COPO Camaro - Flex vs Rupes - Carbon Fiber Hood Extreme Makeover

**dlc95** · 03-19-2015, 05:42 PM

Wow that looks great!

Two really nice machines too.

**Aaryn NZ** · 03-20-2015, 01:38 AM

Nice Mike.

Is that the technique you showed me at Boot Camp? If so - priceless! I use that technique often & with success, so thank you Mike.

If it were me - I would have done the left side with the Rupes & the right with the Flex - just a personal preference on pad rotation & being right handed, if that makes any sense at all?

As for visually being able to tell . . . Nope, I can't tell.

Umm - probably a silly question but what is COPO?

Great post Mike. Way cool.

Aaryn.

**70fastback** · 03-20-2015, 05:07 AM

Originally Posted by Mike.Phillips@Autogeek

Challenge: Try and guess which side of the hood I used the Rupes on and which side of the hood I used the Flex?

Pretty sure I would have to drive it to be sure! Can you get the "keys"

from Bruno?

Originally Posted by Aaryn NZ

Umm - probably a silly question but what is COPO?

"COPO — which stands for Central Office Production Order — was Chevrolet's special-order system, notoriously used by dealers in the 1960s to build high-performance models that couldn't be found anywhere else."
https://www.chevrolet.com/performance/copo-camaro.html

A track ready car!!!

Mike Phillips · 03-20-2015, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by Aaryn NZ

Nice Mike.

Is that the technique you showed me at Boot Camp? If so - priceless! I use that technique often & with success, so thank you Mike.

Thank you and yes.

Mike Phillips · 03-20-2015, 06:04 AM

Originally Posted by 70fastback

Pretty sure I would have to drive it to be sure!

That's funny....

Originally Posted by 70fastback

Can you get the "keys"

from Bruno?

Everyone that walks into the Show Car Garage and sees the car asks where the keys are?

**Dr_Pain** · 03-20-2015, 08:52 AM

Someone has to ask it...... How on earth did a vehicle sponsored by Autogeek get in that bad of a shape to start with? If I was you guys I would have instructed anyone prepping this car on proper wash technique etc..

BTW, I love the side by side showing that technique and knowledge transcend tools.

**aim4squirrels** · 03-20-2015, 08:56 AM

Mike,

You're the reason I keep going back to black vehicles even after I swear off them.

That hood makes me drool...

**Nick McKees37** · 03-20-2015, 09:05 AM

Originally Posted by Dr_Pain

Someone has to ask it...... How on earth did a vehicle sponsored by Autogeek get in that bad of a shape to start with? If I was you guys I would have instructed anyone prepping this car on proper wash technique etc..

BTW, I love the side by side showing that technique and knowledge transcend tools.

It's a race car, not a show car.

We told Bruno that so long as he keeps winning, we'll continue to sponsor his dragster and make it clean and shiny every chance we get.

**Dr_Pain** · 03-20-2015, 09:33 AM

Originally Posted by Nick@Autogeek

It's a race car, not a show car.

We told Bruno that so long as he keeps winning, we'll continue to sponsor his dragster and make it clean and shiny every chance we get.

HAHAHA!!! That is a great incentive for him then

Mike Phillips · 03-23-2015, 02:21 PM

Just in case anyone was wondering....

I used Rupes on the passenger side and Flex on the driver's side...

Since the topic of machine polishing vinyl graphics just came up in a thread on detailing motorhomes...

How to wash, polish and wax your RV or Motorhome

To clean and brighten the Ivan graphics a softly machine polished and then machine waxed the graphics using the Rupes Bigfoot 21 with the super ultra soft white foam polishing pad and the NEW & Improved Diamond Ultra Fine Polish.