My wife used to have a '96. She bought it in 98 and it already looked pretty much like that when she got. It only got worse the longer we had it. I had trouble keeping it from reappearing about every 4-5 months. I finally gave up on it. Either way, a friend and I spent about two days getting it ready to trade in. Here is what we were able to acheive.
Looked much better, but not perfect. I was just happy to be rid of it, I hated that car.