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Overrider Refinish?

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Aldwyn

Aldwyn

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I am just full of questions lately!

Currently, the bumper overriders on my Six are a bit warn... scratches and such and discolorations. Nothing terrible, but I would like to "new them up".

Can anyone give an experience with this, and what they used to do it? Will a standard black rubbing compound work, ala getting scratches out of modern day plastic bumpers?

Any help would be apperciated!

Thanks!
Aldwyn
 
Try Mothers "Back to Black".

I used it a lot before I took mine off for good. Works great on dash and under hood detailing as well.
 
Brosky said:
Try Mothers "Back to Black".
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Not to disagree, but to qualify... Back to Black is fantastic, and applies easily. However it lasts one rainshower or one car washing.

I have used both Back to Black and Griot's equivalent on our Volvo station wagon, with a large amount of black plastic, I find the Griot's stuff much more reliable, but a real pain in the neck to apply. Any stuff that gets on the paint can only be removed with bug and tar remover. But it has held up well; our plastic looks black.

My two cents... and this applies to a daily driver - that sees rain whenever it rains.
 
I agree , initial looks of Back to Black are good, but does not last long at least on black abs type plastic.
 
Yes, reading some reviews of Back to Black, I see in some cases, it didnt last long! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif

Might be worth it for that Just Before Show cleaning. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif
 
B2B lasted about two car washes for me, using Mother's car soap. I really don't expect much more from these type of products and it take 5 minutes to redo them, so to me it's a no brainer.

Of course now, it's a real no brainer since I have no overriders!!
 
Brosky said:
...it take 5 minutes to redo...
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Curse the modern car with all the plastic instead of chrome!!! our volvo has a ton of plastic.... five minutes - hah! /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif
 
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