C8 Corvette

[Sizzle Chest]

2020 C8 Corvette
Torch Red/Tan interior
128 Miles

Client’s new Corvette just arrived and he almost immediately brought it in for some correction and protection. Paint had the expected dealer installed swirls. This little red Corvette is now pretty much defect free, super glossy and protected for the foreseeable future!


The ‘details’:
Gary Dean shampoo.
Nanoskin fine grade ‘clay’ mitt.
Adam’s tire and rubber.
Adam’s wheel cleaner.
Adam’s rinse and coat.
DeFelsko PTG.
Scangrip lighting.
Flex 3401.
Flex ‘pixie’.
Rupes iBrid.
Griot’s fast correcting cream.
Griot’s perfecting cream.
Optimum panel wipe.
22ple Mistico Elemento Forte.
Adam’s glass cleaner.
Metro vacuum.
GYEON leather shield.
McKee’s37 fast interior detailer.
CarPro PERL.


Thank you for looking!

[Sizzle Chest]

[AMP01]

Scott, that look like dripping wet Red Ink!!! Great Job !

[re-tired]

That should not be acceptable coming from a dealership- thats just hard for me to believe. I would bet the owner was responsible at least in part-- those tail lights or whatever they were were horrible for a new car---- thats just not right. I could not let a new car of the premier top of the line model go out the door like that. Shame on them.

Ok

Now that I got that off of my chest-- car looks like it should have been
Nice work there!!!!!!

[re-tired]

Also-- am I seeing something thats not there or is there MASSIVE amounts of orange peel on that car??

[Sizzle Chest]

Thanks all!

AMP: Thank you!!!

re-tired: I believe the dealer did the majority of it, car only has 128 miles on it and the owner hasn`t touched it. Dealer prep, or the lack of it was the root.

And no, your eyesight is just fine. These things are all texture city. TONS of it. ALL over. (a shame)

[The Guz]

Nice job. The owner made the right decision taking it to you. I have only seen the C8 at the LA Autoshow in 2019. I have yet to see one on the road.

[Sizzle Chest]

Thank you Guz! Yes, they`ve been delayed with being produced. COVID, parts shortages, etc. They are commanding a premium on the market now.

[Lonnie]

Sizzle chest:
Does your paint-thickness gauge work with fiberglass and composite carbon fiber (IE, non-metallic) substrate??

re-tired`s question about the orange peel on brand new mass-produced vehicles was answered by The Guz when he stated that robotic painters are "programmed` to spray/produce orange peel on vehicle panels to "hide" (more correctly, distract visual attention from) the metal-stamping imperfections (or in the Corvette`s case, fiberglass molds) in such panels. That stands to reason as many vehicles run for several years through-out their model production life cycle and the panel stamping dies are used for several years as well, not to mention the complex contours and curves that are commonplace in vehicle designs these days. Still do not like it and for what a new vehicle cost these days, you would think that the clear-coat/paint finish would be "perfect". I guess that is why hi-end cars don`t have orange peel that much; it`s reflected (pun intended!) in the manufacturer`s suggested retail price (MSRP) that have pain-stakingly taken the time and expense to remove such imperfections and passed on to the buyer.

SOOO, if this owner would ask you to remove the orange peel from this Corvette, would, or even could, you do so???

Still great work on this Corvette-correctly colored red C8.
(All Corvettes are red; the rest are all "mistakes"-John Heinricy.)

[re-tired]

Lonnie
Just a fyi
Its been a long time since the corvette was made from fiberglass
I bought a new one back in `06 and they were some type of composite material, not fiberglass

[Lonnie]

Lonnie
Just a fyi
Its been a long time since the corvette was made from fiberglass
I bought a new one back in `06 and they were some type of composite material, not fiberglass

So all that Pontiac Fiero and Saturn composite-plastic technology and manufacturing techniques went into the Corvette?? GM might as well get some return on investment.
Oh wait... the US government (you and me) bailed them out. The US government lost 11.2 billion dollars "owning" that stock. Apparently, free market business economics ain`t so "free" if you are considered too big to fail. Talk about a "Cash for Clunkers" program....(Let it go, Captain Obvious!)

[Sizzle Chest]

Lonnie, yes my gauge reads all substrates. Only way to fly, IMO.

Nope, I wouldn`t even attempt it. Readings on these from the factory are in the low 3.0`s. Keep it full of texture/peel...as the factory wanted it...unfortunately. lol

[Scottwax]

That should not be acceptable coming from a dealership- thats just hard for me to believe. I would bet the owner was responsible at least in part-- those tail lights or whatever they were were horrible for a new car---- thats just not right. I could not let a new car of the premier top of the line model go out the door like that. Shame on them.

Wait until you see what I`m going to post...

I`ve done three myself, the orange and white ones other than the tail lights were pretty much defect free. The black one...ugh.

[Scottwax]

Nice job cleaning that up, paint looks amazing now!

[Sizzle Chest]

Thanks! Just saw your post...wow!