Side Mirrors Fading? - Honda Prelude Forum

MugenPoweredLude · 04-21-2003, 08:38 PM

I dont have any pics so try to bear with me....

my stock what ever color red 5th gens come in(i get confused)side mirrors are fading/turning a different color..lol

its like a purple/red color??

whats causing this???

what to do?

Ng Luder · 04-22-2003, 01:20 AM

this seems to be a common problem among all types of hondas specifically those in red. ive hear 4th gens 5th gens here who have the same problem. Seems to happen only on plastic trims too (side mirros, spoiler, etc.)

Point is, paint fades, but why does red show more paint fade than other colors im not sure. Paint fading is caused by daily sun exposure and industrial fallouts in the air. Climate and temperature probably plays a role too.

How to fix it? From previous desicussions i dont think there is a real way of fixing it. you might want to do a search to make sure too

marshdoggg · 04-22-2003, 02:09 PM

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Originally posted by Ng Luder
this seems to be a common problem among all types of hondas specifically those in red. ive hear 4th gens 5th gens here who have the same problem. Seems to happen only on plastic trims too (side mirros, spoiler, etc.)

Point is, paint fades, but why does red show more paint fade than other colors im not sure. Paint fading is caused by daily sun exposure and industrial fallouts in the air. Climate and temperature probably plays a role too.

How to fix it? From previous desicussions i dont think there is a real way of fixing it. you might want to do a search to make sure too

a friend of mine has a red 4th gen with this problem. i have seen it on many occasions with red cars with plastic mirrors. i used the meguiars 3-step process on it and it made an improvement. it was worth the time and made the fading less noticable, but i think that a re-paint is the only way to really remedy this unfortunatly
marsh

MugenPoweredLude · 04-23-2003, 09:39 AM

ok its time for some CF mirrors and hood...lol

seriously

94LOOD · 05-03-2003, 02:06 PM

yea, my red 94 had its mirrors re-painted cuz they were fading and you can tell a slight diff. from the bumper to the body panels

:/ kinda stinks that it only happends mostly to red cars

GldCrzy · 05-03-2003, 10:11 PM

have you tried polishing and waxing it? it can help sometimes..not all

DeadFish · 05-05-2003, 06:09 PM

actually, what I heard was waxing and polishing those mirror plastic pieces is the culprit because the protective coating the factory put on them ..was extremely light. I didnt believe it.. but I did some searches on google and came across some guy with a integra ( I know, not our car... but anyway...and a 4th gen lude..) he took pics before and after.. and sure enough.. his were fading too.. he was so pissed 'cause he took someones advice to wax the **** out of them to make em really shine. did for like 3 months then started to color fade fast.

obrigado · 05-05-2003, 07:06 PM

A friend of mine with a 95 del slow had that problem like crazy on his mirrors. I clay barred, 3M SMR'd, 3M Imperial Hand Glazed, and Meguiars waxed. Not completely revived, but it looks 10x better. This is probably a reasonable temporary solution.

GldCrzy · 05-05-2003, 08:37 PM

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Originally posted by obrigado
A friend of mine with a 95 del slow had that problem like crazy on his mirrors. I clay barred, 3M SMR'd, 3M Imperial Hand Glazed, and Meguiars waxed. Not completely revived, but it looks 10x better. This is probably a reasonable temporary solution.

mines not faded...but then again, the past 2 years its been mostly a garage queen. 2000 lude and sat in the garage hardly driven...and only 24k miles