Fixing Faded Plastic Bumpers and Trim
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Fixing Faded Plastic Bumpers and Trim
Hey everyone, thought Id share a tip I learned restoring my D1. If your plastic bumper caps are faded or any other trim, the best and only real way I have found to make them look new again is to paint them. I have found that the Krylon Fusion all in one SATIN BLACK is the best paint for this as it almost exactly matches the colour of new plastics. Take a look at some of the pics and see for yourself.
before
paint
after
painted all the trim, mirrors, bumper caps, rockers, everything that was black
before
paint
after
painted all the trim, mirrors, bumper caps, rockers, everything that was black
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I too have heard all kinds of ways to make them black again to include
Heat gun
Commercial products
transmission fluid
peanut butter
Vaseline
My feelings are that paint would be the longest lasting as long as the pieces are cleaned, prepped, primed and painted properly. I would add that having painted lots of plastic interior pieces on various cars Bull Dog adhesion promoter is great stuff.
I use SEM products exclusively. I am not sure if they are any better than the Krylon or Rustoleum products for the money, but I have had very good success with there products and the only company I could find a brown that matched the interior of my Mercedes.
Looks great.
Heat gun
Commercial products
transmission fluid
peanut butter
Vaseline
My feelings are that paint would be the longest lasting as long as the pieces are cleaned, prepped, primed and painted properly. I would add that having painted lots of plastic interior pieces on various cars Bull Dog adhesion promoter is great stuff.
I use SEM products exclusively. I am not sure if they are any better than the Krylon or Rustoleum products for the money, but I have had very good success with there products and the only company I could find a brown that matched the interior of my Mercedes.
Looks great.
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I've tried all of the "application" remedies and they work only temporarily and never seem to give a good uniform color with some areas taking the applied solution better than others. I like the painted idea as it is permanent. Permanent until it flakes off, but if properly cleaned and prepped this shouldn't happen. A lot of cars have painted plastic bits these days and they are durable enough.
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I've tried all of the "application" remedies and they work only temporarily and never seem to give a good uniform color with some areas taking the applied solution better than others. I like the painted idea as it is permanent. Permanent until it flakes off, but if properly cleaned and prepped this shouldn't happen. A lot of cars have painted plastic bits these days and they are durable enough.
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