what would you do?
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what would you do?
I am using my 1995 c280 as my daily driver and i am afraid the paint will start fading sooner or later. is ther any way i can stop it from happening or at least slow it down? I wax my car once a month to keep the surface clean. If the pain does start to fade to you think i should repaint it? or should i just keep it with the original faded paint. wont my value go down since its a repaint, and will it be like the original?
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I am using my 1995 c280 as my daily driver and i am afraid the paint will start fading sooner or later. is ther any way i can stop it from happening or at least slow it down? I wax my car once a month to keep the surface clean. If the pain does start to fade to you think i should repaint it? or should i just keep it with the original faded paint. wont my value go down since its a repaint, and will it be like the original?
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You are WAY too concerned with this. Mercedes (and German cars in general) has, historically, the BEST paint work of almost any maufactured car in the world. Assuming your paint is fine now, regular washing and waxing will be more than sufficient to maintain your paint job. I had a 1995 C 280 as well, and my paint looked almost show room condition when I sold it last year at age 11 (mfg. date was in 1994). Jap and American cars that old are the ones you have to worry about.
