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Any tips for restoring plastic trim


scobie140

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For another car not  my zed.

Looking to remove a lot of scuffs and scratches from this plastic trim, its unpainted but a matte-ish finish.s-l500.jpg.e9b8d8aef5e3fe85c8cfb4fe88ddc116.jpg

It was sold as in good condition but when it arrived it looks like its been kicked through a car park :thumbdown: No new ones in stock in the uk or europe so will have to bite the bullet and refurb it best I can.

 

I've not really had time to try much on it but I can experiment on the bits that won't be seen.

I tried a little polish which worked a treat on the very light scuffs but not sure the best way to go about the deeper ones without making it obvious which bits I've tampered with.

 

I'm not going down the road of painting it as i'd like to keep it OEM as possible.

 

Cheers for any suggestions

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To get rid of the light scuffs and start to tackle the deeper ones, attack it with a magic sponge first off. Depending on how deep they are, you may never get rid of them totally though.

 

To dress it after that, you can use a dye like Stu suggests, or I prefer something like Nanolex Rejuvenator or Gyeon Trim to restore and protect.

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Cheers guys I'll give this a bash over the weekend as it needs to be fitted for Monday morning to get the new exhaust made up to suit.

I'd have never thought about trying a magic sponge on it.

I think I might have some trim restorer in the garage if not it will have to be what ever decent option halfords can offer.

I'll take some better pics to show how it started vs how I got on and what bits I made worse :lol:

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8 hours ago, Payco said:

Plastidip ?

Not a fan of that to be honest, looks good from afar but when close up looks cheap. I've maybe never seen a good example mind you.

My thoughts was if I kept it OEM as possible then it wouldn't really be noticeable other than to me because I know its there

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Pics are pretty poor to be honest but so were the results :lol:

 

Before pics;

2nd hand diffuser in "good" condition after a good clean with just soap and water.

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Magic sponge dot rid of most of the lighter scuffs @ilogikal1  :thumbs: After some trial and error on a bit that won't be seen it was clear that wet & dry was far too abrasive, scotch brite was ok but would have needed the full bumper done then a full polish which without a machine polisher would have taken ages. So gave it all a good hand polish. Gave it a good clean up then a coating of trim restorer. 

The only bit that's made good improvements is the painted trim, that was removed and treated to a refurb with rattle cans.

 

As you can see I couldn't recover my test patch, Its under the car well out of sight anyway

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A few other marks still noticeable but slightly better.

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How it will sit on the car

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No one will prob ever notice these marks but it will still annoy me every time I wash the car. If I had more time i'd probably sand it right back and get it perfect then paint it the same colour as the car, then moan about how bad a paint job I've done to it

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