Ooh, shiny

The paint on the Viper was in terrible shape.  It was covered in scuffs and scratches, and the roof had been keyed.  There were even spots where it looked like someone tried to clean gunk off with a Scotch Brite pad, leaving dull spots all over the body.  There were also scrapes of white paint on top of the paint, whatever the previous owner slid into rubbed off onto the body. That came off with some mineral spirits.  I used my trusty Harbor Freight 3" polisher and some 3M rubbing compound to get the paint nice and shiny again.  The scratches that went all the way through the paint got some touch up paint dabbed in.  It's not perfect, and most of the scratches were to deep to actually buff out, but they're much less noticeable than they were.  Here are some of the worst areas: