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Replying to: vettever (Nov 03, 2007 7:58 am) http://www.tintdude.com/auto-detailing.html I just use a polisher with just a touch of compound - scratch remover, whatever. Buff lightly until the compound burnishes out to a shine with just a light residue of compound left, then remove that with a cloth or towel. Experiment to find the method that works for you. On bad surfaces, I color sand with 1500-2500 wet-or-dry sand paper, then rubbing or polishing compound. Hand waxers may shudder, but it works. Once you get to this point, you can hand wax if you like. If a scratch has gone through the clear coat. there isn't much you can do, although I always wanted to carefully fill one like that with clear coat. and then color sand starting with a block, to get the surface level. Has anyone done this? Other methods/products?
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Replying to: 55396 (Nov 03, 2007 9:37 am) I have a 99 C5 and in the next month I am going to strip off all the old wax , clean the paint, clay magic it, and reapply wax. Probably a 2 day project but the car should look pretty good. I find the scratch and swirl removers make for good marketing. just remembered i have to get a new air filter--just did a hard drive thru AZ and Nevada. |
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Replying to: vettever (Nov 03, 2007 7:58 am) both our Vette's done a couple times. Whatever he did the last time on my Electron Blue took out the vast majority of the swirls and it looks good, except for the rock chips on the head light covers and hood, not to mention under the door panels. The wife's is Mill... Yellow and always seems to look good. Then again it never runs on race tracks. Zaino has some very good stuff. I use the spray on spot cleaner and it does wonders. Randy |
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When I fill the tank on my 2007 C6 it will run over if I try to put any more gas in after it kicks off the first time. Does anyone else have this problem or jut me?
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Replying to: motorhead1 (Nov 04, 2007 5:23 pm) |
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Replying to: motorhead1 (Nov 04, 2007 5:23 pm) Don't do it. When it stops, it's full. |
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Replying to: bolivar (Nov 04, 2007 7:59 pm)
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Replying to: motorhead1 (Nov 05, 2007 1:52 pm) overfill. However, my '02 is like most older cars, it will take whatever I want to add to round up to even $ amount. Randy |
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Replying to: motorhead1 (Nov 05, 2007 1:52 pm) And, on other forums with much, much more discussion that this one, most of them - when a pump hose click off, if you continue, it's going to go on the ground, after flowing down the side of your shinny car. And, I don't know if the C6 started the design, but I know my 2007 has a split tank. There are about 10 gallons on the left side, and another 10 gallons on the right side. And, there is a huge amount of hardware for the fuel tank. It basically has a large hose at the top that is used when filling to allow gas to flow to the other side tank. And it has a separate pump that does nothing but move gas from one side to the other where the actual fuel pump resides. And the computer looks at flow rates and if fuel is not transferring between the two tanks it will set an error message. And there have been cars towed because problems with this system. On one of the other forums I noted, there is a picture of an entire fuel tank system pulled from a car. And a schemetic. Very complex. So, something about this system allows gas to completely fill it up. To the top. More will run over. And, like Corvettes do, some new ones will NOT take gas. People talk about 15 minutes to put 10 gallons in a car. This has happened to mine one time - it shut down at about half a tank.
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Replying to: bolivar (Nov 05, 2007 6:16 pm) |
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