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I agree, orange peel is a common term for a paint condition which, as I understand it, stems from shooting the paint too "dry". Basically the paint droplets don't run together before the paint sets; they kind of sit up by themselves and form an appearance like the skin of an orange. If you run your fingers over orange peel paint, it won't feel rough, though.
The paint on the rockers is different than that, and has an obvious bumpy texture to it. Could be that Porsche sprays some kind of undercoat (overcoat?)-type material on the rockers and then paints over that, but somewhere I had read/heard that the paint was actually different. If you stick a fingernail in it, it actually feels slightly soft, unlike the body paint.
Whatever it is, it sure works. If a big enough rock hits it to chip that paint, it will leave a dent, too.
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