Originally Posted by dholling13

I have a really good Auto Painter and will ask him to do it then. But I still will try and give the scratch ex and credit card procedure a try.

Did you ever paint your rocker's the same color as the car? I am going to paint mine in the fall again, most likely flat black.

Originally Posted by JRossRSA

Since I can relate directly to this situation I will say that if you are meticulous like me and your car is black you had better be ready to do at least double the work of a lighter colored car keeping it looking good. Personally, I enjoy it. I use 3M Hand Glaze, Mequires #7, followed by Mequires #26 Carnuba. I remove with three separate microfiber towels for each step. After I get back from driving the car I clean the car with Mequires Quick detail and a micro fiber towel. I never use circular motions with the application or the removal, always in the direction the wind flows. I have found this really helps both eliminate and prevent swirl marks.

It's a lot of work keeping the car looking good as there is no hiding with black, however, when it's cleaned properly it really looks great!

Originally Posted by bogey1

I own a metallic seal grey 3.6, which is very dark, almost black. When i bought her, she looked kind of like your descibing. After several very professional details, clay, polish, and plenty of xymol carnuba ($150 per tin), the car is now beautiful. I would personally spend the time and energy to save the stock paint. I spoke with an honest paint shop that does work for porsche, ferarri, and bentley, and they said they could make it look great, but could not duplicate the paint the car came with, period. That beind said, if the elbow grease does not do it, I would repaint the car in a heartbeat. These cars deserve to look good, and we should feel good about the cars.