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I might even start with SwirlX on a white Lake Country pad and see how that does instead of going with an orange pad. My experience has been mostly on GM vehicles so maybe that's why I'm used to thicker factory paint.

Well, I was thinking I'd possibly be "gutsy" enough to use a PCXP with an orange Lake Country pad with some SwirlX and work my way down to a black pad with 85rd. Being that this is a daily driver that sits outside 24/7 and is parked near an industrial plant where there's fallout I'm hesitant to...

Can't say that I have. I've only been doing this on the side for a couple of years during some summer weekends. Are you telling me that Honda's and Infiniti's are thin as well? Let me ask you this, what's your comfort level with the aforementioned (overall) paint thickness? Like I said I'm used...

Mike, it's about 4 mils.......would you feel comfortable working on that or is that a little too thin in your experience? In my mind once you get around 100-120 mics that gets into my uncomfortable range. Do you guys think I'm being too nervous or do I have legitimate cause to be uncomfortable...

Greatness follows greatness :xyxthumbs:

Using this as my base then since the door jambs came in at around 50 mics and the panel was 100 mics then I have about 50 mics (or 2 mils) of clear. Going by that I should have enough to work with, but this just seems too inexact for me to feel comfortable removing paint. I'm just going to...

My thoughts exactly.

I didn't measure it in mils, but I think a mil is 25.4 microns so that works out to about 4 mils.

I'm not sure there is such a thing as normal. In my experience factory paint jobs have always been at least 130 microns, this was the thinnest factory paint job I've ever measured.

A friend asked if I could remove the defects out of his 2007 VW Jetta. Yesterday I took out the Defelsko and the overall paint thickness was around only 100 microns or so. Now I only measured the trunk, but for the sake of discussion lets assume that number is consistent throughout. Would you...

Can't say, I've never used APC+.

No, this will not be my daily driver. This is going to be my main toy (if I decide to buy it, that is).

Thanks for the info. That'll be helpful!

That's awesome! I just watched the youtube video of the car on that Website and listened to the roar of that engine. Now I'm favoring the classic. LOL. I hate when I can't make up my mind. One thing's for sure, when I bought the Camaro I rushed into and now I regret that. I'd better take my time...

Another bump.

Yup.

Beautiful cars man! I think what you just described happened to me. I bought that Camaro and made it my garage queen. It became more of a headache than a joy. I was so worried about rock chips and swirls and wanting to maintain its value. Plus, I was not happy with it being a V6. I let the price...

Bump.

I think so. I've used it and never had any issues. I use UISG for most jobs and save the Power Clean for the really dirty jobs. It truly does clean where others can't.

Yeah, this is what I'm thinking too. I just need to figure out what I want more....less maintenance and stylish looks, or a true classic with more maintenance.