2002 Yellow Z06 Corvette (Supercharged !!)

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Rickrack

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This car belongs to my buddy. It's a 2002 and has been very neglected. I had a no-show, so I called my friend and told him I was coming to get his car.



When I picked the car up there was trash everywhere inside the car and the outside was absolutely a mess. The wheels were covered with brakedust that did not come off by washing them so I had to remove the wheels to clean and polish each one at a time. The wheels are aluminum with no clearcoat so acid would have ruined them. The wheels alone took me about 3 hours to get looking good again. The paint was covered with tons of little black dots which made the paint look dull and feel real gritty. The bottoms were covered on grease, tar and rubber from the rear tires. The engine compartment wasn't too bad.



MY PROCESS :



Washed the car, cleaned engine compartment and removed the wheels.



Cleaned & polished all the wheels off the car.



Complete interior detail.



Clayed complete exterior with Clay Magic clar bar.



Buffed entire car with Menzerna IP by rotary w/ cutting pad



Buffed entire car with Menzerna FP II



Wiped down exterior with water/alcohol mixture



Hand application of AIO



Hand application of EXP



Topped with S100





Here's the before pictures:

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I'm not really sure what the exact numbers are, but I would imagine it's over 500 rwhp. Stock it pushes 405HP at the crank. The car hasn't been dynoed or tuned since the install. I'll try to find out and let you know. All I know is that the car is a friggin rocketship !! Spins 2nd gear rubber without even trying!
 
RickRack said:
I'm not really sure what the exact numbers are, but I would imagine it's over 500 rwhp. Stock it pushes 405HP at the crank. The car hasn't been dynoed or tuned since the install. I'll try to find out and let you know. All I know is that the car is a friggin rocketship !! Spins 2nd gear rubber without even trying!
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Back when I was 13 in 1988 my Dad bought a Callaway Twin Turbo Vette with 420hp and over 550ftlbs torque, I was able to drive it once in a great while when I was 16-25, what a blast. The g-force in 2nd was insane. I can only imagine was this car is like.



Steve
 
Extremely impressive!





What did you polish the wheels with? It shows that you took them off. They look gorgeous!
 
Superb! The paint looks terrific! :drool:



Yellow is a tough color to get looking like that, you definitely have some skills!
 
GSRstilez said:
Extremely impressive!





What did you polish the wheels with? It shows that you took them off. They look gorgeous!
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I used Wicked Metal Polish on all the wheels. My friend that drives a big triaxle dump truck turned me on to it. He uses it for all the aluminum wheels and fuel tanks. The stuff works incredible and is so easy to use. I usually hate polishing aluminum because it is so hard to wipe off the black residue when you're done polishing, but this stuff wipes right off like nothing I've ever used before. http://www.justwicked.com.au/index.htm
 
Thanks for all the positive comments everyone!



My friend was so happy when I showed up at his house with it. He promised me that he would never let it get like that again. We set up a maintenance program so I will be doing it every 2 weeks or so to keep it looking like a Corvette shold look like!
 
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