Faded paint Options

[Chenna]

The paint on my pride and joy a red 94' ZR is fading pretty quickly, especially on the doors. The paint doesn't have a gloss to it anymore, and looks murky and dull, I'm under the impression it's been oxidized. I was wondering what the best way to fix it was? A respray? Or Cut and polish and just keep waxing it?

If I need a respray then is there any articles I can be pointed to on how to do it? Or is it something best left to the pros?

Cheers

[blu94gt]

clay bar is a good tool. three step buffing is good too... compound, glaze, and polish. 3m products are good for buffing. if you need to get the car painted a professional is really the way to go.

This is exactly what I was going to say.

If you don't have a buffer, take it to a shop. It will be cheaper to have a good shop buff it out than it will be to buy a decent buffer and the supplies. If you want to buy one, I recommend Makita or Dewalt, I've used both professionally and they are excellent pieces of equipment. 3M and Blue Coral brand products are good for pads and compounds.

If you do it yourself, I'd start with a clay bar. Go over the whole car, if you've never done it before you'll be amazed at how much gunk comes up with the clay. Once you've clayed the whole car, start with a heavy cutting compound, buff over everything. Go to a lighter compound with a foam pad to give it a finer polish, then wax (either by hand or with an orbital buffer). Before buffing, I'd also use some touch up paint on rock chips and such since it's a perfect time.