Plastic

[legend@wheels]

Hi,the previous owner of the car waxed/polished by mistake ( or not) the exterior plastic(mirrors,above the wheel etc...) now its like whitey and "deadly" how can i restore this?

 

[cafcross]

Does it look white as if there is residue on the plastic, or is the whole plastic a light grey and faded as if it is sun damaged?

If it is the first, use a normal pencil eraser and rub the residue off, wipe down afterwards with IPA and use a product like Auto Finesse Revive to darken and protect the plastic.

If it is faded through sun damage, again wipe down with IPA and use Revive. If you keep using it, it will restore the colour over time. Also, lightly heating with a heat gun/hair dryer will help restore the colour.

 

[legend@wheels]

So its not lost right? Do ill have to repeat
this method once awhile or once and thats it?
Btw the car is 4y/o so i guess isnt from sun is mostly of wax/pol dmg

 

[cafcross]

Hopefully once you've got all the residue off with a rubber, use Revive every time you wash the car and it will be okay. Just be careful and don't get wax or polish on the trim when using them in future. Masking tape works well to combat this.

 

[legend@wheels]

I wont revive it every wash ,but i. Hope it will be keept without it.thanks alot

 

[cafcross]

I can usually see two washes out of an application of Revive, so a couple of weeks.

 

[Coby.]

Depends if you want a solution like Revive that last weeks or a more permanent solution that could last years?

How much time/patience have you got?