Colour of scuttle panel

[Stirks87]

Whos ready for a daft question??
What colour is the scuttle panel on a clio? Is it meant to be black or are they a grey like the front grill?
Mines faded and want to use a dye to restore but don't know if its meant to be black or grey.

 

[Knuckles]

Black plastic.

Wash it when you wash the car, dry it, wipe it with isopropyl alcohol then dress it with a trim dressing

 

[Stirks87]

Brilliant mine is grey at the moment that'll be getting put right this weekend then.

 

[Knuckles]

And another before and after

 

[Chrisgti6]

Best to get a permanent trim restore product like g-technic.

 

[Stirks87]

I've got plasticare black trim dye great stuff. Just need to make sure the trim is black and not grey. Looked into c4 but very mixed reviews and not the cheapest.

 

[KitsonRis]

I second the C4. Worked wonders on my black trim.

 

[Symon]

I used to use a paint called Bumpercoat for stuff like this, it was cheap and worked well but I don't know if you can still get it.

 

[Stirks87]

I think you can buy combo treatments now where one is like a restorer/ dye and the other is like a sort of dressing that you add on top periodically to protect the restored finish.

 

[steviekyle13793]

Is it worth spraying it using Hammerite Satin Black?

 

[Mr R.]

Is it worth spraying it using Hammerite Satin Black?

No.

It will look s**t.

 

[Mr R.]

I second the C4. Worked wonders on my black trim.

Did my ph1 trim with this, very happy.

 

[Stirks87]

I've done mine with this
http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=251948652588
Love this stuff works really well and leaves a natural new like look.

 

[Jonnio]

I second the C4. Worked wonders on my black trim.

Same here, did mine about 2 years ago and they still look great (although it is garaged).

 

[GavC]

I've been using Auto Finesse Revive on my trim, provides a brilliant finish unfortunately however it just doesn't last long. I'll be using C4 when I finish my bottle of Revive!

 

[seanybaby1788]

Sprayed mine matt black from Halfords, looks fresh and standard. Got fed up with how bad it looked once the AF revive wore off.

 

[imprezaworks]

Yeah revive (bumper gel as I know it from years ago) is good but doesn't last long. Either new trims or a longer lasting product is the only way really. On a plus note the bottle of revive seems to be lasting longer than a long day in work

 

[Pauleds]

I've only ever used Plasticare. That comes from my 205 owning days where the arches and bumpers love to turn grey.
I even used it to dye grey dash plastics black as I couldn't source a decent black dash centre.