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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 11:46 AM
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Ive been wondering what do yall use on the black strip in the middle of the ttops to shine it up? mine is gettin quite dull and i dont know whether to put armorall on it or what
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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I use wax and it makes it look really good.
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 03:18 PM
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You can use that Mothers Back to Black.It works pretty good and you can use it on any plastic wether its black or not.
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 03:32 PM
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I just wax it like the rest of my car and it always looks shiny
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted by nhra-trans-am
I just wax it like the rest of my car and it always looks shiny
thanks for the input guys, i think im gonna try that back to black, the problem is it has gone so long without wax that when i did try a small section it looked like it had a grey haze over it..
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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Did you wipe the wax off?
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by pcgamer4life
Did you wipe the wax off?
of course, it looks worse, the guy before me musta really neglected it..
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 08:39 PM
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is there any way to shine the weatherstripping on the t top windows?
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i use mothers cleaner wax and a buffer.it comes out bran new.
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 08:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Droopy8503
is there any way to shine the weatherstripping on the t top windows?
i use black magic tire wet with a applicator.
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Old Mar 18, 2006 | 09:04 PM
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Take that bitch off and repaint it.
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yeah mine needs repaint
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