The fibreglass nose on my 91 Eunos is quite faded, (it don't half show up under sodium lighting!). I spoke to the man on the Autoglym stand at the motorshow & he told me to use their colour restorer - well he would wouldn't he! He said it's better than T-cut as it has no bleach. This is all very well assuming that the fibreglass is colour impregnated. If it's sprayed on, then am I risking wearing it away? Has anyone done this, or has anyone got any alternative ideas? (11/99)

The nose is not made from fibreglass, and it is painted, not colour impregnated. (11/99)

Have you tried colour magic? I find it gives a better finish than Autoglym on my black paint and also restored the colour on the nose, although there wasn't much difference in the first place. (11/99)

Ummm, its not fibreglass, it is ABS or similar. (11/99)

Anyone know of a decent way to restore colour to a red nose cone that has faded. I have polished it which works a bit, but it still doesn't match. I have a bit of an aversion to colour magic and things like that, so any other alternatives would be nice?? (1/00)

Although the red cars are notorius for that sort of fade.. my '93 was red and it did that.. do you all have access to a product called Dri-wash N Guard?? It's made by a company called Enviro-tech. They have an oxidation remover and of course the main product went a long way to curing the problem for mine. If you can get it, It won't hurt to try it. (1/00)

Mine suffers from the same problem. As previously said the best short term solution is a oxidation remover (liquid abrasive type substance). Then a good coat of polish over the top. Failing that then the only other way is a re-spray I'm afraid. The paint makeup is slightly different for the nose since is being applied onto a very flexible plastic substrate. And as you can see the UV stability isn't as good as the other paint. Red is the worst offender, but some of the other colours are affected too. (1/00)

I noticed this fading on the upward facing part of the rear bumper and spoke to the guys at Oxford Mazda (summer last year) about it. They used a little bit of a more abrasive polish to cure it and it has been good since. I would only say be careful what you use as the paint is not exactly thick :) and there is only so much you can cut back. (1/00)

Don't be tempted to use abrasives like T-cut before trying an oxide removing polish such as Mer. This worked well on my wife's red 91. Looking on the bright side a faded nose suggests that it hasn't been crashed for a while:-) (1/00)

Alternatively that the nose has been replaced and the paint is a different batch with a different rate of fade. Maybe it isn't something you guys don't notice at higher latitudes and lower UV, but the replacement paint, (depending on age of course) always seems to fade faster than the original. Must be something to do with application and bake temperatures. (1/00)

Oxford Mazda told me that the paint on the plastics is different from the metalwork as it needs to be flexible and the agent (forgot what it is called) used makes the paint more susceptible to UV fading. At least that is what I remember. (1/00)

I have a 98mkII import in Racing Bronze . The nose cone, rear bumper and boot spoiler are a slightly different shade. this, I assume is due to the different substrates(plastic and metal). The difference is such that I was convinced it had been in a smack until a visit to a Mazda dealer and a look at a new one put me straight. I would imagine the bronze probably shows this problem as much as the red. (1/00)