how do you remove peeling clear coat?

[mr.vang]

so how do you do it without destroying the paint. afterward, should a good polish make it shine again?

[Ceeker]

you will have to sand the finish down; with some very fine sand paper and tonne's of elbow grease and hours of labour. so look at using 1200-1500 grade water sand paper.
Then you will need to bring the finish back up and then apply a fresh coat.

much easier to sand it down and start from scratch. new paint job!

at this stage the paint is obviously tired and weathered.. you'd be wasting your efforts.

[mr.vang]

^pretty suck then, guess i'll have to wait to get a whole paint job. thanks ceeker

[Voyd]

As stated, that can only be fixed by a respray. Make sure you sand all the clearcoat off before you even think about primer, etc. The DA and 180 grit are your friends ;)

[Teaguer]

For the record your car has been repainted already.
Or at least the panels that are flaking.

Also don't even think about using 180. 320 is the norm.

[Voyd]

180 is fine and gets filled by the etching/filler primer, then you can go 320 or 400 wet/dry.
You can start at 320 if you like doing twice the work for minimal to no gain. Myself, I don't have that time on my hands..

[Ceeker]

that is a repaint as the original color was enamel red. Unless they polished it and decided they would clear it over. I have a similar problem with the plastic parts on my zinno vert.