2013 Camaro ZL1, major paint correction: Rasky's Auto Detailing

[RaskyR1]

This car was brought to me last minute in an attempt to fix the damage by the body shop. Normally I don't take on work during the week but this was for a friend so I went ahead and took it on. As you can see from the pictures there was heavy swirling, dust nibs, sanding marks, RIDS, and water spots. I had originally planned to do an extensive write up on this car but it turned out to be very challenging, time consuming, with many late nights. To be honest, I had thought about calling my buddy up and telling him to come get it by the 2nd or 3rd night! This was one of the most challenging paints I had worked on in a long time (repainted areas) and it really tested my patience. Eventually I found a combo that worked well but by that time all my enthusiasm for documenting the car went out the window. To top it off the owner showed up as I was finishing the car and he was in a bit of a hurry...unfortunately this meant little time for after pics.

Before pics
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0724.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0724.jpg.html)

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0725.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0725.jpg.html)

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0726.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0726.jpg.html)

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0727.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0727.jpg.html)

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0728.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0728.jpg.html)

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0731.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0731.jpg.html)

OEM painted areas were not to bad but had several RIDS
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0735.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0735.jpg.html)

Water spots on the CF scoop did not come off with a water spot remover and required polishing.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0736.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0736.jpg.html)

50/50 of the water spots
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0741.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0741.jpg.html)

Repainted panels had lots of dust nibs in them...I hit them lightly with 1500 to better capture them in the pics....further sanding was done to remove them.
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0737.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0737.jpg.html)

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0739.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130514-DSC_0739.jpg.html)

All sanded down with 1500/3000
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130515-DSC_0742.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130515-DSC_0742.jpg.html)

Correction was done with various products as the repainted panels responded differently than the OEM panels. The following products/tools were used after testing lots of different pads and polishes...FG400, D300, M101, Sonax PF, HD Polish, Opt Hyper Polish, Rupes 21, G110v2, Rupes LHR75, Flex PE 14.


No direct light pictures, sorry. :(
http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130523-DSC_0796.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130523-DSC_0796.jpg.html)

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130523-DSC_0798.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130523-DSC_0798.jpg.html)

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i288/Raskyr1/ZL1/20130523-DSC_0799.jpg (http://s75.photobucket.com/user/Raskyr1/media/ZL1/20130523-DSC_0799.jpg.html)


Thanks for looking,


Rasky

[The Guz]

The end result of all of your hard work looks great.

[david11g35]

Great work!! one sexy beast of a car

[JSou]

:applause:

[ihaveacamaro]

I had a job to clean, clay and wax one of them a little while ago... definitely a good looking car, but those have to be some of the most difficult wheels to get clean!!

Great job!

[RaskyR1]

Thanks guys!


I had a job to clean, clay and wax one of them a little while ago... definitely a good looking car, but those have to be some of the most difficult wheels to get clean!!

Great job!

Did you notice pitting/chipping on the rear quarter panels? This thing only had 200 miles and I could not believe the amount of pitting on it....sticky tires toss up lots of crap! :(

[ihaveacamaro]

Thanks guys!



Did you notice pitting/chipping on the rear quarter panels? This thing only had 200 miles and I could not believe the amount of pitting on it....sticky tires toss up lots of crap! :(

Yeah if they don't go straight to the clear bra place after purchase then they will have pitting. INSANELY sticky tires.

Car is useless below 60 degree Fahrenheit :laughing: