Would like to check. For the sole purpose of maintaining white coloured paint to prevent it from turning yellowish in time, which is the best and cheapest way to do it.

1. Wash and wax regularly say once a week
2. Ceramic coating
3. Ppf

Thanks for the information. Looks like wash and wax regularly would be the way to go.

I suppose very few people will repaint their old cars just to make it look new again although the original paint do not have any major scratches and still look good. People will only respray the car usually only at the part where it is damaged due to accident, or there are major scratches or dents which will require repair and respray.

When the car is already old, say more than 5 years, the interest to spend money on the car to keep its outlook appearance at tip top condition is less already. It's only when it is new up to about 2 years old, then only you try to keep it looking as good as possible since it's new. Everything new you will treasure more, and when it's old it will lose its appeal so you don't pay so much attention to it anymore. With older cars, most people will just focus on the maintenance, less on the appearance since it's old already. Just try to keep it scratch free or accident free is good enough by practicing good parking and driving habits.

Also, most people would have wanted to sell their cars when it's approaching 10 years, and if the original paint is still in good condition it makes little sense to respray the cars. Some even sold their cars earlier in 5 years or earlier. In my mind as long as there are no major scratches on the car, that's good enough.

This post has been edited by SportyHandling: Aug 18 2023, 10:20 AM

I see, understood. Yes agreed it depends on usage. So your vehicle has gone through harsher conditions. My current vehicle although 9+ years still looks good with shiny paint, no major scratches. It's mainly parked indoors most of the time for 8 years. It's only parked under hot sun starting from earlier this year.

Rock chipping, can reduce by keeping a distance from the vehicles in front when on highways.