Paint too damaged to correct?

[7-Sins]

Hello all. I purchased a bumper and the advertised photos might have been a bit old / deceiving. The car is a 1994 RX-7, I believe its a single stage white. Upon unboxing the paint was severely stained and oxidized. I thought it would be a good test to try my hand at some paint correction. Started of with Megs blue clay, got some of the surface funk off but it still needed a lot of attention. Went to buff it tonight with M105 - orange pad - DA. After a few passes, the shine is starting to come back but the paint looks far from smooth. I even tried a pass of XMT Heavy Duty Swirl Remover #4 (heaviest I had) and the issues remain. Aside from a bunch of peppering, it looks to me like some corrosive liquid came in contact with the paint? All photos are after the buffer passes mentioned. I just saw I have a microfiber buffing pad & might give that a shot tomorrow for a little more cut. Any advice appreciated.



Thanks,

Chris



Here is a shot of the speckled paint (I am assuming from years of road debris)

http://oi41.tinypic.com/14kifie.jpg



Here is some of that liquid etching (dont mind the compound dots used to mark the second photo)

http://oi44.tinypic.com/2jb7iwg.jpg

http://oi40.tinypic.com/29w4mzc.jpg

[7-Sins]

Haven`t touched the front again, but XMT4/M105/M205 made the rear shinehttps://sphotos-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1005247_10102135574005052_471635154_n.jpg

[Accumulator]

7- Sins- I absolutely would *NOT* get all aggressive in an attempt to fully correct that. I`d stop at the current level of correction. In the secont pic, it almost looks like it`s been repainted, but either way, I`d live with is as-is.

[Scottwax]

I agree with Accumulator on this.