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Old 09-09-2013, 02:36 PM
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I bought my Corvette about 2 months ago and finally did my first wax yesterday. So many projects planned, i dont know where to start

Interior Plans:

Change charcoal carpet to black carpet throughout car.
New door sills to replace the current ones that have wear and tear(car has 74k)
Repaint inside door jam areas by a proffesional paint shop
Suede boot, shifter and new short shifter(red stitching)
Suede steering wheel(red stitching)
Center console, steering columns dipped in Carbon Fiber
Suede armrest(suede stitching)
Racing Seats

Exterior Plans:

New satin black wheels
Front lip
Tint





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Start with a covered parking spot.
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A long list, at least you got the wax job crossed off the list....
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Haha they dont offer those covered parking spots at work yet. And the list is long but Im going to do it little by little, so its going to be a long project!
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Originally Posted by dvilin
A long list, at least you got the wax job crossed off the list....
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The wax took about 3hrs and a lot of elbow grease, good workout.
Old 09-09-2013, 03:00 PM
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Nice shine!
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Car looks good. Lots of good plans.
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Nice job. love the color!
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Originally Posted by djbojan
The wax took about 3hrs and a lot of elbow grease, good workout.
Get a random orbital buffer...it will look better and it will take less time

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Originally Posted by z06clif
Get a random orbital buffer...it will look better and it will take less time

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Thats def in the plans plus clay bar! I just wanted to do a hand wax first!
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Did you do the calipers green or were they already painted?
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Originally Posted by JJC5
Did you do the calipers green or were they already painted?
I painted the calipers and rotors(rotors had some rust one them) and plasti diped the wheels. The wheels were originally chrome so the plasti dip gave me a cheap temporary solution that I could have without damaging the chrome wheels which i plan to sell.

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