Just recently purchased this. Are there many facelift yellow fabias left on the road nowadays? Mines seems to be faded or possibly at one point in its life sprayed the wrong yellow but who ever did it never left a single tape line or any over spray. But is there anyway to try and see if I can get the colour back without getting a full respray. Colour seems to be faded and doesn’t pop as much as you would think. I’ve also wet and dried in one place that would need spraying regardless and a darker yellow seems to be underneath it. 
here are some pictures (only ones I have atm) 

Paging @Lofty as our representative of yellow Fabias.

If it's a 56, then odds on it'll be Sprint Yellow, this being confirmed by having body colour door handles.

 

The earlier Yellow was Lemon Yellow, a lighter more pastel shade of Yellow and this shade was a little more prone to paint fade.

 

The Sprint Yellow - when you look at it from a refinishing / repainting perspective is a bit of a swine to match as it also fades a little, and there are two different shades of it when you talk to paint manufacturers.

 

Park the two variants of Yellow Fabia's side by side and the difference is very noticable.

 

As for rescuing the current paint finish, a regular machine polish should improve it, although if you dealing with different quality levels of previous paintwork then it still might come out as uniform as you hope.

 

If you are in the realms of things needing painting i'd advise to get the whole side done as if its just a door that needs painting etc, as it'll be easier than trying to blend and fade the paint into existing.

either that or look into getting a full yellow wrap

3 hours ago, Lofty said:

If it's a 56, then odds on it'll be Sprint Yellow, this being confirmed by having body colour door handles.

 

The earlier Yellow was Lemon Yellow, a lighter more pastel shade of Yellow and this shade was a little more prone to paint fade.

 

The Sprint Yellow - when you look at it from a refinishing / repainting perspective is a bit of a swine to match as it also fades a little, and there are two different shades of it when you talk to paint manufacturers.

 

Park the two variants of Yellow Fabia's side by side and the difference is very noticable.

 

As for rescuing the current paint finish, a regular machine polish should improve it, although if you dealing with different quality levels of previous paintwork then it still might come out as uniform as you hope.

 

If you are in the realms of things needing painting i'd advise to get the whole side done as if its just a door that needs painting etc, as it'll be easier than trying to blend and fade the paint into existing.

Car was machine polished not long before I bought it. Going to give it ago before I do make a decision but I am already in the talks of getting the full car resprayed . When I look at the car I see facelift yellow and also in the service schedule it has the facelift yellow paint code in there. But when you start to look closer it does look off. Also I wet and sanded in an area that would need spraying anyway and much more darker yellow was underneath. Whether that’s the primer used or the original paint. Also where there is supposedly lacquer peel it’s looks a lot more like the wrong yellow chipping off and revealing. 

Just for an update. Car was 100% a sprint yellow car. Paint had seen better days. Cars had a fresh respray. Currently still off the road. But here she is !

Photo must've been taken in another country, I can see blue sky!