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    I have finally got around to start playing with my Camaro a bit the other day. I have had clear coat issues on my two back fenders that have been driving me nuts for the last year.

    I was at the point where I may need to paint it to repair it, so I tried a last ditch resort of wet sanding it.

    The outcome went from this:

    Clear coat hazing

    2002 SOM Z28 Camaro - 12.9 @ 104 mph
    1996 3800 Camaro - 13.43 @ 100.77 mph


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  • #2
    To it now looks like this...


    Wet sanding


    One small area seemed to have no clear coat as it bled off orange as I lightly sanded there. I can see it was the area I had repaired when I first bought it. Plan to touch up a few more spots before I hit it with some rubbing and polishing compound.

    2002 SOM Z28 Camaro - 12.9 @ 104 mph
    1996 3800 Camaro - 13.43 @ 100.77 mph


    Project Cars | How To Guides | Scratch Repair | Synthetic Oil

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    • #3
      Looks great , Mike.
      08' L76 6.0L 4X4 Chevy EXT.Cab LTZ Vortec MAX with Snug top cover, Dynomax exhaust,Hptuners& K&N intake
      96' Camaro M5 to A4 conversion, alot of mods . GT35R Turbo full suspension. Built engine

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      • #4
        I never had any luck doing wet sanding. What grades are you using.

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        • #5
          I just used 2000grit wet sand paper. I need to now use a running compound to remove the scratches and get the shine coming back. Then step down to a polishing compound, until I work my way up to waxing it

          2002 SOM Z28 Camaro - 12.9 @ 104 mph
          1996 3800 Camaro - 13.43 @ 100.77 mph


          Project Cars | How To Guides | Scratch Repair | Synthetic Oil

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          • #6
            Looking forward to seeing the end result.

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