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Old Jul 30, 2010 | 05:08 PM
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Default 17 hour correction on a Z06
Its been a little while since I posted, things have been crazy busy with 70 hr weeks lately and I'm way behind on posting up pics, so this will be a brief one...

This was a 2-step paint correction to fix severe swirls and holograms after having the roof and hood painted, along with some polishing of the rare Fikse FM5 wheels too.


Total time invested: 17 hours



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Looks awesome man. Good job.
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That car is stunning and your work is amazing as usual
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I'm not sure I like the hood or the paint job, but now nobody can say that thing is dirty! Amazing work man.
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mecham hood? pretty cool setup.

is it a lot more of a pita on all the extra curves on the hood?
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great job looks great
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Thats it. Im selling the Firehawk and getting a Z06.. Nice man Very nice!!
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Originally Posted by Irish350
mecham hood? pretty cool setup.

is it a lot more of a pita on all the extra curves on the hood?
Yeah working around and on those vents was a bit of a nightmare, but nothing I couldn't handle
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dude send me those wheels lol
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badass work as always.
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Car looks amazing! How do your customers usually react when they pick up their cars?
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I was just thinking about that hood, what a PITA! But you have a gift man
Good Job
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great work as usual, and a sexy car
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Jeeeez man, you're killin me!! Ok, what do you do with all the edges, esp. with a hood like that? Still tape them all off?
That's skill right there! Nice car btw whoever owns that. Time to get a new air dam though.
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Originally Posted by MYSTIC-1SC
badass work as always.
Thanks!

Originally Posted by lt11994
Car looks amazing! How do your customers usually react when they pick up their cars?
They're always very happy and sometimes downright astonished.

Originally Posted by Unertl42
I was just thinking about that hood, what a PITA! But you have a gift man
Good Job
Thanks!

Originally Posted by 02gtp4now
great work as usual, and a sexy car
Thank you!

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Jeeeez man, you're killin me!! Ok, what do you do with all the edges, esp. with a hood like that? Still tape them all off?
That's skill right there! Nice car btw whoever owns that. Time to get a new air dam though.
Absolutely tape them. All it takes is one slip....

Thanks
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The hood had to be a bitch. Ive worked at bodyshops during HS and college so Ive spent my fair time wetsanding/buffing black hoods. Nice work.
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Looks damn good man. Beautiful car!
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