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poolnoodle
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Post Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:32 am

G'day, just after for some tips on the best way of removing scatches from rubber bumper trim?
'83 Bronzit 323i (mmmm, chrome)
'74 Polaris 2002 (mmmm, retro)
'89 Delphin 535i (mmmm, waft waft)
adit
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Post Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:38 pm

good old t-cut works well enough on light surface scratches, followed by a good bumer/trim product (recommend: auto glym bumper care).
B7
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Post Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:00 pm

The rear bumper black trim on a chromie is proper rubber. Very difficult to work with when recovering damage. However it's difficult to damage in the first place. The fronts however are ABS plastic. If the damage is deep you can flat it out and use stopper to initially fill the damage, then a high build primer followed by satin black.

Then again, the sections for the front ain't that dear to buy new.
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