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2014 Fire Orange Pearl Si


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I bought this car new right off of the showroom floor. Luckily, there were almost no swirls at all on it, just some marring and very light straight line scratches from people touching it all day.

Here are two before pictures, but the car was already pretty good to begin with:
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Since I will be bringing this car to college, there will be no place to really wash it, so I applied a coating for protection.
First I removed all of the stickers that I had the dealer leave on, removed all brackets and license plates, then rinsed it down for a wash. Next up was some foam with an iron removing car shampoo and then a 2 bucket wash with a microfiber wash mitt, 2oz of Adam's car shampoo, and 4 oz of APC.
 
Adam's Car Wash Shampoo
Adam's Grit Guard Car Wash Bucket
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner

At this point I would have done the wheels and tires, but they were already clean from the dealer prep.

The car was then sprayed with an iron decontamination product similar to DWC. There was only a noticeable color change on the hood, lower front bumper, and the rear license plate holder. 

Adam's Deep Wheel Cleaner

I then rinsed and pat the car dry with Adam's Great White and Double Soft towels. Next I pulled it into the garage where I planned on claying it, but this car was smooth. Perhaps the dealer did it when they prepped it for the showroom. I know they do where I work, so it's possible they did here too.

Adam's Great White Microfiber Drying Towel
Adam's Double Soft Microfiber Towel

I then attacked the light marring and scratches by hand with Adam's orange hex grip polishing pad and a compound and polish.

I then sprayed the car down with a 15% IPA solution to prep it for the coating. I ended up using 15 mL for 2 coats. The glass was cleaned using Adam's glass cleaner and microfiber glass towels.  It was then sealed with Adam's Quick Sealant. 

Adam's Glass Cleaner
Adam's Microfiber Glass Cleaning Towels
Adam's Quick Sealant

Here are the after pictures. Unfortunately, it's been cloudy all day, so really no sun shots.
 
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Still reflects well for how dark it was outside:
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Interior got Adam's Total Interior Detailer:

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Very nice ride and great job on the detail.

That color is killer.  Corvette is bringing out a new orange for 2015 called Daytona Sunrise Orange and I'm betting it's going to be real close to that.  

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Sweet new ride Matt!  Congrats!

 

 

Very nice ride and great job on the detail.

That color is killer.  Corvette is bringing out a new orange for 2015 called Daytona Sunrise Orange and I'm betting it's going to be real close to that.  

 

 

Nice car and great choice of color. Love it!

 

 

Very nice!  LOVE that car:  color, interior!  Cool!

 

 

I really like that color!

 

 

Very nice.....great looking ride, love the color!!

 

 

nice color

 

 

Great job Matt, that color is B-E-A-utiful!!!

Thank you guys!

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