1988 35th Anniversary Edition Corvette Extensive Paint Correction
#1
09-14-2011, 10:29 PM
1988 35th Anniversary Edition Corvette Extensive Paint Correction
1988 35th Anniversary edition Vette Z01 package. Limited production car (2,050 made) This car was made only in white as a tribute to the 1953 Corvettes which were only produced in with white exteriors.
This car is not regularly driven and has sat for a quite while. Issues included a lackluster paint finish, water etch marks, slight oxidation and some yellowed plastic body panels (front/rear bumper).
Goal was to correct the paint best as possible where allowed....
Starting point...
Paint:
Roof:
Correction was carried out with the following:
M105 w/ Wool pad via rotary
D300 w/ MF cutting disc
Menzerna P203s
Menzerna PO85rd
Correction shots: Just a warning if your not into "50/50" shots than you can just hit return on your browser now, this thread isnt for you.
Hood after a test spot...
Hood: left side corrected
right side uncorrected
Closeup...
Before:
After compoudning and polishing stages:
Roof before under natural garage lighting...
After under same lighting, all haze and swirls removed...
Over 600+ Lumens worth of LED light...
and then under halogens...
Front and read bumper corrected up fine but some of the yellowing remained...
Tires had old dressing caked in and flashed off, after some further cleaning a fresh rubber surface was left for new dressing to be applied:
Interior treated
Finished photos...
In total about 34hrs. invested
Thanks for reading!
All the best,
Dave
This car is not regularly driven and has sat for a quite while. Issues included a lackluster paint finish, water etch marks, slight oxidation and some yellowed plastic body panels (front/rear bumper).
Goal was to correct the paint best as possible where allowed....
Starting point...
Paint:
Roof:
Correction was carried out with the following:
M105 w/ Wool pad via rotary
D300 w/ MF cutting disc
Menzerna P203s
Menzerna PO85rd
Correction shots: Just a warning if your not into "50/50" shots than you can just hit return on your browser now, this thread isnt for you.
Hood after a test spot...
Hood: left side corrected
right side uncorrected
Closeup...
Before:
After compoudning and polishing stages:
Roof before under natural garage lighting...
After under same lighting, all haze and swirls removed...
Over 600+ Lumens worth of LED light...
and then under halogens...
Front and read bumper corrected up fine but some of the yellowing remained...
Tires had old dressing caked in and flashed off, after some further cleaning a fresh rubber surface was left for new dressing to be applied:
Interior treated
Finished photos...
In total about 34hrs. invested
Thanks for reading!
All the best,
Dave
#2
09-14-2011, 11:55 PM
Check out the Triple White Guidness. I remember when these first hit the streets, I was a junior in high school.
Great job J.
Great job J.
#6
09-20-2011, 12:09 PM
Great work.....guy a few blocks down from me has one of these and it's in really rough shape. Sad to see a rare car not taken care of. Great job on this one!
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