Pics wanted: before/after of door trim removal

[viVid]

Now that you have an excuse, just move now!

I wax it about once per year. So, paint doesn't fade that much these days, eh?

Vivid - that depends on how well your paint maintenance has been thus far. If the paint has never been waxed, then it's probably oxidized, and the paint beneath the trim strips (shielded from the sun) will be brighter and richer than the other paint. To fix this, all you need to do is apply a polish or paint cleaner to remove the oxidized paint.

If you want to wait 2 years, I'll be moving to Oregon and I'll do it. lol

 

[CRZbrussian]

wow i never really noticed on how of a difference this thing makes, i like the way it looks w/o the trim.

 

[Mr Detailer]

Now that you have an excuse, just move now!

I wax it about once per year. So, paint doesn't fade that much these days, eh?

Heh...I'd love to. My brother just packed up his car and took off to California last week. He's already been hiking in a bunch of National Parks on his way there, and he's on his way to Las Vegas and Yosemite National Park this week.

I'll be taking a trip to Oregon/California this spring or summer to visit him. I want to see Oregon before I get serious about moving there.
Where are you in Oregon? I was thinking to move near Eugene or Corvallis.


Once a year is not enough to prevent oxidation. Only the most durable sealants will last 6 months. Most waxes will only last a month or two. So the rest of the time, your paint is exposed to UV damage and will fade. Paints still fade quite a bit these days. Mazda still has two single stage paints, the "Classic Red" and the yellow.

 

[anarchistchiken]

I think he's in Portland area.

Anybody have a picture of a Silver P5 with removed side moulding?

 

[boxcarlx]

I did this to my car last summer, i have a 99 pro, and there is no discoloration at all. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

[blynd_spy]

I think he's in Portland area.

Anybody have a picture of a Silver P5 with removed side moulding?

big pics
http://www.mazdamp3.com/members/RiceWagon25/pic0001.jpg
http://www.mazdamp3.com/members/RiceWagon25/pic0004.jpg
http://www.mazdamp3.com/members/RiceWagon25/fa5ae212.jpg

theres probably a bunch more in the silver metallic thread, these were on the first so i stopped there
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45358

 

[viVid]

I'll be taking a trip to Oregon/California this spring or summer to visit him. I want to see Oregon before I get serious about moving there.
Where are you in Oregon? I was thinking to move near Eugene or Corvallis.

Yeah, I'm in portland (or "porkland" as some refer to it ) - a bit north of there.

Once a year is not enough to prevent oxidation. Only the most durable sealants will last 6 months. Most waxes will only last a month or two. So the rest of the time, your paint is exposed to UV damage and will fade. Paints still fade quite a bit these days. Mazda still has two single stage paints, the "Classic Red" and the yellow.

Does the carwash count? I get the "triple polish OK, OK, don't hate me because I'm lazy! Seriously tho, what is a single stage paint? I that good? Forgive my ignorance...

 

[viVid]

I did this to my car last summer, i have a 99 pro, and there is no discoloration at all. I wouldn't worry about it.

Thanks! What color is your car?

 

[Mr Detailer]

Single stage refers to paints that have no clearcoat. It's just the basecoat (color coat). There is no clearcoat layer on top of the basecoat.

A true polish is abrasive. So each "coat" would remove anything and everything that the previous one left behind. And polishes rarely leave behind any type of protection.
The problem is that much of the public believes that to wax your car and to polish your car mean the same thing. They are very different.

When I move to Oregon, we can spend 8 hours cleaning/polishing/waxing your car OK?

 

[viVid]

When I move to Oregon, we can spend 8 hours cleaning/polishing/waxing your car OK?

Awesome! Look me up...

 

[boxcarlx]

Thanks! What color is your car?

my car is silver. it almost seems they Completly paint the car, paint then clear and then put this god awful trim on..

DO IT

 

[Mr Detailer]

I'm sure they do paint the entire car first and then add the trim later. Otherwise if moisture and dirt got behind the trim and contacted unpainted metal, it would just cause rapid corrosion.