Roly Baldwin

They have a product for Guards red which is a solid colour as you say. As for making the payment, I guess that's up to the purchaser.

Christer

Yes, I realise payment is required, but I prefer to have some sort of protection even if I am spending only USD50-60. I will stick with other products until Zaino get their finger out.

robmug

...and I've just emailed them to see if they do take credit cards, and have received an auto-reply saying that they're on holiday until 3rd Sept and will deal with my enquiry then!

So they're trying hard to sell this stuff then!

Flying Finn

I use Zaino products on my Guards Red 993 and I can recommend it also.

Good stuff.

Syd B.

robmug, Zaino isn't a huge corporate entity. If you e-mail their H.O. and ask Sal Zaino a question, he actually responds himself. If the German distributor or whomever, is on vacation, e-mail Sal Zaino and ask him how to buy his products.

robmug

Syd - thanks. Sal responded to my email, saying that with Viper-lifestyle (German distributor) on holiday, there's no way I can get any Zaino in the UK...

One peice of good news is that Viper DO take payment via Paypal, but they charge a 5% surcharge.

Syd B.

There must be distribution agreements that have to be adhered to. As for the paypal surcharge, it makes the money order option a little more tolerable.

Rocket Rob

I have a guards red C4. About 2 years ago, my car was hit in the back from a work truck. When I had the car repaired I was told that the non-clear coat. The back half of my car now has a red with clear coat paint.

To keep the paint even, I use 3M Hand Glaze frequently (every 2 months?) and then follow up with carnuba wax. The brand is The Wax Shop Super Glaze". I'm not sure how widely available it is. Its a terrific wax.

In hindsight, I wish I had paid the extra to have the entire car repainted. The clear coated paint is not fading.

Rocket Rob

Correction: When I had the car repaired, I was told that the non-clear coat paint was not available anymore in California. So the back half of my car now has red paint with a clear coat. When the old paint is polished, the color match is perfect.

Millzeee

not sure whether you would want to try this on the porsche

but here goes

last year i bought possibly the pinkest mk 2 golf, correction it had actually gone white, and although this was a £400 car to get me through the winter i still wanted it to look a little more respectable,

i tried t cut and got half way through the front wing and gave up as it was far to much like hard work.

i then tried the mer which i use on the porsche easy going but still not returning me lovely red that i was hopeing for

so on recomendation from a friend i got some halfords coloured polish, this stuff is quite amazing with virtually no effort i have a lovely shiny red golf again, at first i thought it might have just left a layer of red but after 3 months its still red and hardly any hazing has returned. it also covers up all the stone chips as well

i am tempted to get some blue to do the porsche

Christer

To me, 5% is cheap insurance. In that case I'll order some as soon as the lazy bast**ds are back from holiday.

Roly Baldwin

Now you're talking!

robmug

Christer - please let us know how you get on with it...in the meantime, I'm going to give Meguire's a try (http://www.meguiars.co.uk) - seems to get good reviews...

Christer

I'll let you know about Meguiars, I just ordered the Shampoo Conditioner and the lambswool mitt. I think it will come in 'handy'.

Phil Raby

Call yourself a man, eh?

I've a starter pack of Swissol (Basically like Zymol), which anyone is welcome to borrow to give it a try. No mitts in it, though...

Cheers

Phil