Challenge Stradale alcantera fade
Discussion
I’ve looked at a couple CS’s with the red/black alcantera. The “black” has turned to a medium grey, which isn’t so bad, but the red is somewhere between pink and a light brick-red color. Against the typical Rosso Scuderia, it does not look good. Although I’m not sure pinkish, faded red looks good on anything; it would probably be less noticeable on a silver car?
The examples I’ve seen are fairly low mile and well taken care of. It’s not like they’ve been parked in the sun to bake. So, it must be a common problem.
Has anyone tried to dye them back to original color? Is that a recipe for disaster on a car that commands such a big originality premium?
The examples I’ve seen are fairly low mile and well taken care of. It’s not like they’ve been parked in the sun to bake. So, it must be a common problem.
Has anyone tried to dye them back to original color? Is that a recipe for disaster on a car that commands such a big originality premium?
Based on ownership, it’s been garage stored; not street parked. Not saying it hasn’t ever seen the sun; clearly it has or there would be no fading.
Put another way, every CS example I’ve seen in person; the red has some amount of fading. I don’t think this recent example I’m looking at has an exceptional amount of fading. It seems pretty standard and I’ve seen a couple old threads that talk about re-dying the CS interior due to this problem.
My gut tells me there’s more downside than upside that I screw up something in the process. I probably should either be ok with the “faded brick” red or I should wait until I find one with all black interior. But if I find out it’s faitly common to dye them back to original red (whatever that may be), I might consider it.
Put another way, every CS example I’ve seen in person; the red has some amount of fading. I don’t think this recent example I’m looking at has an exceptional amount of fading. It seems pretty standard and I’ve seen a couple old threads that talk about re-dying the CS interior due to this problem.
My gut tells me there’s more downside than upside that I screw up something in the process. I probably should either be ok with the “faded brick” red or I should wait until I find one with all black interior. But if I find out it’s faitly common to dye them back to original red (whatever that may be), I might consider it.
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