"Back to black", it's an oil based product that works wonders when it comes to restoring the original color to all things plastic.

 

WD-40 worked for me!

 

heat gun! works wonders.

 

I used to have a Ford Bronco with a faded fiberglass topper, I got a tip from a guy who was actually an autobody instructor (good one I hope!?) to use leather boot polish on it, and wow did it ever work great!

 

Seriously just hit them with a heat gun.. you will be amazed at the results.. did mine a couple weeks ago.. when the heat hits them it looks like your painting them..

 

Two ways: Paint them with flexible paint, or what works best is Pig Spit. I use it on my Harley's wrinkle finish and also on all black plastic parts on any vehicle.

 

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or i have heard that about 4 layers of black shoe shine looks good and last over a year

 

Wondering how this worked out for you and what you did???

my black fender flares and trim are a sickly chalky grey, very very faded... I can't seem to find any product worth trying. I'm a little scared to paint them, I don't want to end up looking like free credit report dot com car. I'm wondering if the flat black or glossy is best?

my interest is peaked with the Krylon Fusion paint for the fender flares if anyone has any pictures of the result I would love to see them to put my fears to rest prior to spray painting my truck.

Ed

 

First, you can either mask off the flares or remove them.

Scrub them really good. Then clean them again. Then wipe them with a white lent-free paper towel and rubbing alcohol. You want to make sure to remove any old Armor All residue or anything similar that may have been applied to your flares over the years.

Then paint with Krylon Fusion. Get satin finish, it has the correct appearance. Mine have been painted for well over a year and they still look good.

For what it's worth, I tried Back to Black before painting mine. It looked good, but I had to reapply frequently to keep them nice and black.

 

 

OK, that looks amazing! thankyou for the picture I was not going to do it now that I saw that I'm going to give it a try.

 

[quote=xjwithump;132065]Duplicolor trim paint by dupont works and stays where you put it, and looks like the oem color. Works great on trim,bumpers,mirrors. I did my hardtop with it and it looked like factory.
It has the flex agent in it for painting plastic .
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I painted mine with it

 

I took all of mine off and all other trim pieces and washed them and then painted them with spray paint from Wal-Mart.

 

I'm not sure if you can get it over here but I use Black Wax made by CarPlan on plastics that are faded (I bought mine when I still lived in the UK, it lasts pretty well). If you want something more permanent then paint can't be beaten.