Should You Stay Away From Red Painted Cars ?

[Maximus]

Like TurboTrana said, its the older reds especially the Japanese made cars.

Have a look at any old red Celica or Honda Prelude and see how bad the paint is on that.

I think they have sorted the problems these days.

[mercuryturbo]

  tab said:

The only problem you'll have driving a red or orange car is that people will think you're a bit

Dont forget about Thurple & Tuddles.

[ZAP]

A Red Phoon would be and fairly rare as Red is not a common colour even in the Falcons.

If you are happy with the car, do not let the faded paint issue worry you unless you plan to keep it for 10+ years and even then I doubt it would be an issue.

[saleen]

Its just red envy. Some people even have the more rarer blown fookin sick red GT envy, which is what I have now that I sold the boiled lollie. Keep ya goggles open for it in Cooma.

[aussie_dozer]

  ZAP said:

A Red Phoon would be and fairly rare as Red is not a common colour even in the Falcons.

If you are happy with the car, do not let the faded paint issue worry you unless you plan to keep it for 10+ years and even then I doubt it would be an issue.

You are spot on, it looked hot. :angel: But, I am thinking of keeping it for 10+ years cause its a R-spec model. So, that's why I was interested in the possibility of buying a car with a defective paint job.

But from what I have read above, red used to be a colour with problems, but they have since fixed it. So, it should be good to buy.

Funny thing was going from a BA Mk11 auto to the BF Mk11 Typhoon 6sp manual was lets say an interesting transition.. I don't think the dealer was used to my driving style.. lol.

Thanks all. will keep you posted.

[SuckSqueezeBangBlow]

red pigment seems to cop the UV a lot worse than other colours. obviously the quality of the paint, and how much sunlight its exposed to will be bigger factor.

[aiboart]

I have owned many several red cars, including euro's, Falcons and Holdens.

As noted in a previous post, the earlier red paint technology was certainly prone to fade.

Your best bet at checking out the current state of the technology would be to ring some major panel shops and ask their opinions. The panel shops need to match paints when they undertake repairs, they will be able to tell you if fading is still an issue with the current red paints.

Another alternative is to ring the technical department of someone like Degussa or Merck. These companies manufacture the actual pigments that are used by paint companies such as PPG and Dulux.

Regards,

aa

[South]

Red is very hard to colour match for if you are ever in an accident.

Boss has a Red XR8 that has been crashed about 6 times, and every single panel has a different shade of red, none of the panel beaters can match the original colour.

[Mike XR6T]

mine hasnt faided one bit since I brought it 2 years ago

[CHLAXN]

mine never faded at all in the 3 years I owned my ute.. such a great colour wish I never sold it..