Red Fade Need help

[Big_daddy]

My red leon startin to fade in colour! its mainly the bonnet! It was nice and bright 3weeks ago!
Now you see some faded areas of red!

Any suggestions on what i can use to restore the red. Im getting abit scared as i dont want any more bills!

 

[Reg]

Not a lot mate, if the colour has faded under the clearcoat then there is nothing you can do except paint it again. Yellow seems to suffer from this quite badly, but I've not personally seen any modern Red Seats with it before.

Depending on how old the car is, I'd consider talking to your local dealer about a warranty claim.

 

[Big_daddy]

Its a 2000 turbo model! Its mainly the bonnet! you see some oxidation on the bonnet which annoys me! any sort of polish that may retore it?

 

[Forbez]

From This:

Then This:

Too This:

Using Menzerna IP, followed up with 2 coats of auto glym srp, sealed with megs #21 and finally some nattys wax

 

[Reg]

By all means go for it, if this oxidation is in the clearcoat then great, and you'll polish it out as per Forbez's pictures. But if the recent display of yellow Leon's that have faded are anything to go by, its the pigment in the colour layer that faded which is underneath the cleancoat.

Forbez, was that Audi clearcoated or single stage paint? i.e. did colour come off on the polishing pad? Looks fantastic in the finished shot.

 

[Big_daddy]

yeh mines is like that! but not as that bad as his! but the restore looks fab!
Where can i get menzerna ip from?

thanks all in advance!

 

[Forbez]

www.polishedbliss.co.uk
www.cleanyourcar.co.uk
www.cleanandshiney.co.uk

You can also use Megs #80 or #83 aswell.

 

[Funkyfin2000]

forbez - has an electric polisher been used to get that finish?

 

[Forbez]

Nope, all by hand mate.

 

[Big_daddy]

i bought some auto glym deep polish! ive applied it to the bonnet!
when i look at the car from the front its looks ait dull, but when i look at it from the driver side mirror, it looks brigh, shiny red!

what can i do make it look fab when i look at it all angles? espically the front