making faded plastic shiney again?

[jim97gst]

Is there some "miracle product" out there for making faded plastic stuff shiney again? In particular, the black plastic piece in the driver side front bumper on a 2G. The piece that's not there on the passenger side because of the intercooler. Mine is all faded and gray looking.

I remember I used to see infomercials for stuff that they would use to make a 30 year old fiberglass boat look like new. Then again, that was an infomercial.

Anybody have any secrets? I tried some armor-all type stuff (formula 2001 or something?) and it seemed to make no difference.

 

[GSX]

Take it out Jim. There's no reason to run it at all ... taking it out will make it look 100x better then simply cleaning it.

If you really want, I have one (practically new) I'll sell you for like 5 bucks.

Let me know.

 

[GoOsEmAn]

i heard that the silver cleaning product works great on the yellow headlights to turn them clear again..
i think it will work on other plastics...

also wax/gloss the plastic after u clean it..

 

[lexrockhard]

Try Mother's Back to Black. Worked on my 14 year old windshield washer nozzles.

 

[jim97gst]

Take it out Jim.

Good call Pete. But you just screwed yourself out of 5 bucks!!!

Try Mother's Back to Black.

Cool, I'll give that a try. I've got some other plastic places I'd like to try and shine up.

 

[scirio]

Holy shit. I just tried Mothers B2B on that area under the windshied wipers but behind the hood. Works ####ing wonders. My car is partying llike its 1995. again. I'm gonna do all the weatherstripping lata