Before (You can see that there's water spot etching in the clearcoat... I figured it'd be a quick buff out and done):



During (Using yellow lake country pads with menzerna's power gloss heavy cut polish):



You can still see etching in this corner ^


After:







You can see in the after image that the car still has some 'pitting' in the clear coat that I don't think I'm gonna be able to correct... is the only solution repainting?

I mean from 3 feet away it looks great, but you get up close and the light catches all the pitting and it just looks wtfugly