exterior plastics/bumpers

hi guys do these come in black and grey? or are mines just that faded that there now grey lol

yes and yes

cheers mate i did think that they were grey but wasnt 100% sure

they were grey upto the revision in around 2000, these can fade badly (use a heat gun)
black uns were after

hmm interesting mines is a y plate registered in april 2001 so it must of been 1 of the last ones . a heat gun ?

go carefull though, i did it to mine and it fetched em up new, just enough to melt the surface slightly.

i see give them a new shine so to speak. i will go easy on them i know how quick things can melt with them

Then use some autoglym bumper care

Liquid shoe polish does a really good job blacking them if you want em black!


DD

some people use boiled linseed oil

i've been using turtle wax tyre wall cleaner, say's you can use on plastics, look fantastic

teddywood1 said:

some people use boiled linseed oil

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And some folks use Peanut Butter - they advise to use the smooth kind rather than the crunchy type - but they omitted to say whether the one with the red jelly is any good.

But my vote goes to ...............................................








............................................. Autoglym Bumper & Trim Gel.


Singvogel. :cool2:

only cos you aint tried the heat gun

Freelaner said:

only cos you aint tried the heat gun

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Shoe polish! Go black

Autoglym Bumper & Trim Gel.

Gets my vote too forget the old wives tales tricks and try it you won't go back to anything else after using this stuff.

heat gun = free (apart from the leccy)

autoglym = £7.50 per 325ml tube (how many to do the whole job?)


no-brainer

Carplan trim and bumper shine. Turns the grey to a lovely black, lasts for around 5 - 6 months, and a good deal less intrusive than a heat gun, in my opinion. But you pays your money..............

intrusive if not used carefully

heat gun was used, by me, on mine 18 months ago and it still looks as new.

Freelaner said:

intrusive if not used carefully

heat gun was used, by me, on mine 18 months ago and it still looks as new.

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This is the thing, Freelaner. With any propriety bumper polish / shine / wax, you can't really go wrong. What you're talking about requires a steady, progressive technique, which undoubtedly gives good results. But imagine the scenario,
"Ooh, just a little more heat on there........ oh f#@k!!" One wrecked bumper. D'oh!

have you done it?