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Old Apr 1, 2021 | 05:00 AM
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Originally Posted by gagman66
Fast Dawg, I live outside Atlanta. What is the name and location where you took your car for ceramic coating? My C8 Conv, Arctic White arrive sometime in April.
GlassLife Atlanta. They recently moved to a new shop in Cumming right next to Vengeance Racing. The owner is Colyn Crighton. I've had four cars coated there, including my 15 C7 and my 09 C6. They do most of the cars that come to Vengeance for mods. I'm sure that you will see a collection of very nice cars if you go to his shop for a ceramic coating quote. They have a great reputation and stand behind their work. I recently had them coat my red 2020 Chevy 2500 HD and people compliment me on how clean it looks when it hasn't been washed in weeks!
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Old Apr 1, 2021 | 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Kevin A Jones
Do yourself and your C7 a favor and take it to a GOOD detailer and have a paint correction done.
By the way, what do you mean by "trenchcoat" ?
Unless you are willing to purchase a quality buffer, pads, etc you may be better off having a professional detail shop paint correct your car
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Old Apr 1, 2021 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Fast Dawg
GlassLife Atlanta. They recently moved to a new shop in Cumming right next to Vengeance Racing. The owner is Colyn Crighton. I've had four cars coated there, including my 15 C7 and my 09 C6. They do most of the cars that come to Vengeance for mods. I'm sure that you will see a collection of very nice cars if you go to his shop for a ceramic coating quote. They have a great reputation and stand behind their work. I recently had them coat my red 2020 Chevy 2500 HD and people compliment me on how clean it looks when it hasn't been washed in weeks!

Thanks. I'll make an appointment when I know delivery.
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Old Apr 1, 2021 | 02:42 PM
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I waxed all my cars and trucks by hand prior to getting the 'Vette. As I stated in my above post, it came from Kerbecks full of swirls. I read up for months prior to purchasing the 2 machines how to accomplish the task. I did my wife's 2015 CRV Touring before doing the 'Vette. You could even get a junk yard hood or trunk to practice on. I used Blackfire one step, etc.
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Old Apr 2, 2021 | 08:07 AM
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I agree with the others, do it yourself it's not that hard.
Check out this video, let me know if you have any questions.

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Old Apr 2, 2021 | 12:31 PM
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You will still spend a few bucks getting it corrected either way, but if you do your research in doing it properly, practice, then do it and get great results you will have a great deal of satisfaction that "you did this ! "
No amount of money can buy that !!
You can even make it look this good !!
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