Dam Paint!

[R1D3R]

everything was fine. i had painted up all the rust spots and it was looking perfect! then today i decided to wax and polish the car. Now u can see everywhere i have sprayed realy obvious. that sh!ty line from like dark to light where the original paint has faided a bit.

argh im having a nervous break down here!  :'( what to do?

[Alexg40]

T-Cut?

[R1D3R]

i tried it mate. all it does is gradualy flake off all the paint and jsut make the line go back a bit. i dont understand why the wax has made the paint differences visable.

anyone else had problems like this? mabey its jsut cos im a perfectionist

[VWnut]

The wax will bring up the new paint. If paint is flaking off when you are cutting it back then the surface you have painted on to hasn't been prepared properly.  Did you key the whole area which has been painted?
Also, it is near impossible to get paint out of a can to look as good if you are blending it in to old paint work. My advice would be to paint the whole panel.

[Blue MK2]

I had my panel resprayed before i got my car. YOU CANNOT GET A COLOUR MATCH ON OLDER CARS THESE DAYS!

my car looked nice from close up but at a distance there was a darker shade of blue which stood out like a sore thumb

My advice......?700 full respray which will last you years

[R1D3R]

yeh. the thing is im only gunna have the car for like 5 months at the very most! so it wont be worth it.

then ill get a new mk2. i want a GTI but the insurance will be mad! whats the best i can go for for power and speed. at the moment i have a 1.6 carb. im only jsut 18!

[R1D3R]

i no what u mean about it standing out lol!

if its in the correct light it looks perfect. Then it gets a bit of sun on it and it looks crap!

[Blue MK2]

I got insured on my Gti at 17. I got another quote for ?1100 fully with mods. Im 18 also. U have to ring around. elephant.co.uk is the best i think

[R1D3R]

was that fully comp or what?

im a named driver on my 1.6 and thats like ?700

i thought GTIs would be over the ?2000 mark to be insured.

what litre was it that u had?

[Blue MK2]

fully comp with my dad. 1 years Bonus at the end of the year if i make it

its the car in the pic. 1.8 8v GTi

It was just over the ?2000 mark but i got quoted on a 1.25 fiesta 16v for ?1800 so I brought my mk2