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Old 03-02-2018, 07:59 PM
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Looks awesome, how long did it take you?
How's the PTB working?
Old 03-02-2018, 08:09 PM
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great looking car. What splitter & winglets/canards are those and how do you like them?
Old 03-02-2018, 09:41 PM
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A guy I know dropped $2400 on his at some retailer, his looks good but your looks much better!!!!!
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Totally WOW! I've got a black SC757 coming and I'm bringing these photos to the paint correctors and telling them that this is the gold standard...can you match. Totally amazing. Too bad the Barbie Jeep is so much faster than your Corvette lol. (tell me you didn't tell her it was...)
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Originally Posted by HKILP7M8
Looks awesome, how long did it take you?
How's the PTB working?
Freaking love it! I added the BMS drop in and the car feels better now across the rpm range

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great looking car. What splitter & winglets/canards are those and how do you like them?
Thanks, is the factory stage 3 aero on the Z07

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A guy I know dropped $2400 on his at some retailer, his looks good but your looks much better!!!!!
Thanks, they key to success is time! You have to take your time to get good results.

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Totally WOW! I've got a black SC757 coming and I'm bringing these photos to the paint correctors and telling them that this is the gold standard...can you match. Totally amazing. Too bad the Barbie Jeep is so much faster than your Corvette lol. (tell me you didn't tell her it was...)
Haha! The little jeeps will melt the plastic wheels with stinky burnouts all up and down the driveway. I did the 24v conversions on them and they fly! I'm not sure how long the motors will last but they are several years old now and WELL used.
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Had her out Saturday for a bit. Glossy!


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Did the same a few weeks back you gotta love a well detailed black Z

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Originally Posted by DavidC83
Well, I've had my Z for a month now and I've only driven it 4 or so times when the roads were clean, so I decided to go ahead and give it a full detail in preparation for spring.

I started with Adams corrective and then finishing polish on orange and white pads, and then followed that with a once over using Menzerna micro polish. The results are amazing! I'm going to apply the ceramic coat sometime next weekend.

I also added some GM splash guards, a bolra x pipe, some carbon fiber fender stripes (not sure how I feel about them yet) and my Tony Mamo PTB came in so I threw that on too.

Before...major swirl!

Looks great! Where did you get the splash guards?


Merica'


Clarity and depth!



Daytime



Wall Art



The LAB



Nighttime under the lights



GM splash guard vs stock



RF Splash Guard



RR Splash Guard



Tony Mamo PTB
Beautiful ride! Where did you purchase splash guards? Easy install.
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The car looks great as I stated earlier but pics on forums are easy to make a "wax" job look awesome.




This is my F150. It's never seen a buffer of any sort. Just wash and hand wax.
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Originally Posted by Jus Cruisin
The car looks great as I stated earlier but pics on forums are easy to make a "wax" job look awesome.




This is my F150. It's never seen a buffer of any sort. Just wash and hand wax.

Nice! I wish I could've just washed and sealed it but the paint was in bad shape from the previous owner. Also none of my pictures have any sealant or wax on it. Its just after the paint correction. I still haven't ceramic coated the car yet as I'm waiting on better weather.
Old 03-07-2018, 07:28 AM
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Originally Posted by McFly
Beautiful ride! Where did you purchase splash guards? Easy install.
I got them at Cultrag. The install was 10-20 minutes for the whole car! It's the easiest thing out there to do



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