Here are some answers and progress update:
Swung by my local favorite car wash that does detail work as well. They attacked it with compound and polish and were able to reduce the visibility by a lot, maybe 70% or so. There are a few parts that are deeper than the rest that are visible, you kind of have to know what you are looking for. I ordered a Dr Colorchip kit to see if that can help make those less visible. My strategy has been to go from least aggressive to most and hopefully it works.
If I need to spray, I'd probably go ahead and get my hood and my front bumper resprayed as well since my bumper has a lot of chips and my hood has some issues as well. However, my budget hadn't planned for this, of course, and I have my funds earmarked for some other things I would hate to postpone.
[MENTION=4924]dennis[/MENTION], really appreciate the offer, I hope it doesn't come to that. Like Jinks my car could use a good detail anyway, and I have a random orbital I bought but haven't used so maybe we should do a detail day.
[MENTION=21591]94710[/MENTION], this happened while parked on the curb in front of my house. I was really surprised as I've been in this neighborhood a little over a year and it doesn't seem like something that would happen here. I live in the Montage development right next to Las Positas College in Livermore. My car is normally in the garage but I was working on a few projects and didn't have any room the last 2 weeks. I cleaned up and made room today of course.
