Ive recently bought a Punto Sporting which had had a new custom paintjob before i bought it. I want to keep the "new look" and wondered if anybody had any recommendations, its yellow in colour with glitter over the top, and so far i havnt found much in the way of yellow paint products.

Also iv found my plastic trims going quite dull and greyish, anybody got any suggestions as to which product gets the best results?

I`ve been using Showroom Shine. It`s a waterless cleaning soloution & does all surfaces (don`t recommend it on windscreen). I was sceptical about it now i`m converted to it.Get microfibre cloths 4 it too. Trims i use Back to Black from brings it up a treat

If you want to protect the paint from the elements then any wax will do for any colour, the 'certain waxes for certain colours' thing is mostly a myth, I've used waxes for purple cars on my car before and it was fine. If you want to revive the paint a little by hand, then Autoglym Super Resin Polish would do the job.

Don't get a polish confused with a wax though. Polish is designed to remove a thin layer of the clearcoat on the paint, making it shine a bit better if it's scratched. Wax will only protect your paint, it will not enhance looks. From the sound of it, you just need a good wax to protect the paintwork. There are plenty out there, and any of them will be fine for a yellow car.

For the plastics, you have two choices;
1) Use a product after every wash to keep it looking black and shiny.

2) Use a hairdryer to bring out the original colour. I've heard that this method can work wonders as the heat does something to the plastics that make them appear brand new without the use of products. I've never tried it myself but Google should throw up some articles on it.

Cheerz guys, will give them a go. Reli just gettin to grips with the car business...seems to come naturally to blokes so im at an instant disadvantage! Also my alloys are in dia need of some care! The previous owner has curbed the fronts ones...not too drastically but enuf to make thm look a little shabby...so any tried and tested stuff wud be appreciated as i dnt reli have the cash to go testing thm all myself! Wud rather spend a little more on somthing that works...

XellieX said:

Cheerz guys, will give them a go. Reli just gettin to grips with the car business...seems to come naturally to blokes so im at an instant disadvantage! Also my alloys are in dia need of some care! The previous owner has curbed the fronts ones...not too drastically but enuf to make thm look a little shabby...so any tried and tested stuff wud be appreciated as i dnt reli have the cash to go testing thm all myself! Wud rather spend a little more on somthing that works...

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The only thing you can really do with kerbed alloys is get them refurbished and make sure you don't use any acidic wheel cleaners on them while they're damaged.