Plastic wheel arch trims

corsa25 · Post by **corsa25** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 8:50 pm

Hello, I was wondering whats best for the faded grey plastic wheel arch trims. None of the plastic restores work. Should I paint them black or the body colour [white] ,also whats the best type of paint to use. Thanks.

loppylauz82 · Post by **loppylauz82** » Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:15 pm

ohhhhhh yes i would like to know as well

as i toooooooo have taty grey bumper n wheel arches do i need to get the same black as my corsa or could i use different

i was gonna paint them fuscia pink any hints n tips would be lullllyyy

Claire18 · Post by **Claire18** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 1:49 pm

I know this sounds odd but Peanut butter is good to restore the black

donnay1991 · Post by **donnay1991** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 2:13 pm

Your better to paint them the colour of the car. but blacks nice aswell. I would just use back to black. Although u need to do it every so often

bluecorsab · Post by **bluecorsab** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 3:22 pm

baby oil, smooth peanut buter, heatgun.......all good for bringing the colour back

loppylauz82 · Post by **loppylauz82** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:08 pm

ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh thanx 4 advice hmmmm

has any one had there car moped i was just flicking through total vauxhall have been considering and sumone said its pretty hard to do ect ect ???

leggy · Post by **leggy** » Tue Jul 27, 2010 4:29 pm

i had the same problem recently but i chose to primer and spray matt black, my car is a darker blue colour and it looks nice. I had the handles done too.

jordyp · Post by **jordyp** » Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:13 am

a heat gun is good for bringin the plastics back to black

Grant_j · Post by **Grant_j** » Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:19 am

Buy a cheap can of black, spray them.. done! spray your bumpers to match though.. Best way to do it is sand it down, primer it, spray it and i find lacquering it is also good. Then again on my old corsa i just sprayed over them black.

loppylauz82 · Post by **loppylauz82** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:57 pm

ive got a black gloss spray ...... and the fella says u dnt need to prima with them so i maite use that

jimi12369 · Post by **jimi12369** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:45 pm

Iv'e just sprayed my wing mirrors black from silver and laquered them they look great but make the trim look shiot, may paint aand laquer some trim as a trial but dubious wether it would look too black and tacky?

Post by **matty101** » Sat Aug 21, 2010 9:49 pm

loppylauz82 wrote:ive got a black gloss spray ...... and the fella says u dnt need to prima with them so i maite use that

yh shud be ok aslong as u dont mind it peeling off after a few weeks, or as soon as a pressure washer touches it.

leggy · Post by **leggy** » Mon Aug 23, 2010 2:59 pm

i have had mine done, gloss black after grey primer.. works fine. Pressure wash the car so many times and it dont peel off at all.

loppylauz82 · Post by **loppylauz82** » Sat Aug 28, 2010 10:58 pm

so in the long run its a case of sanding priming then spraying cool ive got loadsa time lol thanx guys

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