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weerab
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   20th Sep 07 at 21:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
my younger brother has a k reg corsa b and the paint is faded on it, its frost blue and he wants to colour code the bumpers and the arches but he thinks it will makethe car look worse because some of the panels and faded slightly has anybody got any advice on what will bring the colour back before he paints the trim

thank you in advance
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a good bodyshop should be able to match the colour, or blow the panels into adjacent panels so you cant make out the mismatch,

either that or respray the whole car
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people say t-cut and other paint restoring polishes are they no good m8
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is it metallic?
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yes m8 metallic frost blue
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any1
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20th Sep 07 at 22:22   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you wont be able to restore its colour with tcut if its metallic
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You can get metalic t-cut though

I could never get the paint right on my 106 even with t-cut and then a polish and wax. Was metalic perlecent paint though.
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quote:

a good bodyshop should be able to match the colour, or blow the panels into adjacent panels so you cant make out the mismatch

thats the only to way guarantee they will match
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20th Sep 07 at 22:43   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
andrew, even if you use metallic t cut you wont restore the colour if its faded as metallic is laquered you wont actually be touching the colour

 
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