Red Cars

lemon125

since i wrote off my car I've been looking at cars to buy, but i saw a red Volvo S40 that looks superb.
Just a question, does anybody here have a red car, would you drive one and do they still fade in colour?

Redsoxfan

I had a red 147 and it suited the car brilliantly IMHO. Have not seen the red S40 in the flesh, was looking at a few Sport models on Autotrader with a mate and the pictures looked ok, but you would need to see it up close to be sure.

Dolph Starbeam

I've a red 1990 mr2, it has faded in a couple places, a few good polishes and it brings back the colour pretty good. There are also a couple of products out there that are pretty good that can bring back the colour...

HashSlinging

This car looks great in red.

http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/SEAT/Leon/Altea-2.0TDi/328375/

I think Red stays cleaner for some reason.

Run_to_da_hills

You can bring back the colour of a faded car with T cut. My old man had two red cars and both of them faded over the years. The modern base coat and clear two pack automotive paints hold their colours better than the older cellulose based paints used in some of the older cars.

cantdecide

I've had red and other flat coloured cars. I find regular and thorough washing does most of the work but you can bank on having to really get in there and give it a good polish once or twice a year just to keep the paint pristine. Leaving it of for a while isn't the end of the world. Unless it was totally neglected for years, you can bring it up again but frequent soft-duty care is better than irregular heavy-duty polishing IMO.

That or send it for a proper valet once a year.

kayos

I like my ickle red car. Being honest I dont see any fading on it to this day.

iei044775

I've got a 2005 Volvo S40 in bright Red and it is still perfect - have never polished it and there is no sign of any fading or anything like that.

bennyx_o

Paint tecnologies have come a long way, modern red paints shouldn't fade.

HungryJoey

Modern red cars wont fade these days, especially once looked after. Even so, alot of faded red cars can be easily restored to a perfect finish with enough work. I'd say go for it, red is one of my favourite colours on some cars, especially when polished up

lemon125

Thanks for the replies.
I think i'll phone the owner to maybe come have a look at it. It does look pretty in the pic's, i suppose the red im thinking of is from a red 98 mitubishi lancer that has nearly turned white!

Atomic Pineapple

i drive a red integra, its a 99 so 9 years old and the paint isn't too bad, the spoiler and the rear bumper is faded but with a clay bar and some polishing and waxing it comes up nice again for awhile.

i was told never to use t cut on it because it will bring it back up for awhile but will leave it more pink in the long run, not sure how true this is

mikedragon32

I have a red S40. I think the colour looks great on it for what it's worth. Particularly on the newer version.

I've had a couple of red cars and have had no problems with fade, or maybe I just haven't had either car long enough.

headzilla

Red cars probably come up the best of all colours after a good wax and polish, alot of modern cars get treated with a seven year wax coating,

A polish every two weeks should have her as good as this!