Ultimate Paste Wax / 4” Meguiar’s Finising Pad

    Interior:
    Meguiar's Quik Interior Detailer

    Exhaust:
    Meguiar's NXT Metal Polish

    I recently got a call to detail one of my dream cars. I didn’t hesitate to take on the job and I was extremely stoked to work on this amazing machine. When the car was delivered to me, it already looked very shiny and only minimal swirls were visible and the car was already in great shape to begin with. The car only had 6,400 miles. I thought to myself that this will be an easy one but boy I was wrong.

    Before:




    Dirty Wheels




    Dirty Exhaust Tips

    Wash:


    Sonax doing its thing


    Cleaning the calipers


    Cleaning the wheel barrels


    Cleaning the wheel wells


    Gunk coming off the wheel wells


    Cleaning the exhaust tips


    Glaze or oils being removed by the citrus wash








    Cleaning the gas tank

    It looked like the dealer used some type of glaze because of the oils I was removing while washing the car. In addition, the mediocre beading I was getting before the wash was completely killed after washing the car. After drying the car, I was greeted with the true condition of the paint. It was definitely worse than I originally saw but it still wasn’t bad. Here’s a picture of the clay after doing half of the hood:



    As you can see, there wasn’t much bonded contaminants on the car. I was thrilled about this because claying didn’t really take long.

    After claying the car, I immediately got into polishing. I started out with Meguiar’s D300 using 5” and 3” MF correcting pads. Here are some pictures through the entire process:


    All taped up and ready to go


    Before: Driver’s side door


    50/50: Driver’s side door


    50/50: Driver’s side door


    After: Driver’s side door


    50/50: Driver’s side rear fender


    After: Driver’s side rear fender


    Before: Driver’s side pillar


    50/50: Driver’s side pillar


    After: Driver’s side pillar


    Before: Driver’s side front fender


    After: Driver’s side front fender
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    Re: Detailed: 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - Black


    Before: Hood


    50/50: Hood


    After: Hood


    Before: Passenger side front fender


    50/50: Passenger side front fender


    After: Passenger side front fender


    Before: Rear Bumper


    After: Rear Bumper

    Using the D300 created a very slight haze on the paint. This was more evident on the roof - I don’t know why. In order to create the perfect finish, I knew I had to follow it up with a finishing polish. The weapon of choice: Meguiar’s M205. I love this stuff. Here are some pictures after I treated the car with M205:











    After polishing the car, I then applied Meguiar’s Ultimate Paste Wax. This wax looks gorgeous on black! Here are some pictures. You be the judge.

    After:








    Polished the exhaust tips too









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    Re: Detailed: 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - Black

    Photoshoot:















































    The Money Shot:



    Approximate time: 18 Hours. I really need to shorten my detail time.
    Location: Phoenix, AZ

    What do you guys think? Opinions, comments and criticisms are welcome! The owner was very thrilled when he first saw his car.
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    Re: Detailed: 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - Black

    great job marco what did you use on the door pillar to remove the swirls?

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    Beautiful work!

    Such a great looking car.

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    Re: Detailed: 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - Black

    That looks GREAT! Awesome job bringing that back to life.

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    Hey look! The paint matches the windows! Lol. Beautiful work!!!
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    Re: Detailed: 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - Black

    Wowowow!

    Nice work Marc!
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    Re: Detailed: 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - Black

    awesome Marc. it seems your getting better and better with each and every car you work on.

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    Re: Detailed: 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 - Black

    Impressive

    I did notice some of the hazing. That would be corrected by wet sanding?
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