5000 original miles on 2001 Z06

[richy]

This was the last vehicle I did on my busy 2 weeks off. I was looking forward to it. I had actually done this car once already, back in 2008. At that time it had only 300 km on the odometer, and now only has 8000 km which is 5,000 miles. Here's the original link:
Mint '01 Z06

I was supposed to pull the wheels on this one like I did for the 911. However, the jack points for it are way underneath and the tiny jack I borrowed from my neighbour would not fit underneath. It is equipped with run-flats and has no jack on board. I was then unable to pull the wheels. I was disappointed but did the best I could regardless.

Here's the car as it arrived:
























First up was the wheels. At this point I didn't realize I wouldn't be able to jack it up, so I was doing my usual outside job. IronX, Tarminator, Zep Citrus were all used on the face and barrels.
Here you can see IX doing its thing.





The wells were cleaned with ZC.
The tires were cleaned with Zep Purple.


Next up was the washing stages. The car was foamed with a strong mix of DG 901 and Dawn and allowed to dwell. I did emblems, etc while it was dwelling. After that it got washed with a similar wash mix as the foam.

Next the car was brought inside wet and was clayed with Elastofoam. It was wiped down with ONR after that.

I did the wheels first. They were sealed with OG by hand with a suede mf. I did my best to coat all sides of the caliper.

For the paint, it had more marks in it than I expected. Typical rock hard GM paint necessitated the use of my TB black wool pad and M105 at about 1800 rpm with my Dyna with a lot of downward force. I then used D300 with a yellow pad followed by M205 and a white pad (B/S pads). The 3 stages did absolute wonders to this paint. After the 205, it was just so wet looking. I was really enjoying seeing the transformation it was making. I did a few touch ups on the paint as well. Well, only 2 in fact. This car had the fewest chips I've ever seen. Guess 8K will do that, LOL.
Here's a shot of the hood getting transformed:

[richy]

After polishing the car was prepped for OG. OG was applied to all the paint and glass. The only trim on this car is around rear vents in front of the rear wheels. They were done with UTTG.
The chrome tips were done with Collinite Metal Wax. The rear box behind the tips was done with Solution Finish to blacken it up.

The interior mats and carpeting were vacuumed and steam cleaned with my Gaia. The seats were cleaned with my Auto Glym pad and OPC. They were then treated to UIGP. The plastic was done with the same. Glass cleaned with Zep Glass cleaner.

After the OG had cured overnight, it was shot with Permanon to give the surface a nice slick feel. The tires were sprayed with my air compressor gun with DP gel as were the wells. Permanon was shot in the barrels and blown off with the Master Blaster.

Please join me for the:

AFTER SHOTS:



















































There's a very tragic turn to this story. Between the first time I did this car and now, the owner's son was tragically killed. His son loved the Vette, so he did a tribute to him in a tasteful fashion. Here it is:





An addendum to this story is that the day after he got it, the car got caught in a torrential downpour. It was parked at work. When he went out to it, he fully expected it to be dirty and water marked. It was spotless and as clean as the following day. He's put a hose to it just to enjoy the site of the OG at work. I'm delighted that he is getting so much enjoyment out of the car and the coating.

Thanks for looking. Comments appreciated.

[BobbyG]

Richy,

The Z06 came out great and the owner must have been thrilled!

5000 mikes on a 2001 is extremely low. I just turned 17,000 on my 2004 Z06 and I thought I don't drive it much!

Too bad about the owners son though.....

[Twister]

Nice job on the Vette. It looks great and that's amazing that it only has 8k miles.

[vet]

Looks great! Good job, Ritchie!

[richy]

Originally Posted by BobbyG

Richy,

The Z06 came out great and the owner must have been thrilled!

5000 mikes on a 2001 is extremely low. I just turned 17,000 on my 2004 Z06 and I thought I don't drive it much!

Too bad about the owners son though.....

Thanks Bobby! Nice to have low miles, but nice to be able to enjoy it too!

Originally Posted by Twister

Nice job on the Vette. It looks great and that's amazing that it only has 8k miles.

Thanks Twister.

Originally Posted by vet

Looks great! Good job, Ritchie!

Thank you vet!

[rwright]

Great job as always Richy! I need to order some of those TB pads.

[FUNX725]

Nice job on the Corvette, Richy!!

Originally Posted by richy

Nice to have low miles, but nice to be able to enjoy it too!

Hope you don't mind...(Just a suggestion on pulling the tires/wheels on a C5/C6):

I'll drive mine upon 4 pieces of 2X10X24 to raise the vehicles up enough in order to allow my jack (usually won't need a low profile)
to go under the lift point(s)...where my "hockey puck(s)" are installed. (The pucks should fit into the jack's 'lifting-cup')




Or...I'll sometimes go this route:





Bob

[richy]

Originally Posted by FUNX725

Nice job on the Corvette, Richy!!



Hope you don't mind...(Just a suggestion on pulling the tires/wheels on a C5/C6):

I'll drive mine upon 4 pieces of 2X10X24 to raise the vehicles up enough in order to allow my jack (usually won't need a low profile)
to go under the lift point(s)...where my "hockey puck(s)" are installed. (The pucks should fit into the jack's 'lifting-cup')




Or...I'll sometimes go this route:





Bob

Bob, thank you for that feedback! I knew with the amount of Vette guys on here that I'd get an answer as to what you guys do to rectify this problem. It still turned out pretty damned good, so not that big of a deal. Using the wood is a smart idea though.

[shoeless89]

Amazing work as always Richy!