Black Plastic Bumpers

[JCH]

When I bought the Terrano the Black Plastic Bumpers were and still are in a terrible mess, scratches ,marks etc. is there a proprietary paint that anyone can suggest that I can get them back to a reasonable state.
Here in France I cannot find a thing that would be suitable.
If anyone comes up with anything I can buy it when we are over in the UK in July.
Jon

 

[jims-terrano]

Hmm don't know of any products but I'm sure there will be something. There have been people on here as daft as it sounds rubbing the black plastic bumpers and mouldings with Peanut Butter. I can only assume it's the oils that bring back the black colour. Don't know if it works but it does seem to popup as a solution from time to time. It might tidy it up until you can get a product to do the same.

How much are replacement bumpers? CNCFABS on here sells used parts so might be worth dropping him a PM.

 

[Lazy-Ferret]

Someone on here suggested using a heat gun... I wasn't sure, but was curious. When I did the number plate mod on my T2, I tried it on the black plastic panel behind where the number plate is... Magic... It is just like you are spraying on black paint.

I then got up the nerve to do it on the trim of the T1, and got the same results, only slight problem was, one of the plastic fenders was not fixed properly by the back door, and straightened out a bit, resulting in the door catching it, until I fixed it back as it should be.

Just use a paint removing heat gun on the hottest setting, and hold it between 6 to 10 inches from the plastic, and sweep it back and forward like you would a spray can. move in closer if you are not seeing the results. Then when finished, use a good silicon based polish.