Making black bits black!

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Post Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:05 pm

Prob simple but i would like to get my trim looking nice and black and shiny.

Someone recommended shoe polish! Would this work? It'll be for the rubber MTech 1 rear spoiler too, and not just the plastic bits.

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Post Mon Mar 06, 2006 7:27 pm

i use meguiars trim detailer. very good product. im sure jon will pop along in a sec and set me straight tho :D
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Post Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:08 pm

what kind of finish are looking for?
shiny shiny or factory

are these internal or external??

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Post Tue Mar 07, 2006 10:00 pm

Try vegetable oil on a rag :)
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Post Wed Mar 08, 2006 12:16 pm

These are for externals and factory is what i'd ideally want, or as close to as poss
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Post Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:01 am

meguires high gloss endurance tyre gel on a sponge always works well for me
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Post Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:17 pm

interior and exterior

the plastic vinyl cleaner will take all the shite off

the cockpit premium will give you proper factory finish

these are for inside

outside id use a product called 303 aerospace protectorant
totally factory finish on all rubbers and plastics

hth

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Post Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:43 pm

c76jon wrote:go here



interior and exterior

the plastic vinyl cleaner will take all the shite off

the cockpit premium will give you proper factory finish

these are for inside

outside id use a product called 303 aerospace protectorant
totally factory finish on all rubbers and plastics

hth

john
WTF is going on with that site!! It crashed my PC twice, and keeps telling me there's a virus on there!

Anyone else?
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Post Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:50 pm

jesus

wtf
i have used them a lot for stuff
never had that ever ever
mine says its some kind of trojan
dialer or somat

delete it simon please

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Post Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:54 pm

It's not just me then!!

They're site has obviously been attacked or something.

If you've got an e-mail addy for them, try sending them an e-mail see what they say.
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Post Fri Mar 10, 2006 10:37 pm

ordered stuff off it last night (Thursday 9/3/06) worked fine then, takes paypal , maybe because I have a mac ... problem must have happened today,