How to restore you plastic bumpers and arches.....

Hey guys and girls, i got this tip from kuc on here, he has done this and they look good on his red gti. so anyway i had a go, and they came up very nice and look good……

started with arches, as you can see they have gone grey,




so firstly clean them up with halfords bumper preperation (£5.39 bottle)




then get a arch ready to spray



i would use a mask but i didnt have one so………  



iv used halfords plastic bumper paint in black (£5.89 bottle) only one bottle was used for the arches



so start spraying………… :detective:

and the results:





the difference:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:  :mrgreen:



cheers
ans4r :wink:

will do the bumpers in a few days. :wink:

I used the same stuff. It looks really good but after a few months it starts to chip off where stones come up from the tyres.

Still worth it though as my bumpers were really faded and I still have left over paint to touch it up

Hey guys you never tried penut butter? even cheapo morrisons stuff works a treat on faded grey plastics. Use crunchy stuff then wash and then smooth stuff

got some mates with t4 vw they go over the bumper with eletric heat gun works ace  

iv tried the peanut butter, works but needs re-doing every few months, spraying them lasts a long time.... :wink:

hey ans4r that looks like your workbench is a old bmw 02....

hey ans4r that looks like your workbench is a old bmw 02....

did you do the bumpers in the end? I need to do my arches and bumpers as they look crap!

I want to know if it will chip off like normal spray? I don't want to be driving around in a flakie looking chav wagon!

has yous stayed on ok? :dontknow:

I have the spray from Halfords waiting but I don't want to put it on if it will be a pain later.

hummmmmm

I would recommend this stuff

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Plasticare-Trim-Dye-BLACK-Plastic-Rubber-Bumper-Paint_W0QQitemZ260655185091QQihZ016QQcategoryZ72203QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

It looks like a small bottle, but it goes a long way.
It lasts ages aswell, because it dyes the plastic.

Lighty go over them with a gas blow tourch works well then back to black... We used to do this at a body shop i worked at .

Surly if you start doing the bumpers with peanut butter won't it attract the dogs to lick them and then before they leave piss on your wheels ?

Mate done my mk2 bumpers with paint,,,But he said to use plastiflex first..... Should have no probs with flaking

cool cheers

think i may go for this as JoeB said:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Plasticare-Trim-Dye-BLACK-Plastic-Rubber-Bumper-Paint_W0QQitemZ260655185091QQihZ016QQcategoryZ72203QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

it's expensive really isn't it?!! can it be got cheaper from a different place?

think i'll use the Halfords spray for the arches as they have some silver overspray on them so they really need a heavy coverage of black, and i'll use the black dye for the bumpers as it wont crack off or flake etc.

sound like a good move?

I just contacted the guy who sells the Plasticare Trim Dye.

he can do £11.50 delivered outside of ebay, If you want to buy in bulk, 6 or 12 bottle quantities, he can offer a bit more, up to 20-25% off Ebay list price

I may get a bottle.

When doing your bumpers has anyone tried to remove any scrapes? going to do my bumpers but have a large scrape on the front corner which I'd like to clean up. also when painting has anyone used any primer or painted straight on after cleaning?
cheer Mat

jamienewland said

hey ans4r that looks like your workbench is a old bmw 02….

well spotted mate, its a 75 1602lux :wink:

buggjam said

did you do the bumpers in the end? I need to do my arches and bumpers as they look crap!

yeah i did the bumpers too, they come out good, and shine up well with autoglym bumper care

i have also a tip.. if you use a Heater (like a heating gun) and heat the rubber/plastic it will get the original Black color back (be sure to be patient and not to close might harm you plast if you heat it up to much, then wait untill its cold to work in Autoglym refurbisher.
i have used it with great success with my cars.