Getting faded plastic bits back to black

[Effortless]

Hi all,

after some advice please.

Some of the black plastic bits on my car are faded quite badly, see here...



I've tried the usual stuff from Halfords and Asda in the past, but all of these just seem to give the parts a wet look, which doesn't last.

Are there any dye-like products that will permanently get the black bits back to black?

Cheers,
Effortless.

[belleair302]

A deep clean then something like nanolex trim rejuvenator from Polished Bliss.

[Defcon5]

I've blowtorches plastics before to very good effect, only tried it on textured stuffs hour, not sure I'd dare on a smooth piece.

Bad thing about a black car!

[Chris_VRS]

Temporary fix would be any form of nut oil. A more permanent solution would be g-Techniq c4

[2004sti]

Peanut butter works well, lasts a fair while as well. Smooth not crunchy.

[mneame]

belleair302 said:

A deep clean then something like nanolex trim rejuvenator from Polished Bliss.

This but with the added step of warming up with a hairdryer to pull the oils in the plastic to the surface before applying the Nanolex.

[Kidders]

Plastidip.

As modeled by our Fiesta ZS.



No more fade issues.

[7even]

2004sti said:

Smooth not crunchy.

[7even]

Kidders said:

Plastidip.

As modeled by our Fiesta ZS.



No more fade issues.

And it can be instantly removed if you fancy a colour change

[mneame]

7even said:

Kidders said:

Plastidip.

As modeled by our Fiesta ZS.



No more fade issues.

And it can be instantly removed if you fancy a colour change

How does it stand up to wear and tear though?

[Kidders]

It doesn't chip and protects the plastic underneath from scratches , very durable in my opinion .

[M5SDG]

C4 is amazing stuff. Bonds to the plastic. Best stuff I've ever used.

[Evangelion]

What about a wrap?

Faded grey interior panels in my BMW 318ti were covered in a carbon fibre wrap; only took us an afternoon to do the dash centre panel, door handles and gear lever surround to a more than acceptable standard.

[murr90]

Kidders - that's a pretty decent result.

Effortless - you said you've used the usual stuff from Halfords and Asda, could you be more specific? I've used the CarPlan Black Trim Wax in the past (£4-6) and have been pretty impressed with the results.

[ShampooEfficient]

I got a bottle of BlackWow for my 190, I am hugely impressed with the results - does need careful and thorough preparation mind you.

[selwonk]

I used Forever Black to restore the trim on my 996:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Forever-Black-Bumper-Clean...

6 months on and it's still looking perfect.

[Tony Starks]

Heat gun/hairdryer seems to work well for me.