Paint Fade?

[GreddyGo]

Hey People's,

Looking at purchasing a yellow R34 and my only concern is if the colour will fade in the future, I know all paint's do but some are more prone than others. Red for example.

Cheers

Josh

[Abo Bob]

I think red is the worst followed by yellow but if you lay some nice polish on it every 6 months and generally garage it I can't see it being a problem.

[JUNR34]

Yeah just get a yellow one, dont let that stop you from getting one. Generally just take care of it and keep it out of the sun that should prolong the paint.

[FrAz]

I agree with Abo Bob.....

I just purchased a yellow R34 from Japan and the plastic parts had faded a bit, e.g the mirrors and the tail light covers for some reason, but I have now resprayed them.

[Kinks]

Get a yellow one, and take care of it.

at a bare minimum, hit it with a coat of wax every couple of months so you maintain a layer of protection between your paint and the environment. If you want to go all out get a proper orbital polisher and some of meguiars (or other brand) of pro polishing compounds.

We did a mate's burgundy R33 a couple of weeks ago and the transformation was phenomenal. It went from "red" to "holy crap that looks like a toffee apple... just... want... to lick....."

[JUNR34]

I agree with Abo Bob.....

I just purchased a yellow R34 from Japan and the plastic parts had faded a bit, e.g the mirrors and the tail light covers for some reason, but I have now resprayed them.

When I imported mine the only faded bits was the mirrors and tailight covers as well, been needing to respray them. One panel beater told me that reason why the plastic parts seem alittle faded is because they dont get sprayed as the same time as the car, hance the colour difference.

[GreddyGo]

Thanks guys,

I did notice that the tail light covers where slightly faded, that's what made me want to find out more.

Another thing is that with one of the front light's it looks like it's blemished?

I have seen it on a few of them, what can be done to restore that?

Cheers

Josh

[Munkyb0y]

if you're talking about the lense looking hazy, there's a thread somewhere about how to clear it up.

goes along the lines of cutting compound and buff, or hand polish.

have a search.

[GreddyGo]

Thanks for all your reply's guys.

I bought the car and picked it up today!

Cheers

Josh