Fading Red Paint ???

[principito]

Hello pple...i dont know if this might seem dumb to some of you but i needed to ask.

I think Red is a great color for an alti coupe, but i've heard a lot of comments that along with Black, Red is and incledibly difficult color... it requires a lot of mainteinance, plus it fades away. after a while it starts to look more "orange".I had a black car and it always seemed to be dirty plus the paint required a lot of mainteinance. i dont want to go through that again.

i would like to hear some comments or experiences with red paint before.

thanx mates

[desertdragon]

Hello pple...i dont know if this might seem dumb to some of you but i needed to ask.

I think Red is a great color for an alti coupe, but i've heard a lot of comments that along with Black, Red is and incledibly difficult color... it requires a lot of mainteinance, plus it fades away. after a while it starts to look more "orange".I had a black car and it always seemed to be dirty plus the paint required a lot of mainteinance. i dont want to go through that again.

i would like to hear some comments or experiences with red paint before.

thanx mates

What color is your coupe? are you planning to buy a coupe or you already own one?

I had a red Jetta and the color never faded, not even in Mexicali's summer heat (120 oF)

[Mr_Coupe]

yea red paint is the hardest 2 take care of.. u have to wax it all the time and wash it and it should be good.. i wax it every time i wash so the color stays vibrant. some say once a month i do oi every time it rains

[LongBeachCoupe]

hey lets not take out the ruler here boys... i think most can agree... black is more maintenance than red!

[desertdragon]

hey lets not take out the ruler here boys... i think most can agree... black is more maintenance than red!

LBC, you crack me up.

[08Coupe]

hey lets not take out the ruler here boys... i think most can agree... black is more maintenance than red!

LMAO but true, I got silver because it looks clean even when covered with roads salt But with the nissan paint I'd be more worried about it scratching or chipping off before it will fade!

[LongBeachCoupe]

my old mustang was silver... after i lost control and hit a guard rail... minus the missing parts, the paint looked decent! lol...

[mcheddadi]

hey lets not take out the ruler here boys... i think most can agree... black is more maintenance than red!

Azure/Adriatic blue is effortless, I almost never wash it and it's always VIBRANT and shinny

[junie_boy]

hey desertdragon are you from mexicali????

[Canadian Coupe]

Slate.

[AltiCoupeDriver]

hey lets not take out the ruler here boys... i think most can agree... black is more maintenance than red!

[principito]

so basically... red will be as tough to take car of as black? it always looks dirty? never shinny? every lil' detail can be seen?????

honestly i dont like silver that much, but i will get silver just to avoid dealing with paint trouble again

[Sarcanglk]

White is very hard to maintain as well... I have to clean 2ce a month to make it look nice. The most annoying thing is the lil marks bugs leave when driving on the highway

[LongBeachCoupe]

i just think silver is played out... (maybe its just me bc i drove a silver for 8 yrs and had numberous issues)

[Frozer!!!]

Black is the hardest to maintain hands down.. You cant see swirl marks on red as clearly as you can with black paint.

[MisfitBrian]

Black is the hardest to maintain hands down.. You cant see swirl marks on red as clearly as you can with black paint.

Black shows every little defect. Silver/grey is the easiest. White is tough because every piece of dirt shows up. My Azure blue is pretty easy to take care of. I have never heard about red being a tough color to keep clean as long as you know what you're doing.

[6sp3.5]

I had a red car for years. All I did was wash & wax it, & it looked great.If I had had it polished, that would have looked extra pimp. I think about washing it all the time. It definitely needs a good polish.Some mother opened his door & put a small ding in my right door. But I'm not blaming the guy that parks next to me in the parkade.

[principito]

THAT YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

i read exactly what i was looking to read!

hehehehe.... so RED IT IS