Having done our fair share of C7's this past year, it was only appropriate to begin the new year with a supercharged Z06 Stingray Corvette! The owner came by for us to get a look at it prior to the detail and man...if you thought the C7's stood out, the Z06 will just take your breath away.
Plenty of new focal points...starting with the 3.5" width increase to the back in...accompanied by 4'..yes, 4' of rubber. The owner said if all 4 tires were lined up side by side, you end up with 4' of rubber...insane! Not surprising though with the rear tires measuring a fat 335. The carbon fiber targa, new vent design, rocker kit and wheels all make this one amazing looking ride.
This helps too:
Which delivers this:
Now, onto the detail. #As noted in the title, this z06 was in for our CQuartz Finest New Car Prep "Jump Start" package. First up would be a thorough exterior detail, which it definitely needed since the owner said he had it up to over 170mph prior to bringing it to us! (shhhh! don't tell!)
A little dirty...
And with 650 hp come some monster brakes...which create monster dust:
You can see where i did a small finger swipe to show what the color SHOULD be. I really like the multi-spoke look of the z06 wheels, though Dani HATED them (she liked the look, but hated coating all those little spokes!)
Serious cleaning going on. Wheel woolies were worth their weight in gold to reach to the very back of these fat wheel barrels.
Runs a little rich hehe
Wheel woolies work great for these too, as you can see.
Iron X was then used to dissolve any iron particles (rail dust, brake dust etc) that had bonded to the paint:
All the purple specks that are bleeding are the iron particles melting away.
Next up, a thick foam bath with Iron X Snow Foam Soap.
We then used a clay bar to remove any other bonded contaminates, and then it was time to inspect the paint. SO ..you have a new car...its a z06, msrp was near 100k....paint must be awesome right? Come on now....we all know better:
Yup, thats your z06 a-pillar right there! Its ok...that'll buff right out !
A little before and after shot....and then
Thats better! Now as for that carbon fiber targa, it unfortunately was damaged as well:
But again, that'll buff right out...
After snapping these pictures, i texted them over to Michael Stoops from Meguiars, informing him we used Meguiars 205 and Meguiars new foam polishing disc to remove those defects, he appropriately replied "Hot Diggity!" Yes, hot diggity indeed!
The damage however, was still #lingering elsewhere. The spoiler on the z06 is different than the base C7, it has hardware. Hardware is a perfect place to get polish stuck into...solution? Little pieces of tape:
Annnnd what lied under the light of truth?
Swirls...duh. And a VERY small sanding mark about the size of a thumb.
The same polishing combo was able to remove all this with a couple of passes:
Dani in the mean time was rockin the white paint:
Id say it was turning out quite nice:
The license plate cut out was polished as well
All that paint on the underside of the diffuser was polished as well. Always love crawling around on the ground to do that part, but its painted, so it gets polished.
Plenty of new focal points...starting with the 3.5" width increase to the back in...accompanied by 4'..yes, 4' of rubber. The owner said if all 4 tires were lined up side by side, you end up with 4' of rubber...insane! Not surprising though with the rear tires measuring a fat 335. The carbon fiber targa, new vent design, rocker kit and wheels all make this one amazing looking ride.
This helps too:
Which delivers this:
Now, onto the detail. #As noted in the title, this z06 was in for our CQuartz Finest New Car Prep "Jump Start" package. First up would be a thorough exterior detail, which it definitely needed since the owner said he had it up to over 170mph prior to bringing it to us! (shhhh! don't tell!)
A little dirty...
And with 650 hp come some monster brakes...which create monster dust:
You can see where i did a small finger swipe to show what the color SHOULD be. I really like the multi-spoke look of the z06 wheels, though Dani HATED them (she liked the look, but hated coating all those little spokes!)
Serious cleaning going on. Wheel woolies were worth their weight in gold to reach to the very back of these fat wheel barrels.
Runs a little rich hehe
Wheel woolies work great for these too, as you can see.
Iron X was then used to dissolve any iron particles (rail dust, brake dust etc) that had bonded to the paint:
All the purple specks that are bleeding are the iron particles melting away.
Next up, a thick foam bath with Iron X Snow Foam Soap.
We then used a clay bar to remove any other bonded contaminates, and then it was time to inspect the paint. SO ..you have a new car...its a z06, msrp was near 100k....paint must be awesome right? Come on now....we all know better:
Yup, thats your z06 a-pillar right there! Its ok...that'll buff right out !
A little before and after shot....and then
Thats better! Now as for that carbon fiber targa, it unfortunately was damaged as well:
But again, that'll buff right out...
After snapping these pictures, i texted them over to Michael Stoops from Meguiars, informing him we used Meguiars 205 and Meguiars new foam polishing disc to remove those defects, he appropriately replied "Hot Diggity!" Yes, hot diggity indeed!
The damage however, was still #lingering elsewhere. The spoiler on the z06 is different than the base C7, it has hardware. Hardware is a perfect place to get polish stuck into...solution? Little pieces of tape:
Annnnd what lied under the light of truth?
Swirls...duh. And a VERY small sanding mark about the size of a thumb.
The same polishing combo was able to remove all this with a couple of passes:
Dani in the mean time was rockin the white paint:
Id say it was turning out quite nice:
The license plate cut out was polished as well
All that paint on the underside of the diffuser was polished as well. Always love crawling around on the ground to do that part, but its painted, so it gets polished.