OK, so I've finally started looking at the car I've been wanting for a while: a 98 or 99 3.0 CL. I really want black, but so far, many of the black ones I've looked at have quite a few swirl marks and surface scratches.

Is there any way to get these out or make them less noticable, or will I just have to pick a different color?

Thanks!!

 

Whoops, I guess my question is similar to one recently asked, but whatever. Any help is really appreciated.

 

YOU really need to find out how deep those scratches are!

1. If they are really light, a hand buff could do the trick.

2. If they are pretty far into the clear coat, you might want to get a pro (get recommendations and I don't mean your local car wash) to let you know how much he or she thinks can safely remove without damaging the UV protection properties of the clear coat. You may need a machine polish (a person who knows how to use it will do less damage than an idiot will do hand polish).

If you are really lucky, and you can get the car looking pretty good without any wax, Zaino, etc, then you could just go with some Zaino Z5 to cover up any swirls. A few coats will do -- don't expect it to take care of situations where you are trying to treat smallpox with some acne cream.

If you go the "regular" wax method, you will probably want to use a good hand glaze after you chose your polish method in item 1 or 2 above.

Finally, if you use a product, like TS Clear Coat (used on F-14 fighters on carriers) you will want to have a car that looks perfect before the protective sealer is added; it doesn't provide any scratch/swirl hiding!


BTW - Red and Black need some special care to make them look great. But when they are treated right, they look sweet!

 

Buffing compound and a high speed buffer should do the trick.