Paint Pics: Before/After
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Instructor
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From: El Segundo/Dana Point Ca. Ca
But I am happy now, doesn't look as ghetto anymore.......
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Thanks for the useless comment!
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Lol i knew someone was gonna hit me with this, ok quick to label someone an abuser of a corvette because they read something and took it the wrong way. It was just a question, i say this because my older brother bought a used 02 Vette off a small dealer lot and a couple months into owning it the paint started fading like in the picture. Fast forward to the behinning of the year when i purchased my 99 Vette of of a small dealer. Took it home washed it and took my sweet *** time waxing it. Gets waxed once a month and washed about 2 times a week (DD) and after a couple of months my hood did the same thing. And i take really great care of my car.
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From: El Segundo/Dana Point Ca. Ca
Lol i knew someone was gonna hit me with this, ok quick to label someone an abuser of a corvette because they read something and took it the wrong way. It was just a question, i say this because my older brother bought a used 02 Vette off a small dealer lot and a couple months into owning it the paint started fading like in the picture. Fast forward to the behinning of the year when i purchased my 99 Vette of of a small dealer. Took it home washed it and took my sweet *** time waxing it. Gets waxed once a month and washed about 2 times a week (DD) and after a couple of months my hood did the same thing. And i take really great care of my car.
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From: El Segundo/Dana Point Ca. Ca
How about the hood had crappy paint and it got bad with age?
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From: lancaster pa
Hmmmm curious how the only part of the body that was oxidizing was the hood. Not the Top, not the fenders, not the rear panel. I must have been doing something wrong it seems? Oh wait, I did the whole car the way I described. Must have been too much pressure, too much polish, too much wind, wrong pad, full moon etc....
How about the hood had crappy paint and it got bad with age?
How about the hood had crappy paint and it got bad with age?
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From: El Segundo/Dana Point Ca. Ca
Man in no way was I trying to say you caused the damage to happen. I'm truly sorry if it came across that way. It seems pretty obvious there was an issue with the finish on the hood. I was just trying to say that polishing once a month is not to good in the long run for a cars finish.
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Hmmmm curious how the only part of the body that was oxidizing was the hood. Not the Top, not the fenders, not the rear panel. I must have been doing something wrong it seems? Oh wait, I did the whole car the way I described. Must have been too much pressure, too much polish, too much wind, wrong pad, full moon etc....
How about the hood had crappy paint and it got bad with age?
How about the hood had crappy paint and it got bad with age?
I used my IR thermometer on a black coupe at work. Here are temps I shot:
Hood: 167°
Front Fender: 170°
Roof: 170° (tinted lexan)
Roof hoop: 177° (between removable roof and back glass)
Back glass: 167°
My 03 AE temps shot at the same time were 20° less than these temps.
I shot a white car in the parking lot and their temps were 20° less than mine.
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Honestly that is the first time I have seen one like that. It could be as it was mentioned a combo of the color, heat, location near salt water, etc. Another factor could that the previous owners could have had a cheap paint job done in order to resell and it was not done properly so it did not hold well.
It doesn't matter now though-that sucker looks brand new!
It doesn't matter now though-that sucker looks brand new!
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Heck of a difference in the before/after pics. Car looks like new again.