Keeping plastic trim alive

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Originally Posted by Disco4SE

Used the Autoglym gel on my black bits today.
Come up awesome. Might use it on my wife's as well ;)

Cheers, Craig

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Interested to hear if wife's bits came up awesome too ? $26 would be good investment if it works !

Cheers, Chris

I bought that Autoglym gel to do some aging plastic bits on our weathered 1985 BMW touring bikes and out of curiosity I hit all the exterior trim on the Disco with it. Excellent stuff.

wonder if supercheap would stock it (have to take the seatcovers back I bought, thought front headrests were exposed but because of the handley thingie it really needs the other type I think)

I bought mine at Autobarn.

Any decent repco store should stock it.... if they dont, it shouldnt be any more than a day away from thier warehouse

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Originally Posted by 1976_michelle

wonder if supercheap would stock it (have to take the seatcovers back I bought, thought front headrests were exposed but because of the handley thingie it really needs the other type I think)

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Hi,
I got mine from East Coast Auto spares in Bentleigh (Vic). But anyone that sells decent quality car care products probably carry this brand.
Cheers Neil.

Here's a couple of pics. One is of the wheel arch trim coated, one side with water to show how it repels the water. The other is the area under windscreen wipers. I didn't take before/after shots sorry.
The product info on it says it is safe on the duco, maybe it might use some type of synthetic oils rather than silicone to make it water repellent. I also wouldn't use anything with silicone, so this is why I went for it. Plus I like some of their other cleaners too.

Neil.

guys I read in one of the threads a while back about a product that makes those tired and faded plastic parts like like wheel arch flares, door impact trims and the plastic bit at bottom of windscreen look like new. Well much better!

I bought a bottle and voila it is great! About 15 mins of effort and may D3 looks almost like new again. Amazing what this stuff can do.

Auto Glyne trim and bumper gel I think it was called. Good stuff.

I spent a few hours detailing my car on the weekend and used Meguires Trim Detailer on all the dark plastics (in and out) and that worked a treat. My plastics were starting to look a little chalky especially under the windscreen and now look like the day I picked it up form the dealer. I have been a fan of Meguires they make top quality cleaning gear.

Forget all the Hi-Tech products, the best thing for faded automotive plastics is peanut oil.

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