Badguy7

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Do you guy's know how to remove this piece that im pointing at in the pic bellow????



Here's anotha pic, if you arent sure what im talking about....



I tried to remove it about a week or 2 ago, and i just couldnt get the damn thing to come off. It's faded and i got some OEM Black Trim Paint from Advanced Auto Part's, and im just trying to bring back the color and help out the appearance of the car with small lil thing's like this.

ghardester

Do you mean the vinyl piece that your hand is on? It fades to grey but can be brought back by a number of good products, I used Turtle Wax Black Chrome. There are better products. I don't think you want to paint plastic. Check the Appearance section before you paint. You won't need to remove it if you get the right goop.

rich Z

Looks like you just need to remove the plastic trims pop screws. I see one of them in the picture. You'll need a special trim panel tool that's made of plastic so it won't damage anything.

y2k_ta

iTrader: (80)

You'll have to pull the wiper arms off too.

waldershrek

iTrader: (1)

Yep, just take off the wiper arms and pop those plastic screws out

billyb

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don't remove it there are plenty of plastic cleaners / polishes out there to shine it up it'll take a couple of coats and elbow grease

RPM WS6

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No need to remove that.

Want it to look new? First, wash it down with some soap to remove loose dirt. Then, you need two products:

- Meguiar's Quik Interior Detailer (to deep clean, scrub real good with this)
- 303 Aerospace Protectant (to restore full luster and protect)

If you don't want to spend the money for/can't find the 303 stuff, Mother's makes a product called "Back to Black" that works well in this area too.

blue98Z

iTrader: (29)

+1 on the back to black. Works good on all the weatherstripping also. Makes it look like new.

its turbo time

iTrader: (3)

or if your even lazier and want a quick non permanent fix armor all it...

LS1>girlfriend

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i dont think trim paint is meant for use on the exterior either...

_JB_

iTrader: (33)

Another vote for that stuff as well. I used it about two years ago and it worked great.

WhosNXT

No need to remove as others have said. There are tons of products out there made for this purpose. Take some time and clean it up well and then shine it up with some of the above products.

Badguy7

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Ok thanks, i used the Trim Paint for the "Door Sill's". Came out good, look's new. I should find the product's you mentioned in Autozone, O'Riely's or Advanced Auto Part's right???

blue98Z

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I got mine at Wal-Mart, but have seen it in the above mentioned parts store's as well. Just follow the directions on the back to black and it works great as I said before.

sreve

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a battery terminal top post puller works great to pull the wiper arms off.


back to black works for a while but the polishing compound i used with the 7" polisher has made it a temporary fix. how do you clean that off that textured plastic?
anyone thinking of taking a power polisher to thier car should consider masking that off.
not trying to hijack your thread badguy7

95FbFormula

iTrader: (25)

Ya can remove it with a BFH but back to black works

z28bryan02

RPM WS6

iTrader: (3)

303 is a bit harder to find than other stuff. It's also very costly.

But I've found that nothing works better to restore like-new appearance to interior/exterior plastic that the Megs QID + 303 process.

Badguy7

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No problem asking a question man, mine's pretty much been answered by RPM WS6.

Badguy7

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Yeaa, didnt see that in Advanced Auto Part's today. I went ahead and got the Mother's "Back to Black" though.