MizTheWiz Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Is it just me or does my car look diff. shades of red lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Darren Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Red cars do seem to suffer from this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timwildman Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Originally posted by MizTheWiz Is it just me or does my car look diff. shades of red lol. A lot of supras seem to have diffrent colour bumpers. I'm not sure if it is something to do with an additive put in the paint to make it flex? Or maybe because replacement bumpers come pre-painted from Japan? So any paint fade will look worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 I thought the same with my front bumper, it does look a different shade to the bonnet when you look at the front of the car. But if you stand next to one of the doors and compare the top of the bumper where it joins the bonnet they do look the same shade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Its a different paint and primer on plastic AFAIK but plastic components suffer more from sun/light fade than metal painted objects. It is especially noticeable on reds. The laquer on door handles gets scuffed by constant rubbing by hands rings etc so they can fade very badly. My drivers handle is almost pink!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supragal Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Yes. Red cars are evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Originally posted by dangerous brain Its a different paint and primer on plastic AFAIK but plastic components suffer more from sun/light fade than metal painted objects. It has to be the other way round, my rear bumper,spats and side skirts are the white ist parts of my car!!! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W2 Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 I thought plastic held its colour better than metal:conf: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Nope plastic in red certainly fades quicker. Just look at the majority of red rex's and indeed all the red mazda Mx's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rays the roof Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Three different effects: Older cars use iron oxide as a pigment in red and other colours. This reacts with oxygen (oxidation) causing the red to fade. Modern cars have laquers to inhibit this. Red absorbs UV light well which fades (bleaches) it. Some plasticisers (which improve flexibility of paint and plastic) contain chemicals with free radicals that absorb UV energy and turn yellow (like epoxy's). Y'all still awake......? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 I had a red MkIII and a 5 series beemer and both of them suffered with the roof fading badly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPRACHRIS Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Get a nice silver car then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRD3000GT Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 get it apinted again :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Originally posted by SUPRACHRIS Get a nice silver car then Most silver cars have a noticeably different shade on the front and rear bumpers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizTheWiz Posted June 14, 2004 Author Share Posted June 14, 2004 HeeHee thanks guys for the replys. I never noticed it until i looked at the pics. Think i will leave as is for now but ill be prepared for a respray in the future. Just happy that its not ben resprayed becouse of damage i was not aware off. never mind its hard to notice at 100+ Miz:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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