Dad bought a new ride for me to detail!!!!!

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91LSMAN

2002 Chevrolet Corvette
He has wanted one of these for a while, but it was never practical. But today on his 47th B-Day he bought a car he has wanted since he was 17. I have not taken any pics yet, but here is the dealerships pic:

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This evening, since family members are going to see it tomorrow I spent 4 hours with ClayBar, SSR2.5, and EX. I'm tired.
 
congrats to your dad, :bigups very pretty color ...similar to yours:dunno

if I could get in and out of a car like that, I'd put it on my wish list too:rofl
 
Poorboy said:
congrats to your dad, :bigups very pretty color ...similar to yours:dunno

if I could get in and out of a car like that, I'd put it on my wish list too:rofl
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Gonna add my congrats and call Steve on this one. The C5 Corvette is not that hard to get in/out of. They are a little crowded for your size of family, though. :) It would make a great daily driver for you and one other passenger.

Charles
 
Thanks guys-he's pretty excited. He making any excuse to go into the garage this morning. Every time my mom has garbage or recycling, he wants to take it to the garage one piece at a time. LOL

I'll add new pics to this thread once I'm able to take some. Gotta get those nasty dealership plate frams replaced with chrome first though. :)
 
Poorboy said:
congrats to your dad, :bigups very pretty color ...similar to yours:dunno

if I could get in and out of a car like that, I'd put it on my wish list too:rofl
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Thanks-the color is similiar being that it's a dark red, but my Legend is slightly darker. I'm sure they'll be a photo shoot with my Legend and the Vette down the line. :)

Thanks again everyone!!
 
91LSMAN said:
Thanks guys-he's pretty excited. He making any excuse to go into the garage this morning. Every time my mom has garbage or recycling, he wants to take it to the garage one piece at a time. LOL

I'll add new pics to this thread once I'm able to take some. Gotta get those nasty dealership plate frams replaced with chrome first though. :)
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So your Dad is excited, great! It's good to see that you aren't at all pumped about the new toy in the house. :D

Charles
 
CharlesW said:
Gonna add my congrats and call Steve on this one. The C5 Corvette is not that hard to get in/out of. They are a little crowded for your size of family, though. :) It would make a great daily driver for you and one other passenger.

Charles
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charles i'd rather climb to get in my vehicles and then i just fall out of them:lmfao


Isn't SSR2.5 a bit agressive for a brand new car?
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not really...used with a polishing pad, it will smooth and clean the clearcoat, while bringing up more shine:) ...I certainly would not use a cutting pad:nono
 
CharlesW said:
So your Dad is excited, great! It's good to see that you aren't at all pumped about the new toy in the house. :D

Charles
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:hah Yeah, I'm excited. It's the first car I've gotten to detail with Poorboys stuff and my PC that I had done nothing to in the past. It was FUN!!


Rob Tomlin said:
Awesome car!

Isn't SSR2.5 a bit agressive for a brand new car?

:dunno
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It's not brand new. It's a 1998. I got so much crap off with the clay-OH MY!! SSR2.5 with a polishing pad is perfect for any ride IMO.


Poorboy said:
not really...used with a polishing pad, it will smooth and clean the clearcoat, while bringing up more shine:) ...I certainly would not use a cutting pad:nono
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I agree, and you would know eh? LOL

I did use it with a polishing pad.
 
My bad, I thought it was brand new since you talked about "the dealer".

I used SSR2.5 with a cutting pad on my father in laws green metallic Ford Ranger. Even with the cutting pad, I was surprised at how little marring or hazing there was. In fact, I went straight to AIO after the SSR2.5 with excellent results, so I shouldn't be surprised that you acheived good results with SSR2.5 and a polishing pad.

Frankly, I think SSR2.5 and SSR1 will be my two main polishes, as I don't really see that much of a need for SSR2....depending on the condition of the paint, I can just use SSR2.5 with either a cutting pad or a polishing pad.
 
zesty-man said:
congrats!
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Thanks!!!!!

I was finally able to take some pics of the Vette. We just put on the new plate frames with Chevy emblems on them-very nice!! Don't worry-they'll be many more pics of this ride in the future!!
 
91LSMAN said:
That's tough one!!! Both the Vette and the Legend are VERY shiny. :hah
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just something to ponder...you have a Legend and Dad's car in an American Legend:naughty:)
 
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