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Sev

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I have a 2011 Wicked White Evo X and I park it outside because the garage is occupied. I know, it sucks. Anyway, the sun is fading my paint and we all know Mitsu paint is garbage to begin with. Can this be corrected WITHOUT repainting? Also, can it be prevented after being corrected.



Thanks.
 
I would be shocked if your white 2011 car already had UV damage from the sun. Unless you routinely park it at the top of a solar collection tower in Arizona. Can you describe the "fading" in greater detail? Has the color of the paint changed or just the reflectivity/gloss?
 
I'll post some pics when I'm on lunch at work, it's not severe. But I notice it and it bothers me.



I park outside after I get home from work and all day during weekends. California sun. :(
 
Heyyy a fellow Evo X owner. Yes Mitsu paint is utter crap. Get the rally armor mud flaps ASAP. I think they go for $120 for all 4 wheels. And they come in white too. Definitely worth it.

These cars kick up everything from the road. I have a 2008 and from all my time on the Evo forums I never heard of any of the colors fading. I've heard plenty of complaints on how easy the paint chips but never fades. It probably just lost its new car shine from dirt and dust. I have the phantom black and its certainly not as shinny when compared to the new 2011 showroom models.
 
I doubt you could see fading that fast. Its more likely you have wash induced marring that is making the paint dull. Check out OptiGuard/OptiCoat if you want long term durable protection for crappy paint.
 
Seems like it's just settled marring and dirt I guess. And, yes I've got Rally Armor Mud Flaps on. Love them. :)



Thanks guys! I'll just tell whoever is detailing my car to use the opti.
 
One more question, if I were to replace my front bumper and drivers side fenders with factory painted ones, rather than body shop painted would I need to get my blended door shaved back to original paint from the factory? I'm in this situation too...knowing I have repainted parts kind of depresses me.
 
lostdaytomorrow said:
No way it's fading and if so it's gotta be covered by warranty.
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Sev said:
One more question, if I were to replace my front bumper and drivers side fenders with factory painted ones, rather than body shop painted would I need to get my blended door shaved back to original paint from the factory? I'm in this situation too...knowing I have repainted parts kind of depresses me.
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Chances are the bumpers are a little off already straight from the factory simply because they are painted separately. They are on my 9 anyway(wicked white). If you got a factory bumper that was already painted(say, off someone's partout) it will look great and if the blend was correct to begin with you shouldn't need to do anything but install
 
I'm just trying to get rid of anything painted on my car, it bothers me for some reason. Once I replace the bumper and fender the only thing left would be the door. Either sell my door and buy another one or get it shaved back to factory. Haha.
 
Chances are you won't be able to "shave it" back to factory as that already thin factory paint was scuffed and sanded down prior to the repaint.
 
My guess would be that like Honda and Toyota, Mitsubishi white paint is single stage. It will polish out and you will likely need to polish the paint about every 3 months to keep it from fading again.
 
autoaesthetica said:
Chances are you won't be able to "shave it" back to factory as that already thin factory paint was scuffed and sanded down prior to the repaint.
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Dammit. The shop I had it done at was garbage and was a mistake to begin with. When I picked it up they they sprayed "half the door" to blend the fender and you can see a small paint drop on the edge of the door where it meets the fender. So I thought they just went ahead and painted over the factory paint. Yeah, the shop was really that bad. So I'm not sure what to do now.
 
Sev said:
Dammit. The shop I had it done at was garbage and was a mistake to begin with. When I picked it up they they sprayed "half the door" to blend the fender and you can see a small paint drop on the edge of the door where it meets the fender. So I thought they just went ahead and painted over the factory paint. Yeah, the shop was really that bad. So I'm not sure what to do now.
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You need to find a *GOOD* shop that will be able to put the car back to like new. They are out there, just very hard to find. Maybe 1 in 100, and that is being generous.
 
Sev said:
One more question, if I were to replace my front bumper and drivers side fenders with factory painted ones, rather than body shop painted would I need to get my blended door shaved back to original paint from the factory? I'm in this situation too...knowing I have repainted parts kind of depresses me.
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Anytime you paint a panel, it usually requires the blending of the adjacent panels for a proper match. It doesn't matter if the parts being replaced have the same paint code and from the same year car. Unless this other car was painted at the same time as yours(which still doesn't matter much), there's a 99.9999% chance it won't match either.



Because bumpers and trim don't match the metal panels to begin with, you could probably get away with just putting on the bumper as the bumper that's on your car didn't match either.
 
autoaesthetica said:
They did, but they always have to scuff something before they paint..



Why was the car repainted? I may have missed it.
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It was cosmetic damage only, it wasn't really a driving accident. I was pulling out of a parking spot and mistimed my turn and ate the pillar next to me. Yeah, pathetic.



Dan said:
You need to find a *GOOD* shop that will be able to put the car back to like new. They are out there, just very hard to find. Maybe 1 in 100, and that is being generous.
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Yeah, unfortunately I found a good shop AFTER the car was "fixed".



David Fermani said:
Anytime you paint a panel, it usually requires the blending of the adjacent panels for a proper match. It doesn't matter if the parts being replaced have the same paint code and from the same year car. Unless this other car was painted at the same time as yours(which still doesn't matter much), there's a 99.9999% chance it won't match either.



Because bumpers and trim don't match the metal panels to begin with, you could probably get away with just putting on the bumper as the bumper that's on your car didn't match either.
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I see, not even if it's from the same year and in pristine condition?
 
Sev said:
It was cosmetic damage only, it wasn't really a driving accident. I was pulling out of a parking spot and mistimed my turn and ate the pillar next to me.
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Not to beat a dead horse, but that's actually what an accident is. ;)





Sev said:
I see, not even if it's from the same year and in pristine condition?
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Sorry, but this makes NO difference at all in this application.
 
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