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Originally Posted by Joe M 2012 2SS
Every car made has some orange peel, unless you buy a Rolls Royce. Unless your planning on only taking the car to shows, removing the orange peel on factory paint isn't a great idea.
Most modern cars have about 50 microns of clear coat on them. This is about the same thickness as the cellophane cigarette packs are wrapped in. It's also possible that the base coat has some orange peel as well.
Orange peel is caused by hills and valleys in the paint. So in order to remove it, all the hills have to be leveled to the valleys. This could mean removing 50% or more of the clear coat that is on your car.
Doing this brings lots of bad things possible afterwards if your car is driven.
Any bird bombs or bug etchings can go though the paint much easier now since it's so thin.
UV rays from the sun can cause premature clear coat failure due to it being thin.
Aggressive compounding can't be done if needed for a scratch if you happen to get one.
Save the money for the job and use it for a mod that you will enjoy on your car!
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+1 on this. The benefits do not out weigh the cons. Once you start noticing orange peel, you will see it on EVERY car. Unfortunately something that we just kinda need to accept unless you wanna take the risks and put in a crazy amount of time.