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- Protege5 2003
mspeed#267 said:
Please let us know how it turns out.
Black Pieces Fading Around Windows
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Please let us know how it turns out.
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- 2006 Infiniti M
subbidy
Will do!pasadena_commut said:
I guess I'll have to get around to buying some soon then.....lol
BTW I have been, putting Turtle Wax ICE on the trim and my tire's for a little while now and it work's pretty well.It just doesn't last as long as I'd like it to...
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_Sloteg_ said:
if you buy that stuff i hope you noticed this disclaimer in the writing on the page.
Please Note: Forever Black Bumper & Trim Dye is intended for porous, textured surfaces. Smooth plastic, vinyl, and rubber may not be able to absorb the dye and it will therefore streak.
qualityrockola
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i fixed mine. they come off really easy. I just resurfaced them with a green scouring pad and steel wool, then polished them with some "back to black", armor all would work too. it was really really easy and i should have done it a long time ago. there is only one screw holding each one in. Ill keep you guys updated with how it holds up in the brutal california sun
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qualityrockola
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P-Funk! said:
yeah it is fine underneath. there was some minor pitting, but all in all it is way better now. i should have taken some before and after shots.
I think that it is important to scrub the whole length of the trim to keep it uniform. i wouldnt just scrub a small area, it would probably still look splotchy.
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qualityrockola said:
Details please. Especially: where is that one screw?
qualityrockola
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pasadena_commut said:
the screw for the front doors is inside the jamb on the very back of the door. The screw for the rear doors is in the jamb on the front of the door. once the screws are out you pull up the trim, carefully, straight up. If your fading is not too bad you could probably just use steel wool to clean off the oxidation. mine was bad, so i used an abraisive pad (probably equivalent to 200 grit paper) and then followed up with some fine steel wool to smooth any scratches. It is very important to not use a heavy sandpaper, you will never get the scratches out and it is not necessary. just think of it as giving the trim a heavy cleaning. Once i had smoothed it with the steel wool, i buffed it with a clean cloth and then put some "back to black" by mothers to polish it up. I think armor-all would work fine too. I figured i had nothing to lose by doing this and it worked well for me, but be careful, you dont want to end up with some nasty scratched trim.
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qualityrockola said:
I worked on mine today - with mixed results. A few additions to these instructions:
1. The ones on the front doors extend under the side mirrors. Pull up and twist slightly (top of the plastic away from the car) and then slide the pieces backwards until they clear the mirror to remove completely.
2. The rear ones unfortunately have a set of those accursed plastic snaps. I broke a prong on one of mine by just pulling up. To free the other side I pulled up pretty far, slid in a narrow screwdriver, then pushed slightly on the outside prong to release it. The 2nd and 3rd pictures show where those prongs are on the strip, and where they plug into the car. Those fasteners are fragile, be really gentle with them (and they may still break anyway.)
3. The piece that holds the screw has a little tap that is supposed to go inside clip over the hole and into the inside of the car. That clip had broken off on one of mine when the screw was removed. The screw alone seemed to hold it ok though.
The problem with mine was pitting, not fading. It's hard to photograph but the first picture shows some of the pits. Note that both strips are equally pitted, it's just easier to see on the top one. I worked on one strip for 20 minutes straight with steel wool, a green pad, and finally some 1500 wet/dry sand paper. All of the mottling was gone, and some of the shallower pits, but most of the pits remained. Some of them were nearly a millimeter deep. I think paint may be a better solution than sanding for these pits. The strip material is definitely plastic, even though the pits look like they are in soft rubber.
The other three were just sanded with steel wool for 5 minutes and wet sanded with the 1500 sand paper for another minute or two. Then all 4 strips were treated with "Back to Black" and put back on the car. There's no obvious difference between them, so the extra sanding didn't help much. I think to remove the pits would take a LOT of sanding, with much coarser sand paper, and that would mean more sanding later to remove the scratches from the first sand paper.
How much are these things to replace???
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- '04 RX8
I'll jump on this thread. I hate the idea knowing my car is gunna look like a honda once this problem gets worse. I seen josh's (original poster) and his is AWFUL compared to mine.
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- 99 LX
excellent thread. my routine is steel wool #0000 followed by trim cleaner (don't remember names but used different ones). comes out good but never like new.
might give klasse a shot
might give klasse a shot
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- '04 RX8
Mine are still fading. Any one done a permanent fix yet?
