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Offline vw-bob

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Re: for all of those with faded trim problems
« Reply #10 on: 10 April 2007, 17:41 »
Quote from: tom26 on 10 April 2007, 17:00
Would lose the rubbing strips though as they just seem to harbour plenty of water which seems to dump itself half way through a good waxing.

how do they know when to drop the water?? they have a mind of their own!
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Offline tom26

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Re: for all of those with faded trim problems
« Reply #11 on: 10 April 2007, 19:45 »
annoying isn't it?
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Offline cняis

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Re: for all of those with faded trim problems
« Reply #12 on: 10 April 2007, 20:57 »
very!!  :angry:
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I don't think a semi will give the same results

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Re: for all of those with faded trim problems
« Reply #13 on: 10 April 2007, 22:45 »
autoglym all the way :wink:
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Re: for all of those with faded trim problems
« Reply #14 on: 11 April 2007, 15:28 »
^i personally think kiwi is much better than the autoglym stuff...i still have half a bottle o that sitting in my cupboard doing nothing as ill be gettin rid o polo and not need it..

Dinx :kiss:
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Offline pegasus

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Re: for all of those with faded trim problems
« Reply #15 on: 11 April 2007, 20:48 »
get the heat gun out guys... did mine at the weekend, astonishing results!
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Offline Ricky

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Re: for all of those with faded trim problems
« Reply #16 on: 11 April 2007, 22:07 »
Kent Industries Plastic Dressing







All my cars came out ace with it, can only buy it on a trade account, so pester your local garage to order you some in.
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Offline j_s

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Re: for all of those with faded trim problems
« Reply #17 on: 12 April 2007, 13:10 »
This is also good stuff

http://www.sem.ws/product.php?product_id=133

Proper rattle can spray dye, I've seen the results on vwvortex somewhere and they looked brand new even after almost a year. Will be using it on my car very shortly.
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Offline Hypermonkey

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Re: for all of those with faded trim problems
« Reply #18 on: 13 April 2007, 06:45 »
That liqitec stuff is utter sh!te!!!

I washed the car, followed all the instruction, and to get it on properly is a 'mare, but I took 2 1/2 hours to do it and it looked quite good....not as good as back to black spray, but good.

Left it for 2 weeks to make sure it was 'cured' well and washed the car. As soon as the hose hit it it pealed like a long strip of sunburnt skin and left patches all ove rthe bumpers. I had to go to a pressure washer and jet all of the remaining bits off...took forever!

Kiwi polish all the way now....don't buy the liquitec as it's a total waste of money imo :angry:
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Offline Lylos

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Re: for all of those with faded trim problems
« Reply #19 on: 10 March 2008, 12:31 »
I'd been meaning to 'kiwi' my car for some time and on the weekend I finally did it. I have to say it made a really big difference and the results were excellent. For anyone who wants to restore their black-now-grey-trim to its original shine then this works a treat!

Here's what I used and here are the effects. It still needs a few more coats ( I applied 3) and there was a day between photographs so it got a little dirty but it looks miles better I think  :smiley:








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