CTS-V Correction + Coating

[RalphWilliams]

Hey guys. Thought I'd share some of my work from the past couple days. A black CTS-V in need of some major TLC. I did a 2-step correction on it and then coated it with Gtechniq C1 and Exov2. The results are stellar. All of the pictures are unedited straight from my iPhone.

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4739_zps31bf9f88.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4739_zps31bf9f88.jpg.html)
Getting ready for a wash and decon

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4740_zpse2876fe4.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4740_zpse2876fe4.jpg.html)
Decided to do a little test spot before I came back to work on it in the morning.

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4741_zpsb9a8d613.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4741_zpsb9a8d613.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4753_zps3e9a8a10.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4753_zps3e9a8a10.jpg.html)
Called it a night

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4769_zps4c739764.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4769_zps4c739764.jpg.html)


http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4770_zpsc5e39b3e.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4770_zpsc5e39b3e.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4772_zpsb4f78e2c.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4772_zpsb4f78e2c.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4771_zps8ac41d01.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4771_zps8ac41d01.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4789_zpsbccdbecc.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4789_zpsbccdbecc.jpg.html)
Etching on the roof. Hit it with some 3000. Came out nicely.

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4791_zps0b9b4130.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4791_zps0b9b4130.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4798_zpsf2f6e65c.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4798_zpsf2f6e65c.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4804_zps63cbecf9.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4804_zps63cbecf9.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4818_zps9988c07f.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4818_zps9988c07f.jpg.html)
More Etching

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4820_zpsbcc7f491.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4820_zpsbcc7f491.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4823_zpsaf0be419.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4823_zpsaf0be419.jpg.html)
Reflector on the rear bumper

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4826_zps471551fd.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4826_zps471551fd.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_4845_zps7fa52eb1.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_4845_zps7fa52eb1.jpg.html)
Stopped halfway and bought an iPhone 5s ha.

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_0004_zps4a40d7f0.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_0004_zps4a40d7f0.jpg.html)
And now for the final shots

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_0008_zps93eb89a9.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_0008_zps93eb89a9.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_0010_zps17f4e196.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_0010_zps17f4e196.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_0018_zps1d4a056f.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_0018_zps1d4a056f.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_0024_zpsad350760.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_0024_zpsad350760.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_0030_zps482cb657.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_0030_zps482cb657.jpg.html)

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/19rack94/IMG_0039_zps41f924e2.jpg (http://s968.photobucket.com/user/19rack94/media/IMG_0039_zps41f924e2.jpg.html)

Thanks for looking! I'd love to hear your feedback.

[af90]

Nice job. That car had absolutely every kind of defect.

[Sicoupe]

Great work!

[killrflake]

Absolutely beautiful. You can't beat black paint when it's been polished like you just did to that Caddy, but so hard to maintain in that condition. Very nice work.

[KillaCam]

I love cts-v's. Awesome job. What products were used for correction?

[Mike@DedicatedPerfection]

Looks like a mirror now. Nice work.

[BoostN]

I'll be doing my mothers CTS V this weekend. I hope it turns out as good as this! However, it's not in as bad shape as this one is.

[530inv]

Ooo so beautiful afterwards!! Great finish!!

[jankerson]

Nice job, looks great. :)

[DetailedTaco]

Great turn around!

[zmcgovern45]

Nice!!! Need to get some full shots of the car afterwards next time! These cars are so mean looking :)

[JSou]

You're the man! That car looks great now.

[vet]

Nice!

[LatinFG2]

Excellent work!

[Pinpoint_Precision]

Great work Ralph. Good to see you here sharing your work on Autogeek.