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gofast908z · 02-06-2015, 01:54 AM

It was pretty cool to work on this particular corvette. The owner decided to pay tribute to the Blue Angels and the armed forces with this car. The car has been in numerous magazines and countless shows. The owner is extremely active in welcoming troops home, giving them rides, presenting awards to vets, etc. Despite the hours of careful taping around the custom decals, it was a very satisfying car to work on.

Upon arrival

The car had to have some paint work done, and when new decals were cut ON THE CAR....well you can see the aftermath....

DEEP razor blade cuts

Taping off this F-18 Hornet was both tedious and fun at the same time

Swirls, RIDS, buffer trails....

Initial compounding on fender produced good results

More defects

Bodyshop sanding marks over the body edge.....very sloppy work

After correcting

More appalling body shop work....

Clarity improvement from initial compounding

Continuing down the door and loads more issues to sort out courtesy of the sloppy body shop

Making improvements....

Looking better

All finished and looking glossy again

Thanks for checking it out, and thank you to those who have and are serving our country!

2010SLVRBULIT · 02-06-2015, 02:03 AM

nice..I have crappy swirl marks on mine too..scratch removal compound w/ a rotary polisher helps, a little bit.

ChadG · 02-09-2015, 10:14 PM

Wow great job! The color really pops now!

JP. · 02-09-2015, 10:40 PM

Looks great.....nice work

CamaroJim56 · 02-10-2015, 04:53 PM

What idiot cuts the vinyl ON the car???

02-06-2015, 01:54 AM	#1
gofast908z Drives: Camaro Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: California Posts: 400	Blue Angels C6 Corvette correction It was pretty cool to work on this particular corvette. The owner decided to pay tribute to the Blue Angels and the armed forces with this car. The car has been in numerous magazines and countless shows. The owner is extremely active in welcoming troops home, giving them rides, presenting awards to vets, etc. Despite the hours of careful taping around the custom decals, it was a very satisfying car to work on. Upon arrival The car had to have some paint work done, and when new decals were cut ON THE CAR....well you can see the aftermath.... DEEP razor blade cuts Taping off this F-18 Hornet was both tedious and fun at the same time Swirls, RIDS, buffer trails.... Initial compounding on fender produced good results More defects Bodyshop sanding marks over the body edge.....very sloppy work After correcting More appalling body shop work.... Clarity improvement from initial compounding Continuing down the door and loads more issues to sort out courtesy of the sloppy body shop Making improvements.... Looking better All finished and looking glossy again Thanks for checking it out, and thank you to those who have and are serving our country! __________________ Jeff 2008 Z06 - Heads/cam/intake/exhaust/tune 2005 Sierra STL ext cab -5.3L, Daily/Detail Rig

02-10-2015, 04:53 PM	#5
CamaroJim56 Obsessed Drives: 2016 Hyper Blue 2SS RS Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Riverview, FL Posts: 2,603	What idiot cuts the vinyl ON the car??? __________________ 2016 Hyper Blue 2SS

02-06-2015, 02:03 AM	#2
2010SLVRBULIT Drives: G5(LLT) & C6(LS3) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: MARS Posts: 7,527 View My Garage	nice..I have crappy swirl marks on mine too..scratch removal compound w/ a rotary polisher helps, a little bit.

02-09-2015, 10:14 PM	#3
ChadG Drives: 2010 Black Camaro LS Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 1,679 View My Garage	Wow great job! The color really pops now!

02-09-2015, 10:40 PM	#4
JP. Drives: 2014 zl1 hennessey650 Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Lacombe Posts: 63	Looks great.....nice work