[Z06] Spider Veins
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Spider Veins
Bought a 2002 C5 Z06 about a month ago.
My order of Zaino arrived earlier this week. After "dawning" the Z, I noticed some "spider viens" in the right top of the rear clip. Had not seen those when I bouight the Z. It almost like the previous polish/poly coating hid the same.
Short of repainting the entire rear clip, how do I get rid of the spider veins?
My order of Zaino arrived earlier this week. After "dawning" the Z, I noticed some "spider viens" in the right top of the rear clip. Had not seen those when I bouight the Z. It almost like the previous polish/poly coating hid the same.
Short of repainting the entire rear clip, how do I get rid of the spider veins?
Last edited by NBM LS1 M6; Aug 28, 2011 at 03:47 PM.
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You could try using a black sharpie pen. I know a lot of guys with black show cars that do this. Obviously only do a tiny area at first and see how it looks. I have never tried this as I never would buy a black car because they take too much work to keep looking pretty.
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I would just overlook them. I have a few. You will get plenty of tiny chips,etc if you are going to drive this car. Mine is black and only has 17,000 miles always garaged/waxed,bla bla bla and after taking a few long vacation trips I added a few minor chips and scratches that most people would not see unless I pointed them out. Its just not worth the time and money to worry about the little flaws if you drive it.
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I would just overlook them. I have a few. You will get plenty of tiny chips,etc if you are going to drive this car. Mine is black and only has 17,000 miles always garaged/waxed,bla bla bla and after taking a few long vacation trips I added a few minor chips and scratches that most people would not see unless I pointed them out. Its just not worth the time and money to worry about the little flaws if you drive it.
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I would just overlook them. I have a few. You will get plenty of tiny chips,etc if you are going to drive this car. Mine is black and only has 17,000 miles always garaged/waxed,bla bla bla and after taking a few long vacation trips I added a few minor chips and scratches that most people would not see unless I pointed them out. Its just not worth the time and money to worry about the little flaws if you drive it.
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Karma?
When I composed the OP post I held in my memory my days as a car salesman. I remember paint detail guys doing some interesting stuff to both new and used cars that sure seemed to involve some "magic" that might mask flaws until after the car was sold and down the road. A whole lot of people buy a car and never do their own detail work thereafter, and even fewer go the Zaino route, i.e. a polish system that is quite a bit different that the standard poly coat routine.
