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The color choice was beautiful but the clear was very soft. I bought the car with the new paint on it and noticed the car cover I bought was actually killing the clear coat. Here is a pic of where I started right after I rubbed it down with a clay bar.
The whole car was like this. It was in pretty rough shape for new paint. I spent about 13 hours on it first cutting with a heavy duty wool wheel and Maguires Solo. Went back to Maguires Diamond Cut 2.0 and the same coarse wool wheel cutting all the scratches out of the clear. Followed it up with the Diamond Cur on a medium wool wheel, then Maguires swirl remover on a medium foam pad followed by some 3M Polish on an ultra fine foam pad. Then two coats of Klasse All in One. I still need to apply the Klasse Sealer a few times but here is the current state.
The paint looks great! I'm curious about your spoiler though, is that factory? It looks great! I personally prefer a nice subtle body color spoiler on the GS/Z06 over the larger black ones that they usually get.
Patman the spoiler is from from a Z51. The car was originally a base Stingray with no spolier from GM.
And Larry this was my first attempt at that much cutting. Luckily I have a great friend who let me use his garage and all his polishing supplies. Here is what I used. The wool compounding pads were 9 inches (3M #'s 5711 & 5713) and the polishing pad was 8 inches (3M #5751).
Last edited by intake68; Jan 27, 2017 at 08:17 AM.
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West Coast Corvettes Introguard series. They have been very good to deal with and are working with me to select another cover with the soft inner liner at no charge. I just saw a post here from a user named Jimmy and sounds like he had the same issue.
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Patman the spoiler is from from a Z51. The car was originally a base Stingray with no spolier from GM.
And Larry this was my first attempt at that much cutting. Luckily I have a great friend who let me use his garage and all his polishing supplies. Here is what I used. The wool compounding pads were 9 inches (3M #'s 5711 & 5713) and the polishing pad was 8 inches (3M #5751).
Great thanks, any issues getting into different parts of the body with those size pads?
The only part was around the rear brake cooling inlets but it just meant I needed to work the angle to get at the paint. The front lip was a snap and although there are lots of different body lines the car was easy to work on. Best thing I did was to mask it off prior to starting so I could work the edges too.
Brand new cover that was never set down on a floor or was exposed to any outdoor weather including winds. The car was clean and washed before the cover was used. I am working on the car and the cover was removed frequently. I was using the cover because the garage was being used to work on another vehicle, sleds,that tractor you see in some of the pictures.
The material of the cover is where the problem is. Its a nylon material that feels a bit rigid. I just never thought something designed to protect the car would kill the car haha. As I mentioned The car was repainted when the widebody was added and I dont know much about the clear coat or hardeners that were used when it was sprayed. I bought the car already painted. All I know for sure as the paint code is A8A Lexus LFA pearl blue.
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Nmvettec7 I would use a lot of pressure at low rpm guessing around 400-600 rpm and then as I reduced pressure and changed the amount of contact with the pad and paint I would increase speed. When I was done it was at max rpm which I think was 1400ish rpm and just gliding on the paint and at the same time working any of the diamond cut away so it was a light haze.
Paint progress
with owc6! I would not put a cover on mine!
