I have a silver 2000 XJ with the black plastic body trim running down the sides. Over the years, It is no longer black, and has turned an ugly gray. How can I get it back to black?

 

heat gun / hair dryer

 

On monday I'm gonna clean them with brake cleaner and then spray paint them with paint the bonds to plastic, I'll let you know how it goes.

 

Dont bother, people have done all kinds of stuff and it always fades again. I would just rip them off, theyre ugly anyway.

 

Unfortunately my jeeps been repainted so I believe that the color underneath is different.

 

Re-spray them so what if they fade again in a couple years. Paint them again after that! Better then riding around looking like crap.

 

x2

 

Thats what I'm sayin

 

Go up to Autozone, NAPA, or whatever your auto parts store is and get a can of Duplicolor's Black Trim paint. It's a spray can (about $5 or $6) and it works tremendously well. A little wet/dry sand paper to prep the plastic, brake cleaner to get any grime off, tape off the trim and spray away. 2 coats and mine held up without any fade for 2 years. Then i decided to just get rid of it 'cuz I wanted a different look.

 

save yourself some time and money and just use a heat gun, or propane torch to bring the black back. it took me about 4 minutes to do all the trim pieces on my xj. look nice and dark again!

 

This stuff is great! I used it on my cherokee's trim and it honestly looks factory new. It doesn't have a cheap spray paint look, if you clean the trim really well before spraying it on, honestly the trim looks brand new! Heres an autozone link. Good Luck.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/acc...ier=98213_0_0_

 

Heat gun works great to glaze the oxidized surface layer, turns nice and black again, start on low heat and don't get carried away, you don't want a melt down, just a reglazing of the surface.

 

Armour All is a good temporary fix

 

[QUOTE=no rdplz;758451]Go up to Autozone, NAPA, or whatever your auto parts store is and get a can of Duplicolor's Black Trim paint. It's a spray can (about $5 or $6) and it works tremendously well. A little wet/dry sand paper to prep the plastic, brake cleaner to get any grime off, tape off the trim and spray away. 2 coats and mine held up without any fade for 2 years. Then i decided to just get rid of it 'cuz I wanted a different look.[/QUOTE

X2!!! the stuff works well

 

NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!! do that and forget about painting it will fisheye like you wouldn't believe