How hard did you find the paint? I spent an hour and change just removing some swirls last night on the trunk and hood of my mother's khalahari beige '01 740iL. This was with a rotary, the orange pad, and IP. Yikes.
She came out looking great (followed with FP and AIO/SG), but this means I'll be back over there tonight finishing it up
the paint on that bimmer was a joy to work with. I think it has a gazillion more layers of clearcoat than any honda. The SSR2.5 worked well. I had my SSR.35. waiting just in case..