[Marine Blue]

The previous owner had spent a decent amount of money having the paint polished and ceramic coated and overall I was pleasantly surprised by the paint condition with a few exceptions.

The rear decklid still had lots of hazing, water spots and some oxidation under the ceramic coating which was driving me crazy. The third brake light was also looking a little tired and the detail shop didn’t do a great job with the finish around the light so I decided to disassemble it, clean everything up and perform some polishing.

I started by cleaning up the red lense and then used a finishing polish with a polishing pad to remove the surface hazing on the exterior surface.

Next up was paint correction. Before I started I ran a paint meter on the rear decklid to make sure I had enough paint to work with and everything measured between 5 and 6 mils so the paint hadn’t been polished much. I chose a microfiber polishing pad with Menzerna 3800 finishing polish on my PXE80 3” Polisher at full speed to correct the paint. I was surprised to see my pad turn blue as I thought the paint was clear coated. When I completed the initial polish I used the Menzerna with a finishing pad to remove any remaining haze. Here are some pictures of the results.