Wills.WindowsAndWheels
08-04-2013, 10:54 PM
This one had a fun story behind it. We received a call from the owner about a month back...drove out about 50 miles to go bid 4 cars all within 2 miles of eachother...what are the chances!
Anyway, this Vette was our last bid...pretty clean car for a former daily driver..but super swirled and definitely needed our touch. We were talking with the owner...he mentioned this USE to be his DD, so then he popped open the garage and showed us his NEW daily driver...a Tesla Roadster...nice!
Well the funny part was...the weekend before the owner dropped off his Vette for us to work on, he went to cali in his Tesla and a buddy of ours, Wes with Elite Finish (should call him MR Finest) polished and applied Finest to his Tesla...he also mentioned us to the owner. The owner went on to say he had already contacted us and was going to have us do his Vette the following weekend...small world!
I've already talked to Wes and told him next time WE get to do the pretty NEW car and he can do the beat up, black...former daily driver with over 80k miles on it!
But...making older cars look better than new is what we do!
Here she is...the morning of day 1:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080082_zps8212d083.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080082_zps8212d083.jpg.html)
Not too bad from a distance...as usual, but lets take it on in for a closer look...
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080083_zps2772a058.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080083_zps2772a058.jpg.html)
Splatto!
Uh oh whats that peeking out there?
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080084_zps0dedc756.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080084_zps0dedc756.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080085_zpsfe7efdac.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080085_zpsfe7efdac.jpg.html)
Ouch..
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080091_zps832546a0.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080091_zps832546a0.jpg.html)
But wait...theres more!
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080089_zpsd749a16a.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080089_zpsd749a16a.jpg.html)
To the back...
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080092_zps70765540.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080092_zps70765540.jpg.html)
Roof wanted in on the swirl action too:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080094_zpsd4635a59.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080094_zpsd4635a59.jpg.html)
Hurt me hurt me!
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080093_zpsca19afe2.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080093_zpsca19afe2.jpg.html)
Tips were dirty but not BLACK like you'd expect to see on most 80k mile cars that have the power of something like a Vette:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080098_zps827e3ed7.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080098_zps827e3ed7.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080099_zpsddc3d6a4.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080099_zpsddc3d6a4.jpg.html)
Behind the license plate hadn't seen water in about...8 years i think lol:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080097_zps21bc40e2.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080097_zps21bc40e2.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080115_zps3af194ec.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080115_zps3af194ec.jpg.html)
Now these weren't the only things we had to work on..these millions of swirls...there were other things that needed attention...like a TON of wax on weather stripping, plastic and body lines:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080095_zps20a0dc30.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080095_zps20a0dc30.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080100_zps8721558d.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080100_zps8721558d.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080101_zps1fe0f01e.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080101_zps1fe0f01e.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080103_zps6118039c.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080103_zps6118039c.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080102_zps00064d26.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080102_zps00064d26.jpg.html)
Wheels needed some love for sure...again, not horrible but definitely needed a good cleaning:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080106_zps64238db4.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080106_zps64238db4.jpg.html)
1Z Colour Tech...is my new fav. wheel cleaner. Its thick so has decent dwell time...works similar to iron-X (and smells like it too...blah)...cleans VERY well...and the price is right! I like it very much
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080112_zps6a5da192.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080112_zps6a5da192.jpg.html)
Oh and its safe on any surface too, big plus :)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080111_zpsca8d97ff.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080111_zpsca8d97ff.jpg.html)
And then there were more of these:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080110_zpscd7c43a1.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080110_zpscd7c43a1.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080113_zps19d3d24a.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080113_zps19d3d24a.jpg.html)
Look closely and you can see some water spotting as well...
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080114_zps56f90e7d.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080114_zps56f90e7d.jpg.html)
After the tires, rims and tips were all done...we went around with APC and a detail brush to get all the dirt out of the seams all over the car and clean the tight areas...then rinsed...washed, clayed and dried. There was still tons of wax in the cracks that we had to go after the old fashion way (a towel and our fingers!) but 50% ipa worked real well to help break it down.
The paint however was what we'd be working on first...under LED lights it was especially scary lol:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080121_zps79766558.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080121_zps79766558.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080122_zps2a3f909f.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080122_zps2a3f909f.jpg.html)
The rear hatch made us speak many expletives ...
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080123_zpsf0a113c2.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080123_zpsf0a113c2.jpg.html)
After compounding...it was a hazy mess...but it was on the way to becoming beautiful:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080124_zpse34cb138.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080124_zpse34cb138.jpg.html)
Now how did i get it THAT hazy? Well...i had used foam...and microfiber pads...and they worked well on the hood and upper parts of the front QP...but when i got to the roof...and the rear hatch...i needed to up the cut or else i'd be compounding everything 5x's over... so i went a little unconventional :
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080127_zps1edcb924.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080127_zps1edcb924.jpg.html)
Anyway, this Vette was our last bid...pretty clean car for a former daily driver..but super swirled and definitely needed our touch. We were talking with the owner...he mentioned this USE to be his DD, so then he popped open the garage and showed us his NEW daily driver...a Tesla Roadster...nice!
