Paint on 6gens Options

[LuDaChRiS]

i dont know if its just my imagination, but it seems like my celica's paint is really dulling. i see everyone else's pix and the paint still looks nice (ie. shines) after 7+ ish years. so, does anyone know if its normal for the paint to dull? and how many of you have had paint jobs, and if so how much did it cost you? thanx. peace.

[kuya1284]

QUOTE (LuDaChRiS @ Aug 3, 2003 - 1:20 AM)

i dont know if its just my imagination, but it seems like my celica's paint is really dulling. i see everyone else's pix and the paint still looks nice (ie. shines) after 7+ ish years. so, does anyone know if its normal for the paint to dull? and how many of you have had paint jobs, and if so how much did it cost you? thanx. peace.

Have you tried polishing your car yet? And when I say polish, I'm not talking about some 30 min job. I'm talking about serious "applying and buffing", like spending a few hours on it.

My gf's accord was fading and dulling out pretty bad. I spent about 3 hours one weekend and made her car shine.

Also, I don't know if white was one of the colors that Toyota didn't use clear coat... but Toyota didn't use clear coat on some of their solid (non-metallic) colors. For example, you'll probably notice A LOT of red and black MR2's, Camry's, etc with faded and worn out paint. The reason for this is because no clear coat was used... Toyota just used clearcoat on the Metallic paints. Why? Dunno...

But on the real, try polishing your car. Spend a few hours doing this on a free weekend.

Hope that helps...