Yeah, I'm talking to a guy on RF right now who has some experience with this (even the soft aluminum of fuel doors in particular) and he says I'll have to wetsand the color before clearing.

yeah you should honestly have all you grooves sanded out while in primer bc primer has a high build but you can still knock them down in color only problem is sometimes you have to go too far and then you end up having to shoot color again ...

Yeah, I didn't see them in the primer because it didn't have the reflective quality that color does...I should have looked closer.

I'll just wetsand until they are gone and, if necessary, re shoot the color. The main thing that sucks about that is I'll have to order more as mine ran out which means I won't get this done until next week or later instead of tomorrow.

maybe restart with some self etching primer. that is what i used for my stereo bezel in my 05 and it came out smooth. i used a orange primer it was easier to see the imperfection.

They aren't bad enough to resort to starting over...they look worse in the pic than they actually are. I think wetsanding the color, buffing it, spraying another coat or two of color, and then clearing will fix everything.

yeah i can ionly tell on the 2nd one with the light hitting it. i hope it all get sorted. are you leaving the screws chrome?

I say paint the screws black

The screws are already painted black as that was the plan before.

Filler primer?????

Well I did some serious wetsanding (actually cut through in one spot on an edge) but the ridges are all gone. Obviously now I'm going to have to shoot a couple more coats so more color matched paint will be here in the morning since my stealership has to bring it in from Dallas.