cobrasak

Well heck I might as show mine and vote sb, it can look like this in a nice little turn. bwaahha Look i think some of the DB rubbed off when I was making that turn

350zSpeedRacer

The paint matching issue isn't a big thing on my car. You can only tell in certain light/angles. It still makes me grin like a fool every time I open the door to the garage in the mornings.

stork_69

That is good to know. I was beginning to think that it was some obvious paint fade or something.

myinfinitig20

what exactly are swirl marks..are they scratches in the clear coat..in the paint ..wax..etc...

ares

iTrader: (2)

clear coat I think, or wax coat if you have one, just scratches in the top finish.

you gotta look for them... they dont show in a reflection, you gotta focus on the paint to see them, something most people dont do.

MannishBoy

iTrader: (1)

Swirl marks are very fine scratches in the paint. On newer cars, that would be in the clear coat, but you can have swirls on stuff painted without a clear, too.

If you get a good case of them (and I've not had a black car that wouldn't get them noticably after a couple of years, no matter what I did to avoid them), they can be seen at certain sun angles from a distance. Just look at any clean black (or other dark) car in a parking lot, and when you see a slight pattern in the light that moves with you, those are swirl marks.

You can hide them with certain wax and polishes, or you can buff them out if you know what you are doing (which, in effect, removes enough paint from the surface it is smooth again).