Restoring capsicum red clio from shiny pink?

[Kieran..]

A couple of months ago we got a red 1.2 clio for the other half to poodle about in, she doesn't mind it pink but I can't stand looking old and faded.

ill get some pictures up later but just wanted to know what you guys think on what products to use to restore it red?

 

[Rob]

Not much really, it's not like an old vauxhall corsa where it can be polished back to life, it'll be the colour faded under the clearcoat, and iirc there's not much you can do about that.

 

[JD]

ORLY? I thought the phase 1s were polish...able? Could also be "dead" lacquer, so giving it a going over with SRP is unlikely to do any damage, but has the potential to revive it...

 

[Jay.S]

I remember a thread Harpham did on a red Corsa came up well from memory.

Try dig it out see what products he used.

EDIT: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?635290-Pink-Corsa-C

 

[Rob]

ORLY? I thought the phase 1s were polish...able? Could also be "dead" lacquer, so giving it a going over with SRP is unlikely to do any damage, but has the potential to revive it...

Doesn't say it's a ph1 bender.

You're right though, the lacquer could be clouding or hazing or whatever the technical term is, but if the paint has faded under the lacquer, you're pretty much stuck with it, right?

 

[Scrooge]

It will be under the lacquer

Giving it a good going over, removing the oxidised lacquer and swirls will improve it tenfold though!

 

[JD]

bender.

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[Crybert]

A decent DA polisher. Give it a once over and it will come up great.

 

[JD]

A decent DA polisher. Give it a once over and it will come up great.

If it's under the lacquer, that's not quite true, is it...?

 

[Rob]

LOL! I was going to say, but I just couldn't be bothered.

 

[Tim.]

A decent DA polisher. Give it a once over and it will come up great.

That's more of a tool rather than a product, though.