2001 Yellow C5 (56K do some laundry)

[audicoupej]

Saturday I did this 2001 Millenium Yellow Vette. Owner picked it up about a month ago. It has about 30,000 on it and is in very good shape. I knew Vette clear was hard, but I think the marring was much deeper than expected. I started at 8am and finished at 10:30pm. I took two 30 minute food breaks. It kicked my butt! :sign



I have some paint chips he wants touched up, anyone know a good place for M.Y. paint. It is a 3 stage process from GM and most paint shops try to duplicate it in two steps.



Process

Nxt wash

Clay magic clay

Nxt wash

EC/OP Yellow LC 1500-1900 x 3! This actually finished out very nicely

FPII White LC 1000-1200

FMJ



Wheels - soap and water, polished with EO NvrDull

Tires/wells - EO A2Z, dressed with Megs Nxt Tech Protectant(by my buddy who did his Colorado`s tires/fenders)

Exhaust tips - EO NvrDull (By my buddy)



Comments/Questions welcome



Before

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC02922.jpg



After just EC/OP

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC02924.jpg



Before

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC02928.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/CIMG2323.jpg

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After

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC02941.jpg





After EC/OP

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC02971.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC02970.jpg

[audicoupej]

After FPII



http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC02982.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC02996.jpg



After LSP (The next day)



http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC03007.jpg

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http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC03020.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC03018.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC03033.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/CIMG2401.jpg

[audicoupej]

Few More



http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/DSC03017.jpg

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/CIMG2442.jpg

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http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y150/Audicoupej/CIMG2483.jpg

[gmblack3]

John, Excellent work on that PITA vette clear. The final shots look great! How long would you say that you spend on the EC/OP step alone? In the next fews months, I will be again detailing my friends MY 01 Z06. I will be using EC/OP too.

[ZaneO]

Great job!

[DETAILKING]

Very nice! Luv yellow vettes!

[Raven]

Beautiful car, great job on those swirls

[audicoupej]

Bryan, I probably spent at least 3-5 hours. It took forever. I spent a good hour on the top alone. It had some extremly deep marring, probably since it is removable. The good news is the owner plans on sending it my way 4 times a year, so I will be able to stay on top of it. He also stuck around to watch and learn from washing to waxing, etc. Since he lives in my apartment complex I told him to call me when he is going to wash it and I will supervise. :chuckle:



Everyone else, thanks for the kind words. This thing beat me up good but the results were stunning. The owners wife (who only thinks of cars as something to drive) said "Wow, it looks more Yellow!" That made my day that she even noticed a difference. :spot

[imported_Dave KG]

Really lovely work there, and a super glossy finish on the yellow now. The finish looks pin sharp under the lights too, excellent work at removing the swilrs as well. :2thumbs:

[BanditSRT]

Incredible job. Gotta love a clean Vette! :2thumbs:

[imported_AZ Ferrari Man]

Looks unreal! How do you like the Hitachi Rotary? Compare it to anything else? ALso what size pads did you use? 6" or 7.5 concaves? (I saw the pic with the white pad)..

[MITeggy17]

Very sleek, awesome job :2thumbs:

[LastDetail]

SEXY! I hate Corvette paint, takes way too much effort

[Thomas Dekany]

Excellent job John! You are a very fast learner. Love the pictures.

[FlatFourRS]

Looks awesome! Good job man!



Willie