colour restoring

[will.i.am]

HI all I have a yellow seat cupra and on the front panels it is faint/dull coloured than others as if the car has been parked halfway in a garage. any recommendations on the best way to restore the colour so all the paintwork matches?

cheers

 

[akchappers]

Let me be blunt mate! EVERY YELLOW LEON FADES! You can't help it it happens. It's not the paint that fades its the laquer on top that goes milky and NO amount of polishing and compounding will help! If you want a mint one RESPRAY it! Sorry!
Mine is faded too!
Ak

 

[Dan1720v]

^other way round mate, its the paint that fades, not the lacquer, which is why you can't cut back the lacquer to bring it up

 

[will.i.am]

thats fair enough just though you could bring back the colour due to the fact with older red cars I know when they fade and go pinky red you can bring the colour back but obviously not the case with yellow newer cars it wouldnt bother me so much if the whole car had equal fade, guess Il just have to rent a garage and park it the other way for a while till it blends LOL

 

[Dan1720v]

Its just VAG's yellow.

 

[akchappers]

I thought the laquer went milky!
Ak

 

[jake]

Tbh it's both.

The lacquer is very thin on these cars and this is what causes the paint to fade under the clear.

The lacquer also goes cloudy, this is we're it starts to delaminate also

The older reds that faded and went pink actually oxidised, but there single stage colours and can be buffed back up.

 

[n1ff]

Park your car the other way round for a while

 

[akchappers]

Why can't everyone accept that I'm always right? Oh no sorry that's the mrs!
Ak

 

[yellonvi-R]

You could give a go theres no harm in trying!! My old ovni yellow lcr faded yet i got rid of the fade, it came back to the nice ovni yellow again.

But failed to bring back my ovni ibiza paintwork ;(

 

[will.i.am]

I tried using auto glym colour restorer helped a bit but still noticable guess il just deal with it till I can afford a unique colour spray paint job

 

[RDS1972]

G3 and a careful machine polish worked wonders on my red one, but has been said, it's a different paint.
Might be worth a try....

 

[akchappers]

I tried g3 on mine but had no effect but it was shiny faded after!
Adds character!!!!!
Ak

 

[Dozer360]

Get it wrapped, cheaper than a respray and you can do it urself.

 

[will.i.am]

good idea but i wouldn't trust myself Id mess it up like I did when trying to tint my windows on an old car, ended up ripping it off in a stress LOL

 

[Dozer360]

If you get good vinyl you can pull it off and try again if u mess up, I used to do some signage where I used to work and the stuff they had was great. I just can't afford the propper stuff atm.

 

[Seal_LCR]

Just to let you know I had a faded yellow Leon but now it's resprayed! Jealous?

I get good prices at my mates garage if you are willing to travel and be without it for a week.

 

[rickyb90]

Any pics?

 

[andydroid]

Mines faded and the lacquer's peeling off, respray is the only option if I want it to look nice again.

 

[akchappers]

How much for a full respray seal?and yes i am jealous!
Ak