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Title: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: StevoAndMarko on 19 May 2017, 22:42
Greetings

I'm looking for the best solution restore or cover sun-damaged plastic trim around the whole car, big bumpers included.

Can anyone provide some advice on how to do this?

Many thanks
Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: Jordan_gti on 20 May 2017, 09:57
There's lots of products to treat this, hand down without a shadow of a doubt Gtechniq C4 is the best there is, Its a very tough & resistant coating too so will last a long while before re-topping up. If you cant stretch to that much then a decent tyre/trim gel would work well too if applied right. I've used Megiuars tyre gel from Halfords on trim before & it looks great.
Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: lemski on 20 May 2017, 10:48
Heat gun. Did mine over a year ago and still look as good as new
Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: philstar on 19 August 2017, 15:58
I am spraying mine with Hammerite black stonechip. I did the sills because they were a right mess, and they now have a nice matt slightly textured finish, not unlike the how the plastic trim should look.

Will provide photos once it is done.
Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: iain cooper on 20 August 2017, 15:36
would appreciate pictures phil star.

Iain
Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: brettblade on 21 August 2017, 09:38
Gtechniq C4 is good, as is Solution Finish.
Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: Neo Badness on 13 October 2017, 23:46
What? No one going to suggest linseed oil or peanut butter???
Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: Hector-8 on 14 June 2018, 09:09
I used back to black and forever black to get it black again then autoglym bumper care or gtec as above to keep it good.
Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: robw09 on 08 July 2018, 00:59
Try some black vinyl dye.
Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: gazareth on 10 July 2018, 19:06
nowt wrong with satin black aerosol if the trims are properly prepared :smiley:
Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: philstar on 17 July 2018, 19:21
Hi all, finally managed to get a test done using stonechip, very impressed with the results! Two light coats and the part looks brand new with a very subtle relief. Will be interesting to see how it stands up to being washed and how it fades in the sun. Check out these images (ignore the fingerprint in the middle it takes longer to dry than you would expect!)

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Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: gazareth on 01 September 2018, 10:34
Heat gun. Did mine over a year ago and still look as good as new
probably lasts a lot longer if the car is garaged and not out so much.
Title: Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
Post by: Tomb118 on 08 October 2018, 11:33
Hi Phil, do you have any more photos of the car? my other half used to own it!