td5nut · Oct 4, 2014

the soft bullbar and the offside wheel arch protectors are now very rough,due I presume to age(14 y.o.) and u.v. rays,has anyone ever tried to smooth them down or build them up?,sandpaper and a coat of satin black??

discodrivercumbria · Oct 4, 2014

td5nut said:
the soft bullbar and the offside wheel arch protectors are now very rough,due I presume to age(14 y.o.) and u.v. rays,has anyone ever tried to smooth them down or build them up?,sandpaper and a coat of satin black??

i think a lot have done the wheel arch protectors, don't know about the A bar,
i am gonna do mine as some have gone rough and some have not, when i get around to it!

GrumpyRuralBoy · Oct 4, 2014

I'm interested in a response too. Mine are also very pitted, but not sure if paint will fill the indentations.

Sean69 · Oct 4, 2014

I had very rough wheel arch protectors. Used 1000 grit sand paper (don't forget to use water) and sanded them down. Far better now. I then used Back to Black applied with a paintbrush. Need to do a couple coats. Doesn't last long, haven't given much thought what to use instead. As for the fist bull bar; mines in great knick, but applied Back to Black and seemed to bring up the colour. Hope that helps

beerdude · Oct 5, 2014

Be careful using back to black if your thinking of painting your arches later cos if I remember right its full of silicone and you will never paint successfully over that.

td5nut · Oct 5, 2014

Sean69 said:
I had very rough wheel arch protectors. Used 1000 grit sand paper (don't forget to use water) and sanded them down. Far better now. I then used Back to Black applied with a paintbrush. Need to do a couple coats. Doesn't last long, haven't given much thought what to use instead. As for the fist bull bar; mines in great knick, but applied Back to Black and seemed to bring up the colour. Hope that helps

wwuuhh!!,might try a palm sander and be veeeery bloody careful and a squirt of simoniz satin black.:scratching_chin:

LAMPRO · Oct 5, 2014

td5nut said:
wwuuhh!!,might try a palm sander and be veeeery bloody careful and a squirt of simoniz satin black.:scratching_chin:

My brother is a valeter they use a hot air gun on the blck plastic being gentle and not getting too close moving it across the black brings back the colour, he shown me on a KA front bumper theat had gone grey worked a treat

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