Cautionary tale... I buffed through the clearcoat of my brand new WRB BRZ, by hand!
 

Hi all!

I found an interesting risen-up little yellow spot on my one-month old '18 BRZ yesterday. I thought, huh, cool, let me buff it out myself.
https://i.imgur.com/llbrclL.jpg

So I went to town with Ultimate Compound and a microfiber pad. I got rid of the yellow spot but ended up with now a quarter-sized hazy region. I figured it just needed more TLC and polishing and went to bed.
https://imgur.com/Tsxg56k.jpg

This morning, I did a check with a white towel and polish, sure enough, blue paint came off onto the white towel.

So yes, it is possible to compound through brand new Subaru paint, by hand...

I am in profound, profound sadness right now..:cry::cry::cry:

https://imgur.com/a/J8e3axf.jpg

EDIT: I am now saving up for a passenger side rear quarter respray. Does anyone know how much that would run me to get a job that is as good as factory (well, preferably thicker than factory clearcoat :( )

Just leave it alone and save your money.
There is risk in respraying the whole thing.

What about spraying clear in that general area
and wet sanding and buffing it?

Great, so we can't even thoroughly detail our cars when it inevitably turns to swirly city from years of usage.



That sucks man. Since it is brand new, better throw a clear bra on the entire front too. Those rock chips will come in no time...

I discovered Magic Eraser (which I've seen recommended many times) will "buff" to a nice haze too (although at least not through clear coat).

Already have clear bra on the entire front end! This was on the rear quarter panel.

I have heard that doing partial respray will be super noticeable and not worth the money down the road.

People have been properly detailing their cars for years on this forum.....

Maybe the clear coat was already damaged and that's why he had the Green spot in the first place?

I found a temporary solution for until I can cough up the money to have it fixed properly.

https://www.amazon.com/Race-Track-Su...car+decals+sti

just mask around it, spray it, and blend it in with some polish. after a wax it will look fine

Keep buffing until all the paint is off the car, then send it somewhere to have actual paint put on it. The paint on these things is unbelievably shitty: I've never seen anything like it on any other car.

The problem is that the yellow spot I got out seemed to have smeared into the exposed blue paint, so if I or a shop did that, I think I will forever have a yellow-tinted quarter-sized spot.

I'm convinced you had a paint defect from the factory.
As summerwolf said, 1000's of people have compounded/polished their 86 without this issue.

It's very possible. There was a separate imperfection on the same rear quarter panel that I had to have someone remove professionally.

Do you think if I show them the picture of the yellow dot and explain that all I did was compound by hand. Subaru of America may be sympathetic?

Also, I had to travel quite far to get this particular car out of state. So bringing it back to the original dealership is out of the question.