faded heck spoiler, tried shoe polish and failed

[casper8r]

<pedant>Yeah, I know - but 'heck' happens to be German for tail, just FYI, it's not a company name</pedant>

[hennabm]

To me, oil will destroy the rubber rather than preserve it. Plus itwill go all streaky etc when it rains.

[sihooker]

To me, oil will destroy the rubber rather than preserve it. Plus itwill go all streaky etc when it rains.

All i can say to that is that it hasn't gone streaky after several weeks,and it has rained here,and it's been washed using car shampoo. Also, it doesn't seem to have destroyed it either...

What makes you think that it will destroy the spoiler?

I tried the AG green stuff,but i found that in a few weeks the effect had gone,which is why i tried oil...

[hennabm]

Put the wrong oil on rubber and it will swell and destroy itself. I wouldn't risk it anyway, in the longer term.

AG Bumper Care does need doing every so often, just like most finishing products, depending on their exposure to rain etc.

[sihooker]

Well,it's only a small heck spoiler(i want an Mtech1 eventually),so i'll use it as an experiment and see how it goes...

[bev]

just bought some black colour restorer from a firm called spautopia its about 15 quid but it works well and is a hard finish once its cured apply with lint free cloth and leave to dry has worked on all my black faded trim gotta be worth a try its called back for good and comes in either matt or gloss finish

[Barx325i]

peanut butter! less than a quid, and you can eat it!

[gannetboy]

Mother's Naturally Black trim detailer worked the trick on mine.

[hazd31]

heat it up with a heat gun to bring all the moisture back to the surface, get it as hot as you can without melting it, then apply a black trim restorer paste and it will look look fresh again, Mk1 and 2 golf bumpers this works for and its a simular problem when they go grey

the material dries up from all its oils, as its like a sponge

if thes doesent work wat about some black paint?

[jaymos]

ye was thinkin of just spraying it, im sure most of these tips work on plastic, but rubber im not so sure.

[jaymos]

its called back for good

is there a pic of take that on the bottle

[Tyra]

ye was thinkin of just spraying it, im sure most of these tips work on plastic, but rubber im not so sure.

You wont be able to respray it, I asked the same question to my bodyshop chap when I had my bumpers resprayed - he looked like this face-->" " LOL

Also, if you remove it I think you will be left with holes in your bootlid as mine is bolted on with plastic nut thingys underneath (that is, if we are talking about the same thing - the spoiler in your sig pic right?)

[Morat]

try some peanut butter, I heard it works a treat on soft top rear windows, maybe it has more uses?

I feel I should finsh with a disclaimer in this space

Marmite is also good, but be careful. Some spoilers just hate it.

[jaymos]

ye was thinkin of just spraying it, im sure most of these tips work on plastic, but rubber im not so sure.

You wont be able to respray it, I asked the same question to my bodyshop chap when I had my bumpers resprayed - he looked like this face-->" " LOL

Also, if you remove it I think you will be left with holes in your bootlid as mine is bolted on with plastic nut thingys underneath (that is, if we are talking about the same thing - the spoiler in your sig pic right?)

ye its the one in the pic, it looks like shit

[Barx325i]

You should get away with spraying it.. clean it with the right chemical ..another chemical to promote paint adhesion. Then lots of coats. BMW managed it

TBH you could get a decent original oem in any colour posted to you for 10-15 squids..

If you do get a replacement, try peanut butter & marmite on the old one

[sihooker]

If you do get a replacement, try peanut butter & marmite on the old one

...and dont forget to toast it first

[andyyy]

Try the peanut butter method, i did with mine it worked pretty well. Apparently its the oils in it!
Just dont put it back in the cupboard with grease in it like i did, didnt go down to well with my mum!