Need a product to restore the bumpers/skirts/tyres to black

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Rkive
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Post Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:52 pm

Can anyone reccomend a product to restore my faded bumpers, skirts and tyres? If not an all in one, maybe a product for bumpers and anotherfor tyres?

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Post Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:54 pm

I use this on my tyres....very good stuff, and smells nice too...

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Post Sat Oct 27, 2007 3:28 pm

Auto Glym Bumper Care works well
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Post Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:33 pm

use peanut butter the smooth stuff.
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Post Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:34 pm

might sound weird but the oils from it brings it up really nice iv tryed i at work on cars
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Post Wed Oct 31, 2007 6:36 pm

auto gylm bumper care for me,
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Post Thu Nov 01, 2007 11:07 pm

1an wrote:auto gylm bumper care for me,
Ditto, the auto glym Vinyl & rubber care works well too
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Post Fri Nov 02, 2007 12:22 am

use peanut butter the smooth stuff.
might sound weird but the oils from it brings it up really nice iv tryed i at work on cars
Any pics, I quite like the idea of it! :wink:
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Post Sun Nov 04, 2007 10:10 pm

thinners works well on tyres, back to black for black trims or paint them with matt black if you can, or even the t cut with black polish in works really well. :D
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Post Tue Nov 06, 2007 6:51 pm

Used some Autoglym bumper care stuff and its worked a treat on the bumpers/side skirts.
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Post Tue Dec 11, 2007 12:43 pm

I read some where on one of the vw forums i think about people using shoe polish on the bumper trims and whel arch extensions, obviously e30s dont have them but maybe worth a try...
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Post Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:11 pm

A body shop recommended a hairdryer for restoring plastic bumpers. I haven't tried it myself, but he swore it was better than back to black type products.

Did a quick google and found this:
http://www.saxperience.com/forum/showthread.php?t=84759
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