My 01 had major fade and a flat look. What I did is gave the hole thing a bath with wash and wax from armour all, dried it off and I bought $4.00 Turtle Wax car wax. Right away they look brand new without sanding. The only thing it didn't take out was the deep white fade in the nasty Yamaha blue from where it had been rolled by the previous owner. It works very good and its cheap!