2012 Corvette ZR1 Centennial Edition detail

white gecko

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Been looking forward to the call for this car for a while now. Chevrolet made some nice upgrades (finally) to the C6 Corvette for 2012, all wrapped up in the new Centennial Edition. There is alcantara on the steering wheel, door panels, shift boot, console lid, and in the center of the seats. A nice welcome touch. The steering wheel got revised controls and a nice chrome trim ring around them along with a special Centennial badge. The seats have the biggest change with MUCH more support and a racier and more upscale look. They no longer feel like flimsy seats from the 1970's. Even the movement of the seat back is much improved.



Along with the interior upgrades, it gets a special color called Carbon Flash which is a black metallic, just stunning in the sun. For 2012, standard black is no longer available, and only the Centennial Edition gets the Carbon Flash color, also comes with a special satin stripe package. Along with the color is new wheels and tires. Available in gloss or flat, these wheels are killer looking with the red pinstripe that matches the massive ZR1 carbon ceramic breaks, now wearing red calipers. This one was also equipped with the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup tires which are basically racing slicks and rated at only 3k miles and are BARELY road legal. Finally the fastest corvette comes with tires to match the performance! So here is the top of the line fastest corvette available (for $129,000)...the 2012 Centennial ZR1.











Car was extremely dirty upon arrival and with multiple people handling it, it already had a fair share of scratches and marring, also holograms on the hood from someone "attempting" to buff it, presumably at the factory since no one touched it since it arrived at the dealer. A 1 step correction was performed to bring it back and make it look perfect again. Thankfully the marring and scratches were not deep and some Menzerna 106FA took care of them all with the PC on a white LC pad. LSP was Menzerna Powerlock.



It also showed up with a twin sister car which will be done later this week.









Upon arrival...



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Scratches....



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More scratches....



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The carbon fiber roof has seen better days.



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....Seeing double....



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After 7 hours, the ZR1 was looking dialed in again.





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Was only able to get 1 sun shot since the sun was setting....





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Nice! That Alcantara is so :drool:, but I do kinda miss the blue calipers. Great job, Jeff! Ever get tired of working on high-end Vette's?



























Didn't think so.:rofl
 
Great looking car. I have had the chance to spend a lot of time in various Vettes at the track and they are monsters. I just wish the interior build quality and materials would improve. I have several friends that have Vette's and they love them but this is their main complaint, too. Still, you seem to forget about that when you plant your right foot. :)
 
That is a very pearly black! Nice work!



It must be really soft paint as whenever I 've tried this combo (106fa+white LC) on my flex I can shift very little swirling only ( on Toyota and VW-Audi clears). Was it a CCS or flat pad?
 
Thanks guys! It was on a flat pad. Knowing how hard vette clears are (quite familiar with them by now lol), I was very surprised it worked so well.
 
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