My '96 Mondeo (solid red) still shines up like new when I (rarely) wash it.
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I think even on non-metallics they put lacquer coats on now I reckon that might help with the fading issue.
=) We've got a 2003 bright red Daewoo Kalos in the family that's not been polished for years and it looks superb. I've seen another with faded door mirrors though, but that's all. We're convinced ours has a lacquer coating and have seen the odd red Astra and Corsa of the same age that have gone a nasty Pink colour. The red Fiesta we replaced with the Kalos left loads of paint on the polish cloth, but the Daewoo has never left anything.
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>>The red Fiesta we replaced with the Kalos left loads of paint on the polish cloth, but
>>the Daewoo has never left anything.
There is your answer. If a red car leaves the polishing cloth red then the paint is Direct Gloss, if it leaves it with no colouring then it is Basecoat & Lacquer. Most (if not all) new vehicles these days will be Basecoat & lacquer.
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My maroon '97 VW Transporter had turned a fetching shade of pink when I sold it 2 years ago. It was still sooo reliable though!
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Vauxhalls are chronic for fading red paint. 04 reg Corsa near me is salmon pink on top.
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still reliably informed by a chemist friend that they cannot make fade free solid red paint without lead, and since lead was banned a few years ago pink is the way it will still go
COB (clear over base) as the clear coating is called is often added on top of solid paint now, in the old days they only ever put it on metalics, which helps delay it for a while as the clear layer can have anti ultraviolet properties and delay fade of paint underneath
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COB also helps reduce/stop scratches when a car is washed.
The Audi A4 red is a superb colour, I'd choose it for sure if I had an Audi.
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Odd - my father in law just got rid of his old 2001 Astra (solid red) for a new (sigh) solid red Astra, and the paintwork was just as good as new.
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Had two red cars and, as has been implied, if you wash and wax regularly, red stays red.
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