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VIDEO: Corvette ZR1 in the Paintshop
In this video GM shows us the paint process for the Corvette ZR1. Typically taking 6 to 7 hours per vehicle, the process starts with the body panels loaded onto a rig and passed through a series of spray and heating booths. Although the video skips the sanding and feather dusting process it's still interesting to watch. Here's the recipe:
- Panels loaded already covered in a conductive primer
- gray primer is applied
- bake for 30 minutes at 265 degrees
- clean sand and feather dust dirt particles
- spray base color coat to a thickness of 0.7 to 1.2mm
- bake at ambient temperature (80 degrees)
- spray clearcoat
- bake for 20 to 25 minutes at 250 degrees
Source: GMnext.com
gmfan09
June 25, 2008 6:40:38 AM
Was that for the ZR1 or all Corvettes cause the bumper covers they show at the end are normal C6s.
BrianWCF
June 25, 2008 10:17:07 AM
GM says the vehicle being shown is an actual ZR1 but the ending shots show the rest of the Corvette production line.
davegt
June 25, 2008 7:27:17 AM
Nice, but the paint shop shown here is not as impressive as the one at Ferrari's factory... that's awesome. If interested, look up the video at youtube, it was on a Discovery show, megafactories, and they were building a 599 GTB but you could see various models in the paitshop



damn... baked? lol that's sweet