Vauxhall Flame Red fade

[Jaguar steve]

Mrs JS made me buy her a 07 Tigra in Flame Red which has faded to pink in places. Had a go at correcting it with some Meguiars paint cleaner and swirl remover without success which is a bit strange as before we parted with beer tokens I checked exactly this and found loads of threads and pictures of pink Vauxhalls that were way worse than hers turned back into shiny red ones.

Is a machine polish with something more aggressive the answer? Anyone done it on a Flame Red car?

Cheers Chaps

[Jaguar steve]

Flame Red was replaced around 06/07 with Power Red as far as I can see. My paint code is for Flame Red which is a solid colour without lacquer so I guess I need something more aggressive than the Megs paint cleaner.

Any suggestions? Farecla G3 and a polishing machine maybe?

[Jaguar steve]

rodericb said:

It'd be unusual to see clear over solid red but it is out there, i.e. Honda Milano Red on Japanese built Honda cars at least. paint cleaner on a light coloured cloth should see some colour come off onto the cloth without too much effort at all, if there is no clear coat. Clear coat can oxidize as well, giving a dull surface, and fixing that will restore shine and take your eye away from the pinky red.

But if there is a clear coat over it, it is respray time if you really want to fix it.

'Fraid it's FUBARD. Despite all I read to the contrary before we bought it there is a clearcoat on my particular car and a machine polish with G3 hasn't made any difference.

Anyone wanna cheap Tigra?

[Jaguar steve]

dxg said:

Jaguar steve said:

rodericb said:

It'd be unusual to see clear over solid red but it is out there, i.e. Honda Milano Red on Japanese built Honda cars at least. paint cleaner on a light coloured cloth should see some colour come off onto the cloth without too much effort at all, if there is no clear coat. Clear coat can oxidize as well, giving a dull surface, and fixing that will restore shine and take your eye away from the pinky red.

But if there is a clear coat over it, it is respray time if you really want to fix it.

'Fraid it's FUBARD. Despite all I read to the contrary before we bought it there is a clearcoat on my particular car and a machine polish with G3 hasn't made any difference.

Anyone wanna cheap Tigra?

If it's that fubared, just polish through the clearcoat - and stop quickly when the pad turns red!

Tried that. Didn't work. I now know what colour the primer is though...

Nope, CBA to waste any more effort on it. It was a cheap punt on a faded one that didn't work out, but unfortunately Mrs JS has fallen in love with the wretched thing and wants another one. So long as it's not red.