how to get back to black

[-tucny-]

i dont know if this has been mentioned before but hell il say it. recently iv been cleaning one of my cars and all the plastic bits had gone a crappy light grey colour due to scratches and wax from washing and stuff. as most things you can buy are either rubbish or too expensive i tried using Black Kiwi shoe polish and it worked a treat!

the plastics as clean and restored as its ever going to get, so i tried it on the window seals and rubbers and they came up good too.

now thinking about it, shoe polish is a good choice as it cleans and seals, moisturises the window rubbers helping to prevent them perishing and it costs naff all for a tin! :thumb:

[noknok]

Hmm interesting. I recently used 'Back to Black' on my bumpers and vinal; it looked ok for a very short time but now it's faded back to what it was. Considering bumper gel as an alternative.

That reminds me I must clean my shoes sometime...

[SRlew]

i use an auto glym one. its like a gel. that works wicked i think!

[Dergnova]

Get the heat gun out and go over them,should work...then keep using bumper gels etc on them to keep them black :D

[Nova_Houch7]

Any pics at all tucny?

or noknok lol

L

[noknok]

I'll put a decent photo up tomorrow, too busy now cleaning my shoes.

[Ash]

i use an auto glym one. its like a gel. that works wicked i think!

yea, that bumper care is ace, well till i got GSi bumpers lol

A

[vauxnovasri]

i put burnt engine oil on my bumpers then wiped it off n it looks mint on my plastic sri bumpers

[Matt2107]

i put burnt engine oil on my bumpers then wiped it off n it looks mint on my plastic sri bumpers

Someone recommended this to me once but I brought the autoglym bumper gel and it works fine.... just need to redo it quite often. I used to clean my car 3 times a week and put bumper gel on at least once a week.

Make sure you do the bumpers after you've polished the car.

[JSeymour]

I used old engine oil on my faded side skirts once and they stayed darker then back to blag stuff ive used.

[craig green]

i use an auto glym one. its like a gel. that works wicked i think!

Autoglym Bumper care. Awesome stuff. Stays on for a few washes & once its 'in' the cloth you dont really need to go back to the bottle. Just keep pushing it around the bumpers.

[noknok]

Good advice, cheers.

[ANDYRACER]

I just painted mine rover hurricane grey cos im a lazy git

[macc nova]

I just painted mine rover hurricane grey cos im a lazy git

pmsl same here, i just got matt black bumper paint and leathered it on.