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Danny W

Organiser: East Midlands
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Registered: 14th Nov 05
Location: Northamptonshire
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14th Jan 06 at 15:19

right then the standard bumpers/arches have faded and am wondering if anyone can give me some tip or help or generally point me in the right direction of restoring them to their former glory have tried back to black but it doesn't really help

and dont want to colour code them.

Smoke Grey 5 Door

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gavin18787

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Registered: 22nd Feb 05
Location: Basildon, Essex
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14th Jan 06 at 15:43

a trip to halfords and some bumper restorer will do the trick. Its basically a runny kind of black shoe polish. Meguliers (spelling prob not right) do a good one i think. Although the one ive got is by car care or something and it does the trick

Ive also heard rumors shoe polish works but only till it rains

Drives supercharged Tec with torque

Solitary_Echo

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Registered: 26th May 05
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14th Jan 06 at 17:08

I had this problem when i brought me car, if you get some back to black spray and do literally 4 inches square at a time, spray generously, and with a hairdryer heat it up and give it a good rub. Once you've done the entire area like this, you should notice some improvement. I then got some black in a flash trim wax and did as on teh bottle, just rub it in and buff it up...and its been fine..it fades occasionally, so you just top it up with either the wax or the spray. Mine come up really nice. Other than that.....lets see...Paint them black? or get it colour coded? I personally cant be assed

hopper

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Registered: 14th Apr 02
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
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14th Jan 06 at 17:15

best stuff is auto glyn bumper care or meguiars trim detailer.

put some on wipe over the area and leave, do the next arch and so on and just keep goin over them, they will come up like new

Wrighty

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Registered: 28th Feb 04
Location: Howden
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14th Jan 06 at 17:17

hair dryer/auto glym bumper car

CorsAsh

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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
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14th Jan 06 at 17:24

Get some of that if poss.

freelancer

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Registered: 11th Oct 05
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14th Jan 06 at 19:23

That'll be the next thing i do i think.
I also tryed the aerosol Back to Black and Black in a flash... The turtlewax one worked the best out of the 2. However its only temporary... It's faded again (2 months down the line).

i'll give the autoglym stuff a try i think

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