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Title: Different shade of red
Post by: dan930 on May 06, 2012, 11:30:29 am

Washed the my red ed30 yesterday & noticed that the bonnet & driver side wing a different shade of red(lighter shade)I'm well disappointed about this..anyway of making it darker but not fork out for a respray??thought about red t-cut but still 50/50....so disappointed that I couldn't sleep last night...please help me boys & girls

Title: Re: Different shade of red
Post by: RedRobin on May 06, 2012, 11:56:44 am

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You think you've got problems!.........

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FRedRobin_05%2FRR%2FPink-RED_rearside.jpg&hash=5294455841d52913ddcddfae182a69396615801f)

Is your car left out 24/7 or garaged?

Title: Re: Different shade of red
Post by: gazon69 on May 06, 2012, 01:02:18 pm

Quote from: RedRobin on May 06, 2012, 11:56:44 am

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You think you've got problems!.........

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2FRedRobin_05%2FRR%2FPink-RED_rearside.jpg&hash=5294455841d52913ddcddfae182a69396615801f)

Is your car left out 24/7 or garaged?

:signLOL: that really is a problem robin.

Title: Re: Different shade of red
Post by: bacillus on May 06, 2012, 01:07:13 pm

Quote from: dan930 on May 06, 2012, 11:30:29 am

Washed the my red ed30 yesterday & noticed that the bonnet & driver side wing a different shade of red(lighter shade)I'm well disappointed about this..anyway of making it darker but not fork out for a respray??

Sounds to me like your car had a respray of those panels in the past without correctly matching the original paint.