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VIDEO: Corvette ZR1 in the Paintshop

  
June 24, 2008 11:00 PM by Brian Potter
Filed Under: Technology Chevrolet

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:

  1. Panels loaded already covered in a conductive primer
  2. gray primer is applied
  3. bake for 30 minutes at 265 degrees
  4. clean sand and feather dust dirt particles
  5. spray base color coat to a thickness of 0.7 to 1.2mm
  6. bake at ambient temperature (80 degrees)
  7. spray clearcoat
  8. bake for 20 to 25 minutes at 250 degrees
Source: GMnext.com
carcrazy1234
June 25, 2008 12:11:19 AM

damn... baked? lol that's sweet

RS5
June 25, 2008 4:24:00 AM

so the ZR1 gets different paint from the C6 or Z06?

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

Bakrione
July 2, 2008 3:07:46 AM

you cannot compare ferrari to ford my friend

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