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Mar 28, 2011 | 05:00 PM

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Rough Z28 brought back

Here's one I did a couple months ago. It was in very rough shape, heavily contaminated, heavily oxidized, heavy swirls, etc... It got a 2 day correction then sealed with Blackfire wet diamond. Finished pics are a little blurry, my apologies on that. Also headlights were bad but were not requested to be polished.

Under the lights....

Finished pics.. Sorry I was in the rush and I'd already inspected it under the halogens and put them away...

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Mar 28, 2011 | 05:12 PM

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You should've done the f-body community a favor and polished the lights as well as taking off those god awful wheels for them, they look like they came off a late 90's buick.

Again, heck of a job on bringing back the paint. The before pictures look terrible.

Mar 28, 2011 | 05:17 PM

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Holy water spots from hell batman!!!

Looks 1000x better.

LOL Buick wheels.

Mar 28, 2011 | 05:19 PM

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I rest my case.

Mar 28, 2011 | 07:05 PM

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Looks great. Stock paint?

Mar 28, 2011 | 07:18 PM

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Looks great. Stock paint?

Thanks! yes stock paint

Mar 28, 2011 | 07:32 PM

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looks good as always. how do you like the blackfire wax?

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Mar 29, 2011 | 03:17 AM

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I rest my case.

Mar 29, 2011 | 04:37 AM

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That sealant you're talking about..... does it basically make it a little bit harder to swirl/screw up the finish again?

Mar 29, 2011 | 04:49 AM

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dang hell of a job and i agree wheels are ugly

Mar 29, 2011 | 06:02 AM

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Looks great, it's amazing what a full detail can do for a car

Mar 29, 2011 | 03:37 PM

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An Amazing job on the detail but the crusty headlamps and ugly wheels are very disrespectful to the job lol

Mar 29, 2011 | 03:43 PM

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U the MAN Jeff.

Mar 29, 2011 | 04:14 PM

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Nice job! I guess trick is to never let it get that bad in the first place.
FWIW, I just switched from sealer to carnuba on my excellent peuter finish. So much richer, deeper shine with the Carnuba.

I like the wheels. Almost as much as I like my rare 16" snowflakes :-)

Mar 29, 2011 | 04:45 PM

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That sealant you're talking about..... does it basically make it a little bit harder to swirl/screw up the finish again?

There aren't really any products that will prevent swirls/scratches. Its more of a chemical barrier than a physical one. You still need to use proper washing/drying methods to avoid that.

The only product that can do a LITTLE bit of that prevention is Opti-Coat. And its not available to the public.