Locked in overnight at the dealership.....lots to do

With how crazy my schedule has been the last few months, my contact at the dealership arranged an overnight lock-in with the owner's approval. This was from 9pm to 9am the following day. Upon arrival I had already pulled a 10hr day....so it was truly a marathon work day/night. Nothing super fancy, but just a lot of work.

On the agenda:
-Take scratches out of every Vette back end with the full width spoiler install (thank you service dept)
-wipe down all showroom Vettes and the ZL1
-wipe down all Vettes in the larger secondary showroom
-wipe down all Vettes in the warehouse (a lot)
-wash, clay, wax, interior cleanup on two Vettes being picked up the following day by their new owners
-Fully correct a 427 vert that was sold and in rough shape.

So there was FAR beyond 12hrs of work to do in the timeframe I had. So the cars were prioritized and after they let me out in the morning and grabbed a few hours sleep I returned and brought Ryan with me to help knock out the massive amount of work ahead. And as it usually goes with dealers, they sprung a few extra surprises on me and asked me to get them done too...




Arrived at about 8:30pm to start setting up. Here is a couple shots of what's to be done...

Warehouse







Primary showroom cars

















ZL1 getting its finishing touches






Night Race Blue Z06 getting its cleanup after the 90 min correction around the new spoiler.





After doing about 4 hours in the primary showroom, I moved to the warehouse to handle the two sold cars that were being picked up in the morning. Only took a few pics as I was pressed for time.

Both cars got an Optimum No Rinse wash





All tidied up and ready to go












Back to the primary showroom to correct the issues on the remaining cars...marks kids had made and issues from the spoiler install.

Side-by-side 50/50 shot






Correction finished






People ask why do new cars need any work at all? Well lets take a look...
(Night Race Blue Z06 shown earlier)











Onto a Night Race Blue 427 vert....







Testing a few product/pad combinations with the Griot's Garage 6" DA....unfortunately was not giving the results I wanted. Time to step it up to the Rupes Bigfoot DA...








Trunk looking much better. Spoiler area still to do...









After completing the back end...






Onto the front....











Looking much better














At that point the sun was back up, freshly rested salesmen were returning to their offices and the doors were unlocked so I could go home for a couple hours sleep. So fast forward a few hours and I was back and had Ryan with me to help finish it all off.


Next up was the Cyber Gray 427 vert from the showroom that badly needed correction before the new owner would come collect it. Just a little bit of rain to contend with on the short drive to the warehouse....








The issues....















Loving my custom Meguiars G110v2 DA with the NXT shroud thanks to Mr. Kevin Brown!






These parallel scratches spanned about 5 feet along the drivers side of the car









Corrected
















Sorting out the scratches on the hood












Ryan working on the small fleet of horsepower behind me. He had all these cars perfect while I handled that 427 which took the majority of my day.








At the end of the day the sun broke out and dried everything up just in time for some pictures.


























Thanks for checking out this marathon detail session!

 

Just unbelievable dedication, that is some serious work ethic. Nice job, they all turned out superb.

 

WOW! That's hell of a lot of work! Excellent job!

 

That is so Phukin awesome!! Such an amazing group of cars to be working around.

 

Great work Jeff, man you are a tropper. My arms would fall off after a 10 hour detail and you pulled a all nighter after that. Bravo to you good sir.

 

Thanks guys! I didn't start "feeling" the fatigue until about 6am....the last 3hrs were brutal. I downed TWO 5hr Energy Shots to make it home safe lol.

 

Great work! Those are some badass cars to work on. I can't believe how bad they get scratched and marked up like that..

 

Definition of haulin A right there! I'm sure you won't ever forget about that night!

 

DAMN SON!! Doin' work. That's amazing buddy. Good on ya.....!

 

Damn! That's a lot of Vetts! Great work Jeff!

 

Good Lord man! That's like being in a room full of naked supermodels!!! I can't imagine a 24 hour session like that. I'm too old for that shit, LOL. They look great. Talk about being a kid in a candy store....

 

Vette heaven!! I would be happier than a kid in a candy store.

 

Amazing work ... that's Corvette heaven right there!

 

Great job . How many people help you?

 

Awesome work. That's some serious dedication. Hopefully they know your worth.

 

WOW. thats alot dedication!

Crazy to see a dealership actually care about their inventory

 

^ yeah surprised also. +1

 

Very nice work. I noticed a few GTRs in the backround in a few pics. I also noticed this place was a Chevy dealership. Do they try to carry high end used cars as well? I am a service writer at a Chevy dealership but they are more focused on fleet, trucks, and economy cars then the Camaros and corvettes. Our area "Corvette" dealer carrys Adams products at the parts counter.

 

Great work on what are notoriously hard clear coats. What product combo's did you settle on for those stellar results.

 

Wow.... has to be a huge dealer to have so many Vettes in inventory at a given time.