anyone else here into rubber ?

[Riley]

heh ok
the rubber trims around my VT body exterior are looking a little tired and sad,
Is there a product that could recondition the trims and seals?

[customvlcommy]

at my old work if they looked crap eg faded or whatever before we would let the car go we would rub silicone on them makes it all nice and shiny

[Riley]

hmm ok, thanks for the advice
so this is a silicon lubricant or what ?

[customvlcommy]

i dont know all i remember was it was in a bottle and just put some on cloth and wiped it over the body

ill get the name of the product today for you

[pablo]

'ARMOR ALL', I have found brings old rubber back to looking good, for a while. Also "Tire Shine', in an aerosole, available from Auto shops, as well as Cheap as Chips shops and the like, puts a shine on faded plastic/rubber. Makes the rear louver on the missus buzz bomb look like new.

[customvlcommy]

yeah that too thats probably the cheaper option id go with pablo on this its cheaper and easy than the silicone

[WAGONBEAST57]

I use Meguiars gold class trim detailer with a fair bit of success. Im pretty sure it does the same job as the ARMOR ALL though, im guessing it's more expensive than the AA. Do it every time i wax the car and she comes up looking awesome

[11gothevt11]

heh ok
the rubber trims around my VT body exterior are looking a little tired and sad,
Is there a product that could recondition the trims and seals?

My window trims were looking very faded
So i sanded then down paint with gloss black paint...looked good but after a week they started to bubble...Only drivers side rest look good..
So i took it off sanded it down plastic primer than gloss black paint same thing happened
But rest of them look good??????

has anyone paint these trims??? what did you use

[vn_v6]

platic prier, and prepsol it mate

[11gothevt11]

platic prier, and prepsol it mate

Hey vn_v6
Thanks for the reply
Sorry to sound stupit but what is prepsol????
I thought it was a cleaner of some sort???
Thanks for your help

[customvlcommy]

prepsol is a wax and grease remover you use it on the surface your painting before you paint and and after its been prepsoled dont touch it or youll have to do it again

[11gothevt11]

prepsol is a wax and grease remover you use it on the surface your painting before you paint and and after its been prepsoled dont touch it or youll have to do it again

Thanks for the tip
So your saying use prepsole than plastic primer than gloss black paint???
Thankyou

[customvlcommy]

yep just like that

[W84N01]

I find the stuff in the packets from the carwashes is great. it's called TIRE SHINE and comes out of the machine with a glove.

I use it on all my black rubber bits around my car and on the front and rear windscreen rubbers before i use it on my tyres, and it stays fresh, black and looking great for weeks.

obviously when it rains it comes off and you need to re apply, but it's cheap as chips and does the lot.

[Riley]

wow thanks for the help guys...