Adam's Detailed: 2003 Z06 Corvette

[AdamsPolishes]

Here's a job our team member Chase did. Great turnaround on this poor black paint!

This client contacted me as an AVID Corvette fanatic. This is the 37th Vette he's owned!! Title of this thread denotes the year, model, & miles. Needless to say it was a CHALLENGE. Primarily in the paint finish. Honestly, the interior & engine bay were in pretty good condition! It's obvious the previous owner had intentions on keeping this gem clean, but simply had NO CLUE as to how to care for the paint finish. Heavily swirled & marred, I knew I had some hours ahead of me, in paint correction!! Overall, the car looked "dirty gray" (even after being washed) and not even a shimmer of gloss left in it. Here was my plan of attack:

• Adam's Boar's Hair Brush & Car Wash Shampooon the engine bay (no APC needed)
• Blow dry with Metro Sidekick blaster
• Adam's All Purpose Cleaner & Fender Brush on tires & undercarriage
• Adam's Turbo Stick& All Purpose Cleaner on wheels
• 2-bucket wash with Adam's Car Wash Shampoo & an added 2oz. of Adam's APC (to strip old wax, etc. - without this, the Adam's Car Wash Shampoo is PH neutral) along with 2 Jumbo Wash Pads
• Rinse car & Adam's Clay Bar with Detail Spray entire vehicle
• Condition engine bay & all plastics with Adam's SVRT & block sponge
• Tires dressed with Adam's SVRT
• Wheel wells dressed with Adam's Invisible Undercarriage Spray
  

Polishing consisted of the following:

• New "prototype" Adam's heavy compound polish
• New "prototype" Adam's microfiber cutting pads
• Flex PE14-2 Rotary
• Flex 3401 Polisher
• 4" Drill Kit for the lower doors & scoops
• New "prototype" Adam's fine machine polish & Adam's White Pad
• Top off with Adam's Brilliant Glaze & Americana Paste Wax, both applied with a Red Hex Grip Applicator
• All polishes & waxes removed with Adam's Single Soft & Double Soft towels
  

UPON ARRIVAL


DURING


DURING


UPON INSPECTION AFTER WASH








DURING POLISHING




DEBADGED REAR DECKLID


TAIL BEFORE


TAIL AFTER (deeper scratches, too deep to repair)


ENGINE BAY COMPLETE (sorry, no "before" shots)








FINISHED CAR




















Why do I aaaaaaalways forget to take interior pics???!!!?!?!!! Aaaaarrgghh!!! Well, anyway, here's what I used......

• Adam's Leather/Interior Cleaner & Interior Brush on seats
• Adam's Leather Conditioner & block sponge on all interior leather & plastics
• Adam's Detail Spray & Single Soft towel on glass (was pretty clean upon arrival)
• Adam's Quick Sealant on windshield (out of Glass Sealant)
  

Thanks for looking!! If you have any questions, feel free to ask!!

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[kstruckcountry]

Nice!! If you want a free truck to demo on, I'll be here.

[99silveradoz71]

Looks great. Definitely wouldn't mind getting a few more items for this summer for the truck and wife's ride.

[Chris]

Can I just pay you guys to do my truck

 

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[cobrajet84]

Wow, looks great!

[AdamsPolishes]

Thanks guys!

 

I will go out on a limb and say than ANY of us on the team would detail your trucks...provided you either come to us or pay to have us fly to you.

[louie730]

About what would you charge to do a job like that on a crew cab Silverado if it were brought into your shop and how long would it take?

[AdamsPolishes]

About what would you charge to do a job like that on a crew cab Silverado if it were brought into your shop and how long would it take?

 

Check out Chase's website, http://www.insanepaintdetailing.com/. All of the pricing info is there to give you an idea of what to expect.

[JrocK817]

Damn, looks like that vette was washed with a brillo pad! haha nice work.

 

That pricing seems about right.. for the work involved. When i did my SS year before last it took 3 of us about 5 hours. Clay bar, 2 step polishing, then a good wax. IMO Clay bar is the hardest part. If it hasn't been done before...

[yukon25008.1]

Its amazing what the right product can do.. Be applied the right way!

Our 03 tahoe is black and has a ton of bad swirl marks..

[AdamsPolishes]

Thanks for the kind words guys, Chase is very talented that's for sure!

 

Don't scare yourselves into thinking you can't get the same results though! Our instructional videos oultine the process and we strive to make our product line super user-friendly for even the most novice of detailers.