Had the aid of my helper today, so I buffed the wheel pants with rubbing compound and a rotary buffer. Came out very nice. If you look, yeah, there's holidays, but I'm happy with them for now. Besides, in normal use they'll get scuffed-up enough, so I can always redo them.
Spent the remainder of the time wet-sanding the cowl halves. Right side I wet-sanded the clear coat in preparation for buffing, but found some runs that I'll have to work on a bit harder before buffing.
Wet-sanded the left side cowl in preparation for clear-coating. Not too much cleanup work required in comparison with the right half.