Scott F
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Registered: 24th Feb 05
Location: Northumberland
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vauxhall flame red! you wash and polish it all the time but yet it still goes pink 
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shane_o
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Registered: 15th Sep 05
Location: Yeovil, Somerset
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theres a thing that vxl sold as a extra care option that keeps it fading for far longer. u add it too a polish and polish away. cant remeber if u can still get it from them or what its called but it really was the dogs
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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twiggy shares your pain
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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have you tried t-cut?
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andybill
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: derby
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i polish mine with autoglym super resin polish, then use meguires carnabua wax, then put a thick layer of deep gloss protection (or something like that) from autoglym on. leave that on for an hour then buff off. Do this once maybe twice a month and keeps its colour 
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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i got around this problem wit havin mine resprayed. only thin that would stop it lol. then it gets stolen n burnt out n is now a nice grey/white/burnt/rust colour
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Rus
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Registered: 24th Jan 05
Location: SE London, Kent
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what year is your car? i was told all corsa's after 98? or 99 something like that, used waterbased colours. so in other words, dont use t-cut. it will make it worse. get the car "mopped" by a bodyshop. thats the best thing next to a full respray 
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Scott F
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Registered: 24th Feb 05
Location: Northumberland
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'99  i tried auto glym paint restorer on it. seemed to bring it back up for a bit.
its nowt drastic yet (my old nova was much worse) but its just annoying because i know its not as red as it used to be
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MR2Mike
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Registered: 20th Jan 05
Location: Old Trafford. Drives: MR2 N/A
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my 1st corsa was red, (for about 2 minutes) and soon turned pink, all the polishing in the world wont stop a red corsa going pink unless its been resprayed since new.
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andybill
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: derby
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only problem with gettin your car "mopped" is that the effects arent that much greater than giving it a good polish and your payin a lot of money for what you get
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Wrighty
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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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crap paint,its gotta be
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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quote:
Originally posted by Rus
what year is your car? i was told all corsa's after 98? or 99 something like that, used waterbased colours. so in other words, dont use t-cut. it will make it worse. get the car "mopped" by a bodyshop. thats the best thing next to a full respray
My car was a 95 and was amazed with what difference one coat of t-cut made
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AndyW
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Registered: 28th Oct 02
Location: Greater London
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mmmmmmm shiny!!
this was after 5 hours of solid cleaning... 
about three days later it was pink n dirty its not not been washed in about 3 months its so dirty cant even see my numberplates but like u im gettin annoyed tryin to keep it red, will be pricing up a respray in the new year.
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mav
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jetblacksxi
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Registered: 18th Oct 05
Location: berkshire
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyW
mmmmmmm shiny!!
this was after 5 hours of solid cleaning...
about three days later it was pink n dirty its not not been washed in about 3 months its so dirty cant even see my numberplates but like u im gettin annoyed tryin to keep it red, will be pricing up a respray in the new year.
what recess is that on the rear numberplate? or where/what bumper did it come from?
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nova_gteuk
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: South Wales Drives: The Bandwagon
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haha me and my mate danny_vx on here,always have this argument lol,his car is about 12 diffrent shades of red his roof is almost white,but in fairness he is gonna get a respray lol!
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danny_vx
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Registered: 20th Feb 05
Location: Swansea
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quote:
Originally posted by nova_gteuk
haha me and my mate danny_vx on here,always have this argument lol,his car is about 12 diffrent shades of red his roof is almost white,but in fairness he is gonna get a respray lol!
fuck up
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Tom J
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Registered: 8th Sep 03
Location: Bridgend
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I think it's a wicked colour. Too bad it fades so quickly though
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Paul
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Registered: 16th Apr 02
Location: Oop north.
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I used to have an SRI in this colour. was a pain in the arse to keep red, but after speaking to a paint expert he was telling me its due to water getting under the paint work, teh beast way to get it red and keep it red is to have it mopped back to red using G40 the gold top then hammering it with loads of autoglymm high gloss wax this in turn keeps all the water out and keeps it nice and red. I have to admit that car stayed red for as long as i owned it.
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jamesvalver
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Registered: 21st Feb 03
Location: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
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flame red, fresh from the sprayers gun!
the all new improved fade free flame red
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DarrenGSi
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Registered: 11th Jul 05
Location: East Ayrshire Drives: Civic Jordan 381
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i have seen red novas that were once pink brought back to great colour and shine with t-cut
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Love mine really shiney 
Shame the rest the car is not so tidy
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Gregor
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Registered: 28th Nov 03
Location: Paisley, Renfrewshire
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Yep tis a pain on the arse but super resin polish or also turtlewax colour magic plus is pretty good ....
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Fad
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Registered: 1st Feb 01
Location: Dartford Kent Drives: 330cd
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Use meguiers Tech wax then Canuba wax it upa nd it'll look mint as fook
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