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Ash_EP3
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   20th Feb 11 at 01:04   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Hi folks,

I've had my ep3 for a year and a half now and I really need to get the paint fade sorted... (sadly I didn't even notice it when I bought it )

I've tried polishing (manually) and had absolutely no luck whatsoever

Today Rob R even tried giving it a quick polish with a polishing machine and although it removed all swirls it unfortunately didn't bring the colour back

I don't want to rule out any other options before considering a re-spray... what else should I try?

Oh and a quick vid of mine this evening before bed time Civic Type R, launch control and drive by

Thanks in advance
Corsa_Sport21
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20th Feb 11 at 01:26   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I may be thinking of a different car,but im sure i read somewhere that once the Milano red EP3's have faded,there's no bringing it back without a spray job as it fades under the laquer.
belton
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20th Feb 11 at 01:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Pretty sure yours will be basecoat+laquer? Not the old 2pac paint on the vauxhalls. Stillthought try 'g3 compund' with a machine polisher. Pretty hardcore stuff soi would try a friendly bodyshop and see if the can give it a buzz over. If the swirl stuff you used was for fine swirl marks then it would make no difference at all.
If you were Kent I would happily give it a crack for you, wouldn't take long and probably cost about 5p in materials, but not many people who aren't in repair would have the compond I would have thought
Butler
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20th Feb 11 at 02:09   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Why do you keep bouncing off the limiter after youve launched?
chrisritch
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20th Feb 11 at 02:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
you drive like a penis
Rich H
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20th Feb 11 at 09:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You can't restore the faded Honda paint. The pigment in the colour is shite along with the UV protection in the lacquer. Respray is the only way.
BarnshaW
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20th Feb 11 at 13:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i really dont like the sound of that
Twiggy
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20th Feb 11 at 13:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Butler
Why do you keep bouncing off the limiter after youve launched?


V tec kicks in and cant reach the gear stick as is pushed back into the seat with the power!

TBH that sounds awful!
Fad
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20th Feb 11 at 14:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by belton
Pretty sure yours will be basecoat+laquer? Not the old 2pac paint on the vauxhalls. Stillthought try 'g3 compund' with a machine polisher. Pretty hardcore stuff soi would try a friendly bodyshop and see if the can give it a buzz over. If the swirl stuff you used was for fine swirl marks then it would make no difference at all.
If you were Kent I would happily give it a crack for you, wouldn't take long and probably cost about 5p in materials, but not many people who aren't in repair would have the compond I would have thought


Rob R has already had a go, the paint is notoriously soft so using harsh compounds wouldnt be advisable. Rich has pointed out as it is laqured the paint fades underneath thus needing a respray, no amount of polishing will solve it.
chrisritch
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20th Feb 11 at 17:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
would Honda be liable in anyway for that?
Ben G
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20th Feb 11 at 17:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
god you do love the limiter
Rich H
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20th Feb 11 at 17:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by chrisritch
would Honda be liable in anyway for that?


Judging by how Honda have wriggled their way out of any form of warranty claims on 99% of the later Civics being peppered in stonechips after a few thousand miles, I very much doubt it!
Tomnova16
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20th Feb 11 at 17:21   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Just one of those things unfortunatly.
Respray is onlyway.
Honda bumpers on the other hand are meant to be a different colour as are the plastics.

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Ben G
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they probably do the same as ford and use powder paint on the bumpers which aren't painted in the same place as the cars.
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20th Feb 11 at 17:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yep. Painted in different place

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Rich H
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20th Feb 11 at 17:35   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Even Rolls Royce suffer with it
ed
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If I was buying a Rolls Royce and it arrived with different coloured bumpers and plastics then they would not be getting any of my money
Rich H
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20th Feb 11 at 17:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I was quite shocked I have to say. Some of them the difference was as clear as night & day too!
John
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Bumpers are the same colour according to CS.
Tomnova16
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Nearly all cars have different plastics. But with Honda they are meant to be. We were told that in training

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andys sxi
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20th Feb 11 at 18:00   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
have you ever heared of changing gear before the limiter

April 08 feature car
Ash_EP3
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Yea looks as though respray is the only way the road was greasy that's why it was hitting the limiter so much

A bit of limiter is fine every now and then
chrisritch
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quote:
Originally posted by Ash_EP3
Yea looks as though respray is the only way the road was greasy that's why it was hitting the limiter so much

A bit of limiter is fine every now and then



sorry officer my foot slipped off the clutch

that kinda story lol
Ash_EP3
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20th Feb 11 at 23:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by chrisritch
quote:
Originally posted by Ash_EP3
Yea looks as though respray is the only way the road was greasy that's why it was hitting the limiter so much

A bit of limiter is fine every now and then



sorry officer my foot slipped off the clutch

that kinda story lol


Exactly

Vtecs in the wet/damp roads with no TC = limiter the end
TomTay
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21st Feb 11 at 00:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not too sure if this helps mate but when I got my corsa it was not far off pink, I gave it a couple layers off auto glym paint renovator, few layers of polish and I quite often use zymol wax as it's was easy to apply just abit chalky, but I would give the paint renovator a go mate, did wonders for my corsa and when I was done the paint was like new and last for around 6-9 months

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