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Video: Corvette engineers create ZR1 sunscreen?

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Corvette ZR1 carbon fiber clearcoat process
Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 carbon fiber 'sunscreen' - click above to watch the video

Corvette engineers working on their own time have come up with a protective coat for the ZR1's carbon fiber weave. The sun's UV rays normally work their destructive magic on carbon weave, so Mark Voss, the ZR1's senior design engineer got together with his after-hours team to come up with a coating that would fulfill Chevrolet customer demands. Check out the process itself in the video and presser after the jump.

[Source: General Motors]

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Video: Corvette engineers create ZR1 sunscreen? originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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