Vette Detail

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Anthony O.

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A new client asked me to detail his 02 Vette for an upcoming car show (today actually) so I spent the good part of Thursday tuning up his ride that was fairlly clean to begin with.



Washed and clayed it then went to work with the rotary (Metabo) and some of the new buffing pads by American Buffing. I used Optimum Polish on all the steps, from leveling to finish work. The American Buffing pads sure are sweet pads to work with. I love their white finishing pad as it is totally flat and very thin, great balance, super soft.



It has been really humid here with thick cloud coverage so I was rather upset I could not check my work in the sun (swirls and such) because the last think I want is for the car to have swirls while being judged:nono ! It is still really cloudy this morning so I am sure things will be fine. The engine was cleaned with my steamer, English Custom Polish for the metal work and Gliptone's Clear Coat Wax for the paint work/carbon fiber. The engine is stunning! He put alot of work into it.



I also use English Custom Polish on the rear pipes. The interior got a general cleaning, cept the interior paint work was finished with OCW. I used Optimums Tire Shine for the tires and cleaned and sealed with the wheels with Gliptones Heavy Cut for clear coats (which is not "heavy" cutting wise at all, very mild) and then waxed with their Clear Coat Wax. Gliptone has some pretty nice products:up



The paint work, after being polished, was finished out with a sealant we shall, for now call, "Brand X". Got a test sample of something to try and that's all I will say on that for now.



Well enjoy the pics and again sorry no sun shots:(



Anthony



Trunk Lid

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Pipes

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Driver Side

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Excuse the "rust" disc's:o

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Hood Shot

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Engine

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Nice job Anthony! I love the carbon fiber around the engine bay...what did you use to clean/dress it? - Anything special?
 
White95Max said:
Nice job Anthony! I love the carbon fiber around the engine bay...what did you use to clean/dress it? - Anything special?
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Nothing was used to dress the engine as he did not want it to look to "fake". The hoses and such were just cleaned and wiped down and the carbon fiber was cleaned and then waxed with a product from Gliptone called "Clear Coat Wax". I mild cleaner/wax combo that leaves a very nice finish behind.



Thanks:)

Anthony
 
Terrific job, Anthony! I was unaware you also detailed lowly Corvettes in addition to Porsche and Mercedes. ;)



The paintwork looks great as always but I really like the engine detailing you did. First rate work!



Brand 'X', eh? :nervous2:
 
ajbarnes said:
Great job Anthony! Alot of people have been buying Vette's lately.:cool:
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This is true, I mean you get tons of power and you can buy 2 for the price of one Ferrari!



There is something though to be said about quality. The Vette, especially interior wise, looks and sounds cheap. The doors when they close sound cheap, buttons seem to fall off and they creak alot when being driven, IMHO.



If you like HP though the Vette is hard to beat.



Thanks for the compliments:)



Also a big THANKS to all who gave their :up regarding my work.



I'll post some more pics later,



Anthony
 
Very nice Anthony.:D



BTW, how do you like the Optimum tire shine? Compared to some of the ones you prefer. I have been very impressed with everything else in their line and was thinking of the tire shine next!
 
SilverLexus said:
Gliptone?



Wow you got some skills. :xyxthumbs
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Well thank you for the compliment and yea the Gliptone products are all right. I have not used alot of their stuff but so far what I have used works well.



I'll post up some more on their stuff as I get a chance to fully use it.



Scottwax said:
Terrific job, Anthony! I was unaware you also detailed lowly Corvettes in addition to Porsche and Mercedes. ;)



The paintwork looks great as always but I really like the engine detailing you did. First rate work!



Brand 'X', eh? :nervous2:
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Well thank you Scott.....I am simply trying to emulate the great Scottwax :D



As for the "Brand X".....This stuff has a much better chance to come to reality as it comes from a maker of products already on market BUT....I don't want to create another ShoKar fiasco either:argue





Dent's & Details said:
Is that a picture of the Alamo under the Hood?
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Yep, sure is....here is a better picture of that.



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Here is another view of the motor.



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Thanks again,

Anthony
 
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