only reason it fades is cos the paint vauxhall used contained lead and was a complete load of bollox. if you spray with 2 pac it wont fade anything like the origanal paint has.

Only trouble with lacquering flame red is that when it fades you can't polish it back to a good colour because all you're doing is polishing the clear code, and no touching the red base coat.

Half my car looks pink under garage lights and street lights. The only bits that dont are the ones i had replced when a silly bitch slammed her clio into me:lol:

The paint looks great in the rain.

Dunno what colour i'm gonna go for, i cant decide between the red i saw on a bmw or another nice shade i saw on a merc........... decisions decisions.

My flame red is spot on , after talking the guy at the bodyshop , i opted to go for full same colour respray incluing the kit .to get a good colour match . Also i got 2 coats of laquar put on , so its shiniey and hopfuley wont fade as quick :thumbs:

i found when i sprayed mine that it was really red, like brandnew colour, as the rest of the car has gone quite a dark red now.

i found with my car when i first painted bits they were orangey! after awhile they went red tho. also have to wax it every weekend to keep it looking actually red! hard work but worth it imo

i found with my car when i first painted bits they were orangey! after awhile they went red tho. also have to wax it every weekend to keep it looking actually red! hard work but worth it imo

Painted the mirror, colour match is spot on

my car looks red in the light at night! maybe has something to do with orange streetlights LOL... but love my car when i drive into a well lit petrol station and i day dream waiting to pay for my petrol!

as for laquer, it totally depends what type paint you are using, as for it fading, that also depends wat paint you are using. if you are using rattle cans from halfords then yes you need to laquer, if your using a 2 pac paint then you dont need too.

Mine looks great with rain on it :)

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Originally posted by chewbaccaman
easy colour to match up.did my mirrors myself and there spot on.only thing about flame red is when you have it under street lights at night you can see every bit that has been painted

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i got a flame red car and it looks really shite when it gets dirty, bit pink tbh :(

but once polished up and in the sun/summer it looks really nice :D

thought mine was really bad, then i washed it and its not as bad as i thought :P

yeah flame orange mine does this:lol:

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Originally posted by chewbaccaman
easy colour to match up.did my mirrors myself and there spot on.only thing about flame red is when you have it under street lights at night you can see every bit that has been painted

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easy colour to match up.did my mirrors myself and there spot on.only thing about flame red is when you have it under street lights at night you can see every bit that has been painted

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Originally posted by penfold82
Good luck tryin to get a colour match mate. Mines flame red and i'm repspraying is a nicer bmw red. That flame red fades like bastard.

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Good luck tryin to get a colour match mate. Mines flame red and i'm repspraying is a nicer bmw red. That flame red fades like bastard.

good cheers mate

nopey nope

Painting a wing mirror cover for my dad

Do you have to apply laqaur to flame red???