Best way to refurbish the front grill and light surrounds?

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Post Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:48 pm

Hi, my front light surrounds have seen better days wrt fading. They are totally in tact or I would gave just bought new. Anyhow's is the a technique/products that gives good oem results?

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Post Sun Feb 02, 2014 5:48 pm

A new kidney grill is £7 from ECP and a coat of satin black from an aerosol soon revives the head light surrounds.
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Post Sun Feb 02, 2014 6:31 pm

Heat gun gently on the headlight surrounds .
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Post Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:15 pm

diable wrote:
DHFiS wrote:A new kidney grill is £7 from ECP and a coat of satin black from an aerosol soon revives the head light surrounds.
Is that right as breakers charge more and I could do with a replacement.
They are £7.14
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Post Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:39 pm

A good clean, IPA wipe down and some G techniq C4
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Post Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:40 pm

Paint...

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Only got the rest of the car to do now....
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Post Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:46 pm

zaust wrote:Heat gun gently on the headlight surrounds .
This is how the professionals do it!
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Post Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:08 am

verde wrote:Paint...

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Only got the rest of the car to do now....
What sort of paint ?
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Post Mon Feb 03, 2014 9:14 am

Yup, I painted mine with plasticote satin back, back in 2012 and they still look as new today.
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Post Tue Feb 04, 2014 7:22 pm

Thankyou for the ideas.

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Post Tue Feb 04, 2014 8:30 pm

Kos wrote:A good clean, IPA wipe down and some G techniq C4
^This
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Post Thu Feb 06, 2014 6:37 pm

Kos wrote:A good clean, IPA wipe down and some G techniq C4
This ^^^

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One freshly cleaned grill treated with C4
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Post Sat Feb 15, 2014 6:20 pm

does this not chip off after a few months i was thinking of painting mine, i thought it would look good for a couple of months, then when the stones starts hitting it it would look worse than before?
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Post Sun Feb 16, 2014 8:19 pm

Thankyou gents, I have ordered some gtechniq c4 as stated above. I am wanting to keep the car oem where possible.
I will post some pikkis when I've finished them

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