How many Flame Reds are there?

**Astray_2002** · 30-06-2005 09:08

I've got a 'H' 1991 GTE 16v mk2 Astra in Flame red and I just bought a few panels from a guy with a 1990 GTE but now his red looks different to mine. Where the GTE's painted different reds or is this normal variation?

My paintwork looks more vibrant and his is a darker red. But its consistent with all my panels looking the vibrant and all his the darker.

**LEE69** · 30-06-2005 09:54

79L otherwise known as flame pink

It will be due to fading/oxidising,nothing a damn good polish wont sort.

heres my old cav before a proper buffing/polish

and after

**Mike007** · 30-06-2005 11:09

When I worked for ICI one of the reps happened to have his colour panels with him one day. I had a look and he had something silly like 40-odd variations of Flame Red - all due to variations from the factory and fading.

Mike

**dogsy** · 30-06-2005 18:37

at the moment i think there are 7 'official' variants of flame red, and yes they are all noticably different !! we use the ici automotive colour index to mix our colours from and they list 7, but a paint supplier only usually lists 2 (origional and plus white)

**Astray_2002** · 03-07-2005 11:24

poxy german factory... poxy sunlight...

**Soopahfly** · 04-07-2005 15:14

Lee, What stuff do you use to get it looking like that??
My Pineapple yellow is looking a bit faint.

**LEE69** · 04-07-2005 16:27

I didnt do it it mate,as i said it was done properly lmao
He works in a body shop,i guess dogsy (and others) would know.

**dogsy** · 04-07-2005 19:27

not sure how Lee's was done but i would give the whole car a machine polish using G3, then use a hand glaze, then a decent wax.

**Mike007** · 04-07-2005 22:44

I'd use a machine with G3 then G10 and finally hand wax.

Mike

**Soopahfly** · 04-07-2005 23:54

How much do you reckon that "treatment" would cost?

**andymartin** · 05-07-2005 01:08

The pics above look different due to sunlight, flame red always looks more orangey in the sun, and more darker red in overcast weather.
Still looks nice after the polish up though

**tony k** · 05-07-2005 01:41

My Flame red after a good buffing and autoglym gloss.

**andymartin** · 05-07-2005 01:44

EDIT

**andymartin** · 05-07-2005 01:44

GTE looks stunning mate
This is my cav in sunlight (polished weekly)

**Mike007** · 05-07-2005 08:19

Originally Posted by Soopahfly

How much do you reckon that "treatment" would cost?

I'd have thought a bodyshop would runa mop over the car for £50 ish. Might be a little more to get them to do G3 and G10.

Mike

**tony k** · 05-07-2005 09:53

Originally Posted by andymartin

GTE looks stunning mate
This is my cav in sunlight (polished weekly)

Cheer dude! Got a lot of time for red cars, am liking the cav.

Red ones go faster!

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