Help!! Zinnober red

Post Sat Nov 04, 2006 8:56 pm

Anyone in sussex want to help get my 316 from Zinnober pink back to
Zinnober red??
There will be cash!!!!

Post Tue Nov 07, 2006 7:11 am

Don't know how bad yours is but mine was sitting for 6months before I got it, and was very fadded, gave it a t-cut and was amazed at the colour of it now.

Post Tue Nov 07, 2006 8:58 pm

I might have ago at it myself this weekend

Post Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:57 am

Defo worth it, all my panels were a different shade of red, never used a t-cut before and was well impressed with the result, all the panels matched and looked brand new again.

Post Wed Nov 08, 2006 3:51 pm

If you do manage to get it red again make sure you keep waxing it or spend a bit of cash on a "hard shell" wax or it'll just go pink again in no time. I had an ongoing battle with a red/pink Citroen for a couple of years.

Anyone know why reds are so prone to fading? 80's VWs in Mars red are notorious for it too.

Post Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:01 pm

wat tcut you use as im having same problem, iv buffed mine with g3 and that didnt help

Post Thu Nov 09, 2006 11:39 am

I used Autoglym paint restorer and wasn't that impressed. Found best results with original T-Cut and liberal usage of Colour Magic.

Autoglym bumper shine is amazing stuff for painted bumpers/mirrors. Made whitey-pink look glossy red again in seconds. Trouble is, it requires re-application about every month or so.