Paint thickness

[Aljac]

I’ve just had my XKR-S detailed with a minor paint correction and ceramic coating applied. My detailer was shocked to find the paint was unbelievably thin. In some places as low as 55 microns to a max of around 85 microns. This seriously restricted how far he could go with paint correction and while it still looks amazing, he, and I are disappointed that he wasn’t able to remove scratches he would normally expect to do.

has anyone any experience of this as it seems normally cars have a thickness around 100-110 microns. Is this a Jaguar thing?

 

[Ken Sturt]

I had my 70 plate XE ceramic coated, like you it looks amazing, but the detailer said that the paint on ALL JLR vehicles is very thin and top coat soft!. This was borne out when a delivery driver mistook the boot lid for a table and put my parcel on it. The car had to go back to detailers for a machine polish, and I had to claim against the delivery company, so NO, this does not surprise me at all!