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Fading paint on lower quarter panels.

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Old 09-17-2002 | 11:10 PM
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Default Fading paint on lower quarter panels.

My car is black and of course I don't have mudflaps on the car, so the lower quarterpanels on the car are becoming faded from driving in the rain. The water just washes up there and, well after a while it's taking its toll on the paint.
Anyone have any ideas on how to get the color of the paint back...short of having it repainted <img border="0" title="" alt="[Sad]" src="gr_sad.gif" />

I do try to take extra care of the areas when I'm cleaning the car, but it's tough to do when you don't really know what to use.
Old 09-18-2002 | 12:18 AM
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Try claying the car. Zaino sells a clay bar but I use Mothers clay bar and it works great and you can buy it in about any auto store.
Old 09-18-2002 | 09:30 PM
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Try some 3M Imperial Hand Glaze...
Old 09-18-2002 | 10:18 PM
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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Stuart S:
<strong>Try some 3M Imperial Hand Glaze...</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">One step ahead of you. I've already tried it.



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