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Paint Thickness

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true-blue:
I'm pretty careful, washmits, two buckets etc.

I knew the car was going to need a correction when I bought it, helped with the price though :happy2:

Tarmac_Terrorist:
I took PTG readings all over my car prior to a recent machine polish. Generally most areas were around 120-130 microns. However, then thin areas were the front edge of the bonnet and the bottom 4cm of the tailgate where it read about 100-115 microns. You will tend to find that metallics have slightly thicker clearcoat apparently.

Apparently, Golfs typically do have fairly thin paint and even my Dad's and my Father in Law's MKV's all have similar readings to mine in the same areas.

I wouldn't worry too much - unless your taking a machine to it every 6 months and plan to keep the car several years, it shouldn't be too much of a concern. As said, I'd personally get it corrected and then maintain carefully onwards  :happy2:

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