Mesa,Az Detail - Z51 Stingray Polished & CQuartz Finest

[Wills.WindowsAndWheels]

A brand new Chevy Z51 Stingray in Mesa, Arizona was dropped off with us to receive paint polishing and CQuartz Finest paint coating treatment. (Also known as our New Car Prep Package (http://windowsandwheels.com/services-packages/exterior-services/)).#
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Pretty clean for the most part, but a necessary prep wash was still performed. First up - tires/wheels/wheel barrels and wells.

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Well maybe the wheels weren't so clean :)....



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Gotta get behind the spokes.

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Safely disolving#away the brake dust and road grime.
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Ah yes, much better...they ARE black after all!

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Wheel barrels and calipers were sealed to help make maintenance as easy as possible...



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(Note the water beading on the calipers :) )



Next up, a foam bath to thoroughly clean the body of the car...make it thick!
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After being hand washed and rinsed....Iron X was then used on the entire car to safely remove any iron particles (primarily from brake and rail dust) that may have bonded to the paint.



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All the purple specks are iron particles being dissolved. Yes, even on a new car...



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After chemically decontaminating the car, we then used a clay bar to remove what contaminates #were left and then pulled it into the garage to begin polishing...this is where we remove swirls, water spots or any other paint defects.



For the most part the paint was in good shape, but it did still have clusters of swirls/scratches that needed to be corrected.
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And after polishing...crystal clear







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Glossing up nicely



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Gotta love that black/white contrast....beautiful.



Exhaust tips were polished....



Before:

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After:


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The Z51 was then cleaned with Eraser...an extremely important step to insure all polishing oils are removed so that the CQuartz Finest coating can properly bond to the paint....allowing it to protect for 2+ years!



CQuartz Finest gets applied to every inch..even the fun, low...difficult to reach areas...which you can tell by the smile on Danis face...she was enjoying that lol. Oh, and it also gets applied in 2 coats...so she got to do it twice :).






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Crazy gloss, even i was impressed!





Finest was also applied to the super sweet Z51 wheel faces



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Glass was coated with CQuartz Flyby30



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Door jambs were cleaned...and while we weren't doing the interior, we had to snap a quick photo because it was so beautiful!



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Protected by only the Finest in Arizona....work done by the only Finest Detailers/Installers in Arizona...how about that :)http://windowsandwheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/P1110378.jpg (http://windowsandwheels.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/P1110378.jpg)

[Wills.WindowsAndWheels]

Finally it was time to enjoy the finished product...



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A beautiful finish to a beautiful car. The owner was very pleased and after purchasing some CarPro maintenance supplies from us #we are confident she will stay looking good for a very long time to come.



Thanks all for taking the time to look and enjoy.

[MarkD51]

I admire your work.
What I sometimes don't admire is an owner who would buy such a car, then doesn't seem to have the slightest of how to take care of it.

I'm not saying this is the case in this particular instance, but I've seen it more times than I can count over the years.

Hopefully, you will pass on good sound car care techniques, and products to use to this one darn happy car owner!

Outstanding work, and a darn beautiful sports car!

PS: White's always been my favorite color, my '67 ragtop stingray was white. The cops in Chicago used to beg me to do burnouts at the lights! LOL

[TWEEDERTWEEK]

Very nice job! The contrast of the car really looks great and made even better with your work.

[GettingStarted]

Love it! Those wheels are pretty awesome looking.

[DetailedByPrecision]

Great job Will and Dani. May I ask what was the most challenging part when detailing this particular car?

[Wills.WindowsAndWheels]

I admire your work.
What I sometimes don't admire is an owner who would buy such a car, then doesn't seem to have the slightest of how to take care of it.

I'm not saying this is the case in this particular instance, but I've seen it more times than I can count over the years.

Hopefully, you will pass on good sound car care techniques, and products to use to this one darn happy car owner!

Outstanding work, and a darn beautiful sports car!

PS: White's always been my favorite color, my '67 ragtop stingray was white. The cops in Chicago used to beg me to do burnouts at the lights! LOL

Yeah this owner asked a ton of questions on how to care for his ride so i really dont think he's the type to NOT take care of it..plus as i mentioned he bought maintenance products from us after the detail :) But yes i know what you mean...its a shame to see beautiful cars neglected


Very nice job! The contrast of the car really looks great and made even better with your work.

Thank you so much :dblthumb2:


Love it! Those wheels are pretty awesome looking.

I love the wheels! Customer of ours with a base exterior C7 bought a used set of the Z51 wheels..his car is black..it looks sweet with those wheels!


Great job Will and Dani. May I ask what was the most challenging part when detailing this particular car?

Oh man let me see...the little vents they added in on the hood and hips are tedious...the rear diffuser is definitely tedious as it is paint all the way up underneath. The spoiler is also a bit tricky...especially if its swirled all to hell. Those are probably the most tricky areas in my opinion.

[runrun411]

Another job well done by Will and Dani. I said it before and I'll say it again. You two need a reality show about what you do.

[LatinFG2]

Awesome work!

[Belphegor]

Very thorough process, executed masterfully! Amazing job there. I didn't even know this car existed, hehe, well done

[Pats300zx]

Fantastic work !!! I love those cars :)

[Wills.WindowsAndWheels]

Another job well done by Will and Dani. I said it before and I'll say it again. You two need a reality show about what you do.

Lol you know if we had one it may help with our work being a bit more consistent, thats for sure. The last 2-3 weeks have been a bit slow..probably a combo of the extreme heat and haboob's we have (crazy dust storms). But i'm sure it'll pick up again soon...just hate not having something to work on!


Awesome work!


Very thorough process, executed masterfully! Amazing job there. I didn't even know this car existed, hehe, well done


Fantastic work !!! I love those cars :)

Lol yes they definitely exist...not a lot of them out just yet but i have seen a few more out in the wild...i cant wait till the new Z06's start cruising around hehehe

[HUMP DIESEL]

I admire your work.
What I sometimes don't admire is an owner who would buy such a car, then doesn't seem to have the slightest of how to take care of it.

I'm not saying this is the case in this particular instance, but I've seen it more times than I can count over the years.

Hopefully, you will pass on good sound car care techniques, and products to use to this one darn happy car owner!

Outstanding work, and a darn beautiful sports car!

PS: White's always been my favorite color, my '67 ragtop stingray was white. The cops in Chicago used to beg me to do burnouts at the lights! LOL

This is what we are here for as detailers to take care of those vehicles.

HUMP

[Sicoupe]

Amazing Amazing Amazing job! you guys are one heck of a team:)