just bought this car pretty happy with it, have a bit of fixing up to do. Are the flame red (same colour as ralliart) magnas rare?

Yes, very rare. My favourite colour, I have a TJ and Lancer in that colour lol

Keep the wax up to it, this colour can turn a pinky shade of gay if you don't.

haha yeah the bonnet and boot need a respray : (

Try some wax first.

Wax wont do shit. If its faded it needs polishing to restore

That's right. Wax it with polish, or polish it with wax. Your choice.

That's right. Wax it with polish, or polish it with wax. Your choice.

eh? lol

what about a 2in1 wax&polish? Do you buff that on?

I used a silicone polish on my pukey gay pink Lancer, it came up a deep red - I was impressed. Needs redoing now though, one month later. Must find the bottle and let you know what I used.

what about a 2in1 wax&polish? Do you buff that on?

no you throw that rubbish in the bin

I used a silicone polish on my pukey gay pink Lancer, it came up a deep red - I was impressed. Needs redoing now though, one month later. Must find the bottle and let you know what I used.

Silicone fills all the scratches really nicely and makes it look great, you just have to wash gently to make sure you don't wash it all off the car, and will probably have to keep re-applying it.. And if you do plan on getting a respray, try and keep silicone away from the paint as silicone and paint go together like water and oil.

An actual cutting polish and swirl remover type polishes will physically remove paint and smooth the surface over and it will last longer. Or tear and burn the paint back to bare metal if you get a coarse cutting compound and an electric buff and lay into the corners with it.

thanks guy but i think i have to get a respray. I tried cut and polish it worked a little bit but can still tell it looks faded

thanks guy but i think i have to get a respray. I tried cut and polish it worked a little bit but can still tell it looks faded

lol. It needs a proper machine polish using decent products, not crap from supercheap auto

You could use Auto Glym Paint Rejuvenator and a buffer/polisher.

Came up trumps on my old MR2..

Wash..
Auto Glym Stuff
Wash
Wax
Wax
Polish

Bowdens Own Quick Detail every 2 weeks.. and she looked a million dollars!

SuFz :ninja:

ok sweet so where do i get Auto Glym Paint Rejuvenator from? the bonnet and boot are fairly faded, with whitish cloud all over it.

You could use Auto Glym Paint Rejuvenator and a buffer/polisher.

Came up trumps on my old MR2..

Wash..
Auto Glym Stuff
Wash
Wax
Wax
Polish

Bowdens Own Quick Detail every 2 weeks.. and she looked a million dollars!

SuFz :ninja:

Polish AFTER wax? Wrong way round dude.

I did use autoglym deep resin polish a few years back on a red car that was practically pinky/white. It came back like new.

where do i get autoglym from?

Polish AFTER wax? Wrong way round dude.
:yeahthat:

You should be applying your wax after you've polished it lol

just bought this car pretty happy with it, have a bit of fixing up to do. Are the flame red (same colour as ralliart) magnas rare?

Extremely rare on non Ralliart TJ's. I have seen Executives, VR-X's and so and so in this colour.

Can't see the pics.....?

Can't see the pics because there aren't any! lol

I've never seen a red executive TJ, mine is that colour because it is the colour of the paint I bought. Colour code FA if I remember correctly.

Haha. From the way he was talking in the first post I thought he had pics lol

/facepalm

Haha. From the way he was talking in the first post I thought he had pics lol

/facepalm

Hopefully he will put some up soon. The more pics of flame red Magnas, the better I say. Before and after pics of doing something about the faded paint would be nice! (hint, hint OP)