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Old 06 September 2007, 02:05 PM
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Default Bufty question...black bumpers

Girlfriends car (clio) has loads of black plastic on it, most of which has turned greyish/whitish colour.

What is the best off the shelf product (Halfords) to return it to black, that wont need doing every other day like other products I have tried.

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Old 06 September 2007, 02:19 PM
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The Meguiars tyre gel is good for this. It lasts for weeks, not days as the label says. I use it and it is good.
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Cookie,

There is a new product out (in this weeks auto express) they recommended it. Made by Turtle wax I will dig out the name and post up later.

Going to get some myself as I have some white marks on the bit by the front number plate
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Originally Posted by S600B_DC
Cookie,

There is a new product out (in this weeks auto express) they recommended it. Made by Turtle wax I will dig out the name and post up later.

Going to get some myself as I have some white marks on the bit by the front number plate

nice one mate.


I used tyre gel on it before, making the problem worse, it looked great for a week or so then
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Cookie,

stuff is called:

Turtle Wax Platinum Series Restorative Black Bumper & Trim Wax (nice easy name to remember )

£5.99 not even on their website yet though but gets 4 stars from auto express.

I will be trying Halfrauds later.
Old 06 September 2007, 10:36 PM
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the autoglym stuff is the dogs as far as off the shelf stuff goes. if you have some quick detailer go over them with that and a terry cloth first to remove grime.

personally i use zymol creame wax. at £48 a pot it's a bit expensive to use on bumpers but the finish is top notch
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Zymol have somthing called detail wax just for bumpers and trim. Still a bit steep but £17 is better than £48
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lol. £17 is a whole lot better than £48!
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Originally Posted by iSCOOB
Zymol have somthing called detail wax just for bumpers and trim. Still a bit steep but £17 is better than £48

do you have to order this stuff on line, or can I pick some up today
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not sure. halfrauds may have it, if not they'll have the ag one.
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The only place i've seen it is on Zymol, Concours, Detailing, Valeting - Parc Ferme Homepage
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bufties will shoot me down here,
but i used castrol synthetic oil on the xr2 the other day, and it came up bling !!!

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