| Sometimes just a little "frosting" will really make a tired Corvette shine. After your usual wash & wax try one or all of the following and see how much better your car looks or sells.
Tip #1
On 1975-79 Corvettes, the small, black bumperettes often fade to an unappealing gray or yellow. This can be easily remedied with some masking tape, masking paper, and Mid America's Black Reconditioning Paint. Clean the bumperettes to remove dirt and wax. Lightly sand with #600 wet/dry sandpaper and mask off with tape and paper. Spray light coats of paint. Let paint partially dry between coats for best coverage. You may want to practice a few coats on cardboard to see the spray pattern. You may want to prime, but we have had excellent results with just the paint. This is not a concours job, but will really clean up the front and rear view of your Corvette.
Tip #2
Now that your car's bumpers are up to par, they may make the grilles look a hit faded. 1973-82 grilles may be dismounted with a phillips screwdriver and the parking lenses masked off or removed. Now you can once again use your trusty can of Black Reconditioning Paint. This will give a very original-looking pair of grilles. Be sure to shoot several light coats to avoid runs. You may want to use new screws if the present ones are rusted.
Tip #3
Rally wheels always tend to get abused and neglected until the point where the paint is about ready to come off. Well you can easily remedy this with our Argent Silver Rally Wheel Paint. Clean the surface of all rust and road grime, then use a scotch brite green pad to "rough" the surface up. Then clean the wheels with an alcohol based product (so there is no residue left behind). After you have masked the tires off you are ready to paint using light coats (remember 2-3 light coats will always look better than 1 heavy coat). Clean and wax your trim rings and center caps, and voila, your wheels look good as new!
These tips are not designed to get you a Gold, but will make your daily driver shine and might put a little extra Green in your pocket at sale time!
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