E30 Zone

Hi guys,

I have a Red 325i convertible thats starting to turn the dreaded pink,

What I'm after is if I flat and polish the car will that return the colour or will I need to get a fresh coat of colour put on in order to keep the Red looking good.

Ie, Is it the clear coat or the paint that is ruining the colour??

Cheers
Steve

The red should be a flat colur, i.e. no clearcoat, so you could try T-Cut to remove the pink oxidised paint and then give it a good coat of wax polish to protect the feshly cut paint. There are colour coded waxes available, so this might finish it a bit better than ordinary wax. Once you have a godd finish, its important to wax regulalry to keep it.

TBMW did an article ages ago about restoring the finish on a terminally pink E28. They just hired a buffing machine from the likes of HSS and buffed the paint work. This worked a treat in the pics but you have to be very careful around the corners and edges as you'll easily take all the paint off.

A thorough T-cut and polish should have similar effects tho.

Cheers fellas,

I have recently got a load of Meguiars stuff including paint scrub so I'll give that a go.

Thanks

Steve