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Offline StevoAndMarko

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Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
« 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

Offline Jordan_gti

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Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
« Reply #1 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.
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Offline lemski

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Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
« Reply #2 on: 20 May 2017, 10:48 »
Heat gun. Did mine over a year ago and still look as good as new

Offline philstar

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Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
« Reply #3 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.
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Offline iain cooper

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Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
« Reply #4 on: 20 August 2017, 15:36 »
would appreciate pictures phil star.

Iain

Offline brettblade

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Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
« Reply #5 on: 21 August 2017, 09:38 »
Gtechniq C4 is good, as is Solution Finish.
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Offline Neo Badness

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Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
« Reply #6 on: 13 October 2017, 23:46 »
What? No one going to suggest linseed oil or peanut butter???

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Offline Hector-8

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Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
« Reply #7 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.

Offline robw09

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Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
« Reply #8 on: 08 July 2018, 00:59 »
Try some black vinyl dye.

Offline gazareth

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Re: Refurbishment of sun damaged plastic trim.
« Reply #9 on: 10 July 2018, 19:06 »
nowt wrong with satin black aerosol if the trims are properly prepared :smiley: