Some areas seemed like single stage and others seemed like bc/cc. I don't know if there were some repaint areas or what....if so, they were repainted a LONG time ago because the wear and tear on the paint was pretty equal throughout. I did have red on my pads and it seemed like some panels caused this (single stage) while others didn't (possibly base coat/clear coat?) Who knows.
Before's
Here's a picture of some of the clearcoat beginning to fail. This was the worst spot by far, but there were various area with the same type of stuff going on. Luckily none of it is actually peeling yet so hopefully I can get a year or two out of the paint before needing a re-spray.
There are quite a few various deep scratches like these. I improved on them a lot, but they are still noticeable. I'm debating on whether to use touch up paint, then wetsand and buff on these or whether to just leave them. Not sure which I'll do yet. (Both of these pictures are before buffing....sorry, no direct afters)
A couple shots of the fender (Before). All the paint was this bad or worse.
Here's a couple of 50/50 shots. Before obviously on left with After on the right.
And here's the entire fender after
The hood was beat up pretty bad. I removed a lot of swirls and junk from the paint. There were a lot of etchings from bird droppings and hard water spots that couldn't be removed. The hood was really thin on clear or paint and it looked like I borderline removed too much clear. I'm going to have to be careful to not re-swirl the paint because another buffing session is probably not an option for this paint.
Before on bottom, After on top
After
Passenger Fender After
\\Here's a 50/50 of the spoiler
And here's the afters.
I'm not going to lie. The paint is FAR from perfect and I don't know if I'm happy or bothered. Clearly it's in better condition than your run of the mill 91 hatch, but I think I'm still setting my standards at the level my Integra was. Oh well, away from the halogne lights it looks about 85-90 percent perfect (paint wise....there are some annoying dings throughout). I'll probably just live with the condition and do a re-paint once the paint/clear starts to actually peal.
