A beautiful red ZR1 garage queen with ZAINO *56K* NO

ebpcivicsi · 03-06-06, 04:14

You know how customers always tell you "it's not that bad" or it is "near perfect?" We all know what that means, break out the big guns and pack a lunch.

I actually had quite the opposite experience on Sunday. The guy told me that the paint was near perfect, and it was. When I arrived on the scene, he had taken the liberty of washing the wheels, tires, and wheel wells.

I was able to just focus on the paint.
The car has less than 43,000 miles on it and is in *very* good condition.

The process was:

QEW

Menzerna IP via rotary @1700 RPM's (poilshing pad)

OP via rotary @1400 RPM's (polishing pad)

Z6 wipe down

ZPC via pc @ speed 5 with polishing pad

Z6 wipe down

3 coats of ZFX enabled Z2 PRO

Z8 wipe doen

zaino on all glass

no dressing per customer request

Before:

ebpcivicsi · 03-06-06, 04:15

All taped up and ready to go….

ebpcivicsi · 03-06-06, 04:22

After:

Since it was raining on Sunday, I didn’t get any full sun after shots, Harold was nice enough to take thses today and email them to me—THANKS!!!

ebpcivicsi · 03-06-06, 04:23

Oddly enough, the owner sold the car today. A guy flew all the way in from Houston, took delivery, and drove home.

SilverLexus · 03-06-06, 04:23

Looks great. Which specific polishing pad did you use?

ebpcivicsi · 03-06-06, 04:30

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilverLexus

Looks great. Which specific polishing pad did you use?

I used the Meguiars polishing pad for every step except the ZPC, which I switched to a S.M. Arnold green light polishing pad--the pads are interchangable IMO.

I did have to use several as the ZPC dusts like a champ.

Also, should my ZFX bottle have been half full?

THANKS!!!

1 Clean WS6 · 03-06-06, 04:36

Just beautiful!!!

That looks like a B&B Tri-Flow exhaust??

Mad iX · 03-06-06, 04:58

Paint did look pretty good in the before shots. Full credit to him for that, but it just looks great in the after shots.

Aurora40 · 03-06-06, 05:23

Beauty, looks like LowFlight's '91 ZR-1. Looks like the windshield has a little delamination around the edges, but not bad. Car looks great!

I really like how those B&B tips look, but what I hear about the volume I don't know... I'm leaning towards Corsas but don't really think the tip style matches the car...

No money shot of that beating heart?

matt colvin · 03-06-06, 05:26

Excellent work on a great car!

SpoiledMan · 03-06-06, 06:07

Quote:

Originally Posted by ebpcivicsi

Also, should my ZFX bottle have been half full?

THANKS!!!

Yes, it's only half full. Is this your first time using Menzerna polishes?

Nice work!

Scottwax · 03-06-06, 06:17

Looks like about the easiest detail you've had in a while, paint looked really good under those lights in the befores. 99% of people would probably be pretty happy if their car looked like that under those lights...but the other 1% are autopians and nothing short of perfect is good enough! I can't see a single swirl in any of the after pics, really excellent buffing! The paint itself looks really wet!