Thread: Street Dreams Detail - 88' Corvette Special Edition Extensive Correction

1988 35th Anniversary edition Vette Z01 package. Limited production car (2,050 made) This car was made only in white as a tribute to the 1953 Corvettes which were only produced in with white exteriors.

This car is not regularly driven and has sat for a quite while. Issues included a lackluster paint finish, water etch marks, slight oxidation and some yellowed plastic body panels (front/rear bumper).

Goal was to correct the paint best as possible where allowed....



Starting point...

Paint:



Roof:



Correction was carried out with the following:

M105 w/ Wool pad via rotary
D300 w/ MF cutting disc
Menzerna P203s
Menzerna PO85rd

Correction shots: Just a warning if your not into "50/50" shots than you can just hit return on your browser now, this thread isnt for you.







Hood after a test spot...





Hood: left side corrected
right side uncorrected







Closeup...



Before:



After compoudning and polishing stages:

Roof before under natural garage lighting...



After under same lighting, all haze and swirls removed...



Over 600+ Lumens worth of LED light...



and then under halogens...



Front and read bumper corrected up fine but some of the yellowing remained...







Tires had old dressing caked in and flashed off, after some further cleaning a fresh rubber surface was left for new dressing to be applied:





Interior treated



Finished photos...












In total about 34hrs. invested

Thanks for reading!

All the best,

Dave

That's some great 50/50's

Beautiful job, looked like a nice little challenge!

well done, i have always loved those cars

Originally Posted by Dino V

Beautiful job, looked like a nice little challenge!

Little challenges sure do feel big sometimes, my back is still sore from this one

damn Dave sick job! the toys in the background aren't bad either.