As some of you may know, I have a Silver 2006 GTO. When I bought the car, I wasnt into detailing at all, but since then I have become obsessed like so many of us are...
Well Ive come to find out as time went on that the paint job on my car, and apparently many GMs, is not really the best. Tons of orange peel (like most makes though), off-color paint stains from improper shipping and uncured paint, and some spots are obviously light on paint and some spots are splotchy. Basically it suck, but ya gotta work with what you got I guess.
So, I cam across this thread on the GTO forum. A black 06 GTO, the owner wet sanded the car. It seems as though this was his first venture into the process, and from the many pictures he posted it appears to have come out pretty nice.
LS1GTO.com Forums - wet-sanding advice, please
My question to all of you is, how do you think this will effect the longevity of the car's clear coat/paint. Someone in that thread states wet sanding will take away on average 20% of the clear, with the majority done at high spots in the clear. Is this true?
Not that im really considering it at this point, but would any of you that havent done this before feel comfortable doing this on your < 10,000mi car? After some practice on some junkyard panels?
And lastly, have any of you ever worked on a GTO, have anything to tell me about the clear coat hardness, or thickness?
A pic of my car for orange peel reference...
