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Can the paint be be polished to help bring it back to a reasonable state? On youtube there are lots of videos of people bringing paint back to life.
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There's also videos on how to restore the yellowed headlights.
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Good quality in the 2000s: I thought my MIL's 2000 AUII was really well built and solid, good finish. Wouldn't say no to AUII Fairmont Ghia with VCT 6 in mint condition... And my father's VY Ecotec wagon is still in fantastic condition, torquey, feels solid - paint and finish still looks good in the VY wagons. That one was the last good Holden 6, put an L67 away if you can...
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Its a mixed bag. The inbuilt design flaws to save money are annoying. Some things can be improved with better quality components... Other things can be protected - like clear coats - but some things can only be replaced when they wear out, like sagging roof linings and the like.
One of the advantages is that even a mechanical numpty like me can do basic stuff, like replace blown bulbs.
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Usually the AU Sportsmans I see with (apparently) the same Howe leather, but black, are in worse nick. Perhaps its just that theyve not been looked after as well, but I suspect the black colour makes things worse as they get very very hot inside when parked in the sun vs the LTDs. I have a silver AU 2 sportsman (that i dont drive, its in storage) with the black LTD style seats, the leather has shrunk, looks ok but not like they did when new. My white AU2 fairlane isnt an LTD, but rather an LTD clone of sorts, I bought an LTD interior for it. Some old bloke had one and used to go fishing with it often apparently, the poor LTD was dead straight, low k's and very very clean in many respects, but had begun rusting out so it was wrecked. LTD seats still have that nice curtain effect 20 years later... (versus the black sportsmans I have which have shrunk) ![]() ![]() |
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A few years ago I was told by a panel beater that specialized in euro stuff that BMW applied less paint on the lower sections of the panels. Apparently the eye doesn't notice it...
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Grand Vitara and Prado I had both had good paint despite living outside when they were sold, apart from the Prados roof was starting to go. both made in Japan I think.
commodores and Territories don't have the same quality paint, and the commodore was white
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personally what I know with paint applying it on thicker doesn't make it better anyway.
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Believe what you like. He wasn't stating it positively....
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I believe it for what it is. a nothing statement. less paint LOL
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anybody remember the red lasers and capris, with their faded red paint, and some people may think that a good polish will restore the paint lustre, sadly no.
a good red paint is expensive, its because good pigments in the paint cost more. ford did el-cheapo reds , but mazda (amongst others) did good red paint. |
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Trust me, the 2000s cars are no worse than the 80s or 90s ones - the paint on those old cars faded even more quickly. |
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Built in Germany but at the end of the day it cost $18K DA, you can't expect too much.
The window switches have warped and they fall out of their holes in the doors and the vents on the side of the dash the glue melted and they've fallen off, this was happening at around the 5 year mark. Mechanically it's good but it's only got 91,000km on the clock and it does all highway driving. I've had a few 1990s Falcons and the paint on those was fine for cars that also sat outside for decades. Also have an South African built LV Focus that's a year newer with 200,000 on the clock that sits in the same driveway, the paint is still in good condition, alas has some other dramas. It reinforces my thoughts that Euro cars don't cut the mustard in Australia, they don't deal with our environmental conditions. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 11-12-2020 at 10:17 AM. |
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This is what I call poor paint quality:
![]() I took this photo in 2009 in the US - the car would have been about 12 years old at the time. I've never seen this in Australia - where the paint has literally peeled off right down to the metal. |
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What's that Falcon color that peeled off the cars when you washed them - Shockwave? |
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I have a VX commodore that kinda looks like that in some places, but it is the clear thats come off. By 14 years old it was done for, Capricorn green metallic I believe is the paint colour name. Ive seen a few AU's with the clear almost gone also, as most around here would know, it happens to them. Usually its worse when vehicles are non original paint (crash shop jobs), the clear might come off faster depending on how it was done and type of paint. |
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That is caused by lack of polish ie laziness.
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VT commodores or Au falcons to don't fair any better than an E39 BMW or w210 E class. but Mitsubishis built in Australia have some of the worst paint I've seen
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I can see what he asked..
your post referred to an Acord Euro, then you stated Euro cars don't cut the mustard in Australia. did you really mean Hondas don't cut the mustard?
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example of clear coat paint peeling off not in Australia, im sure there's plenty more
https://www.reddit.com/r/Mustang/com...at_clear_coat/
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![]() Then made a reference to another 00s car, a Honda Accord Euro that came through the Honda dealership a decade ago I was working at that turned from red to a lovely oxidised shade of pink and it wasn't far out of warranty. |
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