Well the funny part was...the weekend before the owner dropped off his Vette for us to work on, he went to cali in his Tesla and a buddy of ours, Wes with Elite Finish (should call him MR Finest) polished and applied Finest to his Tesla...he also mentioned us to the owner. The owner went on to say he had already contacted us and was going to have us do his Vette the following weekend...small world!
I've already talked to Wes and told him next time WE get to do the pretty NEW car and he can do the beat up, black...former daily driver with over 80k miles on it!
But...making older cars look better than new is what we do!
Here she is...the morning of day 1:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080082_zps8212d083.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080082_zps8212d083.jpg.html)
Not too bad from a distance...as usual, but lets take it on in for a closer look...
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080083_zps2772a058.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080083_zps2772a058.jpg.html)
Splatto!
Uh oh whats that peeking out there?
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080084_zps0dedc756.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080084_zps0dedc756.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080085_zpsfe7efdac.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080085_zpsfe7efdac.jpg.html)
Ouch..
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080091_zps832546a0.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080091_zps832546a0.jpg.html)
But wait...theres more!
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080089_zpsd749a16a.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080089_zpsd749a16a.jpg.html)
To the back...
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080092_zps70765540.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080092_zps70765540.jpg.html)
Roof wanted in on the swirl action too:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080094_zpsd4635a59.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080094_zpsd4635a59.jpg.html)
Hurt me hurt me!
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080093_zpsca19afe2.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080093_zpsca19afe2.jpg.html)
Tips were dirty but not BLACK like you'd expect to see on most 80k mile cars that have the power of something like a Vette:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080098_zps827e3ed7.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080098_zps827e3ed7.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080099_zpsddc3d6a4.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080099_zpsddc3d6a4.jpg.html)
Behind the license plate hadn't seen water in about...8 years i think lol:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080097_zps21bc40e2.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080097_zps21bc40e2.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080115_zps3af194ec.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080115_zps3af194ec.jpg.html)
Now these weren't the only things we had to work on..these millions of swirls...there were other things that needed attention...like a TON of wax on weather stripping, plastic and body lines:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080095_zps20a0dc30.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080095_zps20a0dc30.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080100_zps8721558d.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080100_zps8721558d.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080101_zps1fe0f01e.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080101_zps1fe0f01e.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080103_zps6118039c.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080103_zps6118039c.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080102_zps00064d26.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080102_zps00064d26.jpg.html)
Wheels needed some love for sure...again, not horrible but definitely needed a good cleaning:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080106_zps64238db4.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080106_zps64238db4.jpg.html)
1Z Colour Tech...is my new fav. wheel cleaner. Its thick so has decent dwell time...works similar to iron-X (and smells like it too...blah)...cleans VERY well...and the price is right! I like it very much
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080112_zps6a5da192.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080112_zps6a5da192.jpg.html)
Oh and its safe on any surface too, big plus :)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080111_zpsca8d97ff.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080111_zpsca8d97ff.jpg.html)
And then there were more of these:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080110_zpscd7c43a1.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080110_zpscd7c43a1.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080113_zps19d3d24a.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080113_zps19d3d24a.jpg.html)
Look closely and you can see some water spotting as well...
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080114_zps56f90e7d.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080114_zps56f90e7d.jpg.html)
After the tires, rims and tips were all done...we went around with APC and a detail brush to get all the dirt out of the seams all over the car and clean the tight areas...then rinsed...washed, clayed and dried. There was still tons of wax in the cracks that we had to go after the old fashion way (a towel and our fingers!) but 50% ipa worked real well to help break it down.
The paint however was what we'd be working on first...under LED lights it was especially scary lol:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080121_zps79766558.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080121_zps79766558.jpg.html)
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080122_zps2a3f909f.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080122_zps2a3f909f.jpg.html)
The rear hatch made us speak many expletives ...
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080123_zpsf0a113c2.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080123_zpsf0a113c2.jpg.html)
After compounding...it was a hazy mess...but it was on the way to becoming beautiful:
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080124_zpse34cb138.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080124_zpse34cb138.jpg.html)
Now how did i get it THAT hazy? Well...i had used foam...and microfiber pads...and they worked well on the hood and upper parts of the front QP...but when i got to the roof...and the rear hatch...i needed to up the cut or else i'd be compounding everything 5x's over... so i went a little unconventional :
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff374/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080127_zps1edcb924.jpg (http://s1232.photobucket.com/user/Wills_WindowsAndWheels/media/Fabs%2005%20Vette/P1080127_zps1edcb924.jpg.html)