, you can quite easily see it when looking for it.
It fades like fook! (We are only talking about the "Special solid" Caribbean Orange).
Mine went in for an Insurance job (new N/S front wing) in February and the body shop couldn't match the colour due to the variation in fading (worse on the metal panels than the plastic).
I bet all you orange owners' GP has faded - If you open the doors and look at the shuts you can see the colour it was when it rolled off the production line. A nice deep orange that the sun hasn't bleached. The problem is it's a solid colour (with red in it) which is far more susceptible (than metallics) to sun damage.
Looked like a patchwork quilt after they finished my GPS...
After nearly 6 months of to-ing and fro-ing (and complaining!) they finally gave up trying to match it and resprayed the whole car! Result! It's PROPER orange now! (Been meaning to get some pics up actually!)
Sure its not washed off in the rain?
In Scotland Beany???
Mrs Ffoxys red Stilo has faded big style at the rear too, but thats 6 years old.
Never used to happen so bad with the "old" paints, must be the water based ecological stuff to blame...
yeah its really quite bad, im annoyed with it. Im having to reverse my car up the drive now to get the front to fade and balance it out!! the lengths you have to go to when you buy a red or orange fiat
LOL
2 choices mate, no point being
1) Dealer, see if they will sort it out for free or on a contribution basis.
2) Pay for a re-spray and dont bother with the wheel spacers, Abarth lights etc... use the money towards the paint correction instead.
been wanting to do it for ages and now the warranty is up all the horses and all the kings men cant hold me back
