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ok, unsure if any dubs have side moulding with injected colour instead of bare plastic or simply painted over, but meh, here's a wicked diy.
Just a quicky on how to clean up your side mouldings (or rub strips or bump strips or whatever).
It worked so well that I had to post up! It seriously makes the car look like it's had a paint job.
Now the thing with some side strips is that they aren't painted, the colour is actually injected into the plastic so once they fade or discolour using soap and suds won't clean them up.
I was told by a little birdy that PAINT THINNER will bring them back to looking brand new
Here's my tips and how to's on how I found to best work:
You need to use a non-fluffy cloth like a tshirt otherwise the fluff will come off and stick to the plastic
Put it to the neck of your thinner can and tip upside down to wet the cloth.
Then in one direction simply wipe a section of really no longer than a foot (30cm/12inch) maybe twice depending on how wet your cloth is but never rub with only a little bit of thinner there otherwise it'll just spread the muck! wet your cloth again and repeat till your happy with the cleanliness.
and do not rub! there is no need and will simply spead the crud and turn out like turd.
pics of befores and afters right after each other...
Good luck!
Just a quicky on how to clean up your side mouldings (or rub strips or bump strips or whatever).
It worked so well that I had to post up! It seriously makes the car look like it's had a paint job.
Now the thing with some side strips is that they aren't painted, the colour is actually injected into the plastic so once they fade or discolour using soap and suds won't clean them up.
I was told by a little birdy that PAINT THINNER will bring them back to looking brand new
Here's my tips and how to's on how I found to best work:
You need to use a non-fluffy cloth like a tshirt otherwise the fluff will come off and stick to the plastic
Put it to the neck of your thinner can and tip upside down to wet the cloth.
Then in one direction simply wipe a section of really no longer than a foot (30cm/12inch) maybe twice depending on how wet your cloth is but never rub with only a little bit of thinner there otherwise it'll just spread the muck! wet your cloth again and repeat till your happy with the cleanliness.
and do not rub! there is no need and will simply spead the crud and turn out like turd.
pics of befores and afters right after each other...
Good luck!
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