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Timmy corsa B
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Post by Timmy corsa B »

Hi every one

just wondering

is there anything i can do apart from resraying my corsa to get the red back from faded and keep it that way for some time

atm im using a cutting compound abrasive and then megwars polish step 2 i think

any help is much appriciated

thanks alot

tim
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Re: Red Corsas

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Simple answer - T-cut. Just polish the whole car up with this and it should bring the shine back
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t-cut
OFFICAL DVLA DATA:
1414 - corsa gsi's on the road in 2008.
735 - corsa gsi's currently on the road and 436 SORN
Basicly you would have to be a right tw*t to break one for parts :rant:

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T-Cut :)
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Third time ftw, T-Cut

Repetative, boring, takes a mind numbingly long time on your own, but you'll only need to do it once every....6-months, maybe year?
Possibly more, but ive not had a car long enough to know how often to do it :D
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That was t-cut for the fourth time actually :) lol
Timmy corsa B
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so i take it t-cut is the best answer then not this G3 rubbing compound
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paint correction using a machine polisher is what you need :)
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Post by ash_evz7 »

my arches were faded to grey my roof had gone pink on mine, vauxhall flame red is pretty awful for fading, so after countless number of times t cutting the focker decided to colour code the arches and do the roof now it looks mint for 64 quid :L
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I brought Red polish for mine and polished bits and bobs in an evening, my boot is near enough factory flame red just from using red polish mate, i got mine in halfords for like £10 or something like that?
id recommend it to anyone mate
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ashfoster9 wrote:I brought Red polish for mine and polished bits and bobs in an evening, my boot is near enough factory flame red just from using red polish mate, i got mine in halfords for like £10 or something like that?
id recommend it to anyone mate

2nd that :D
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Post by Starbuck »

Hey, I've just joined the site and have owned my W-reg corsa for a week or two.

Originally it was pink when I first saw it but I can't believe the differance now, spent roughly 6 hours on and off t-cutting the whole body and im amazed how well it turned out.

I took some photo's 2 hours into it but I've yet to take one of the finished article.

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thats exsactly how mine turned out!! :)
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Post by prawny12009 »

That amount of fading is terrible for a w reg car, plenty of other red cars at that age from other makers last much better,

Then again other straight colours fade from vauxhall the metallics last well but I guess thats because the solid colours are two pack (assuming not entirely what they use) and the metalics etc are base and laquer.
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