[Vwdiesel] Fading red paint (long)

[Shawn Wright]

Yes, I've seen several references in 3rd party paint match guides stating that only the
metallic colours are clearcoat for this vintage. My other '85 is silver, and is CC,
although it's not original paint, repainted in '90 just before I bought it. Even the cheap
paint job has held up very well, mainly due to the CC I imagine.
Maybe I'll try a section of the car with some borrowed Mother's & wait a month before
I decide if it's worth the $60+ for the whole system.

On 13 Jun 2003 at 8:34, Nate Wall <natewall1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well my '85 Jetta TD is the Alpine White. Absolutely
> NO clear coat was ever on it. Still has the original
> paint. I've kept it waxed over the years, so the paint
> still looks great. I think in the '80s vintage was
> sort of a transiotion. The solid colors had no clear
> coat and the metallics did.
>
> --Nate
> --- LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> >   I thought all of the VW's of that vintage were
> > basecoat/clearcoat?  If
> > that's
> > the case then of course the red would be thin and it
> > won't keep a shine and
> > oxidizes easily.  I sure know the metallics of that
> > vintage are.  With a base
> > coat system you don't get the oxidation since
> > there's a clear over the red.
> > Sounds kind of like paint time.  My Jetta started
> > peeling the clear this year.
> >      Loren
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