Author Topic: plastic body trim help  (Read 1237 times)

Offline chrutchy

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plastic body trim help
« on: 28 August 2006, 00:37 »
the trim on my mark 3 is badly faded cos the last owner didnt look
after it properly and maintain it

is there any way i can bring it back to black or is it a case of
buyin new trim.

ive tried the usual bumper shine stuff but it dont seem to work and wondered if
any of you guys have any little tips on how to sort it

cheers

Offline gtitdi

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Re: plastic body trim help
« Reply #1 on: 28 August 2006, 08:54 »
T-Cut do some bumper and trim restoration stuff, haven't used it but going by their other products it should be good.  :smiley:

Offline [han]

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Re: plastic body trim help
« Reply #2 on: 28 August 2006, 09:25 »
u wnt some of that stuff with a black colour in it, for starters, then u just need to look after it! i'm not sure what other brands do, but workin for motorworld, the onyl one i ave in my excuse for a branch which has black in it, is a carplan one - under t-cut name i think but i cnt say how good it is, as i generally shy away from carplan/t-cut

 my bumpers were grey when i got them, and i've used the green autoglym bumper care, gave it a good treatment and  buffed it off a few times so it had lods on, and gradually its come up a treat!  :smiley:


Offline chrutchy

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Re: plastic body trim help
« Reply #3 on: 28 August 2006, 11:06 »
cheers i will give them a go and see how i get on.

Offline JWS Mk3

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Re: plastic body trim help
« Reply #4 on: 28 August 2006, 19:00 »
Ive also heard that if you go over it quickly with a blowtorch (or somthing similar) that this makes them black again. Never tried it tho so dont kno if it actually works.

Offline chrutchy

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Re: plastic body trim help
« Reply #5 on: 29 August 2006, 00:35 »
i got told that.
tried it and it done nothin

Offline Bazzer

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Re: plastic body trim help
« Reply #6 on: 29 August 2006, 08:16 »
Autoglym Bumper Care. Nuff said. :smiley:

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