Thanks. The driveway picture and this picture were before I re-sanded the paint. On a micro-level: under artificial light, I can see a huge difference, but if it’s in natural light, I cannot tell whether or not there is a difference.

The before-after problem could be based in the “genetic deal,” whereby the rods and cones in the eyes start to go to hell as the years pile up. It has to do with the way light enters the eyes, not how well they focus. Whatever! The point is that compared to my younger years, sometimes I feel like I’m blind as a f/ing bat.

As a kid, I never had to trace. What do you mean you “cannot see what area hasn’t been sanded? Are you blind?” Now, it’s impossible to work without trace. My hands, not eyes, made the car look as it does. So when the fine tuning exceeds tactical sensory, I cannot “see” whether or not the car looks different. After all, it looked good enough for me last year, the reason I shipped it.

For my own courisioty, I want to stage the car in similar before-after photos. Then again, I never could get a decent picture of the car last year, so I don’t see why this year will be different. Even if I cannot see a difference, I’ll post before-after because everyone loves car porn!