It's your car, feel the paint and if there is any sediment or git to it when clean then yeah clay it again. Mirror finish comes from flat and smooth...flatter smoother the better.
THANKS TUNED.
Fuel issue seems ok, ended up with pulling the old pump and putting in a 255. I found the red lead wire was disconnected but couldn't say for sure if the connection was damaged during pump removal or was loose in tank, so I felt the safe option was to start fresh and not have to worry. As of now pump and filter are good new and problem seems done with...relay is still getting warm but since I can't recall if this was normal before I will have to just see how it pans out. Not being a complete failure was a ****** because I just couldn't feel comfortable about reconnecting and playing the wait and see game with the old pump.