The result was very good, I personally believe that faded trim is one of the give away signs of a ageing vehicle, making it look darker and more factory fresh, certainly lifts the appearance of the whole finish.
I'm impressed by the restoration, products, and techniques. But my favorite parts of your videos are the narration, sounds of the brushes, sprays, and wipes, and the hints of the background noises (birds, other vehicles passing by) in between narration. Your videos are always very calming, yet entertaining and informative!
I think I've posted something similar before - but just wanted to say how much I appreciate how "real world" your videos are - most other detailing channels they are using tens of thousands of dollars of hoists, protected from the weather by fancy garages and so on - and in the real world almost NONE of us have access to that kind of stuff. It's way more inspiring to get out there and try some of this when you see how much can be done in your own yard with just quality tools and products (and products that anyone can get hold of easily too!), and plenty of elbow grease.
Definitely worth the effort of doing the black trim on cars. I wonder how it stands up against solution finish. I find the round make up pads and cotton buds are great for the fiddly bits, ie, around mirrors and grills. Another great video Joe.
This used to be a regular fetish of mine many years ago with my Nova Sr and it's dark grey exterior bumpers and trim - a large spray can of back to black was the order of the day back then!
Very nice results with that Turtle Wax stuff. Our crossover/SUVs have LOTS of black plastic cladding--nice, dark trim really helps the vehicles to look their best.
Did the same using this product!! Never took off any of the trim, Car wash leave to dry apply 2 coats in full Sun, 5 minutes between coats job done!! Preparation is important tapping around trim no over run!! 👍
It's just another dressing that will wear off fast depending on whether the car is garaged and how often it is washed. Rubish. He should have used a true restoring plastic trim spray dye given he removed all the panel. Inbreeding in the UK has taken its toll.
It's amazing the difference tidying up the small parts makes to the overall look of the vehicle, I've heard and seen some other detailers on the plastic trim just use a heat gun in order to slightly melt the plastic to restore it back to its original finish as this is supposedly melting out some of the oils and replacing the stuff that has dried off over the years, I personally think I'd prefer the apply a product option myself though.
Cheers Joe, just snagged a bottle from the link. I have an eight year old civic and most trim products tend to wash out quite early well worth a shot at that price
They look great and it was definitely worth the time and effort. The only thing that bothered me was that you didn't clean off the body before you put the rear mudguards back on. LOL
Might get some of this for my mini r53. Already use turtle wax trim restorer cream with excellent results and the only one I really ever use once every few months.
I've got an 02 Chevy Impala, and the trim fades horrendously on it. Gonna pick this stuff up and give it a go! Love your vids Guru, keep up the good work!
I tried cerakote on my Tucson that had tons of grey trim. Followed the directions and so far it’s been through two washes and several days of rain and still looks like I just applied it
GTechniq C4 is great on smooth plastics but this sounds like it could be ideal on the lower textured trim on the wife’s Honda C- HR which are a pain to keep looking good. Swear the thing has more plastic than paint! Thanks for video Joe! 👍🏾Car looks cool BTW 😎
I've used most of the trim restore products on the USA market. I settled on Cerakote as the best and longest lasting. This spring I used Turtle Wax trim restore and it does as good of job as the Cerakote and so far seems to be as lasting. The TW is less than half the price of Cerakote.
@@simonbaker5984 hi. Hit and miss. Great on first application but noticed it seemed to go patchy especially if u use a jet washer. I’m not convinced. 303 is much better in my mind. Hope your enjoying your JCW
@@duncangrainge yes mate 3rd one & still loving it 😊. Need to to prise the keys off my wife 🤣🤣. Thanks for the heads up👍👍 back to PERL then. Or C4 if I decide to spend 4 times the cost. Just trying to cheap out 🤣🤣
Great work and video...and yes, it definitely gives the look of the car a huge improvement over faded plastics....but as others have said, durability and longevity are key with these products.....another main brand bumper gel looks great when applied, but once it gets wet, just runs off and streaks. I always used to find these products, even when buffed off, ended up on wash mitts when washing and seem to dissolve the suds in the wash bucket.
I used some of this on the black faded side skirts of my 2016 vitara, the first coat looked rubbish with streaks in it but 2nd coat things look way better.
A good result and a well constructed video, but there are two things I'd like to say. The 'glare' transition video effect you used between the 'before' and 'after' reveal shots towards the end of the video actually detracted from what you were trying to achieve. In my opinion, it would have been much better to not have employed any transition effect at all. The second thing is that nearly all of these kinds of products achieve a similar result but what really differentiates them is how long the 'back to black' effect lasts.
How well would it work if you used an HVLP SPRAYER and light mist it on, after the 1st thin coat is buffed in. That way, you don't get weird streak marks.
Results looked good. I need to do this on my wife's and daughters car to 're-colour the trim rather than just dress it. Surprised to hear the product is designed for textured trim, I would have thought most black plastic trim is smooth. Looks like it will be worth a go though.
Lots of trim on my '05 MR2 to restore, so intrigued about this stuff. Would love your thoughts on how this compares to the Gtechniq C4 restorer which you've previously used and recommended?
Good Evening car cleaning Guru Just wondering what is the best way to get rid of moss that is stuck in between? The plastic bit between the window and the rubber stripping along the window. Thank you fantastic video Tristan
In the States, there are two products that have done well in other tests, Cerakote & Malco Revive Nu. Malco is more cost effective in a business environment, but Cerakote seems to last the longest?
Will need to look into this . I've a 17 Yr old Mitsubishi and one trim around the mirror housing will not go darker no matter what products I attempt to use on it
This is essentially a very thin layer of pliable plastic that sits on the surface (a bit like plastidip) so unless it’s abraded off or peels from any edges shouldn’t be going anywhere anytime soon.
It was ALWAYS just a gimmick. I mean it. Most of the "detailing products" is a gimmick, since you need it to mark up chemicals that are cheaper then the bottle it comes in. No, that is not a metaphor. Its like when you buy bottled water, you not really paying for that "water". Most chemicals are so cheap that if you were to pay what it is worth no one would bother selling it in small quantities cause they would spend more money packaging it, let alone delivering and keeping it on the shelf. This is why you dont see REAL chemical tests being done in detailing word. If I told you the "ceramic" coating is nothing else then clear coat customized for foam application by slowing down curing which allows self leveling as well as having more plasticity (simular to clear coats made for plastic parts) would you pay $100 for tiny bottle? Ceramic, silica and other naming is essentially anything you can think of. Grab a fist full of dirt and you have silica and ceramics. Its marketing to make you spend $20 for something that costs $0.02. No different than you paying $2 for a "specially filtered, mount everest" bottle of water, which often comes from a tap water in a city close to mountain...where people pay $0.01 a gallon LOL. Take for example the sprays that gives you the "water beating" property. They used to charge $20 to $50 when it came out. The detailing world took to it like bees to honey and you didn't see ONE honest review since they are all in to make money be it on product or youtube influence. First, you don't want water BEATING, you want SHEATHING. Cause a day after you apply it you car will start getting dirty and when it rains, that dirt and anything in the water itself will be concentrated in big drops that will dry out and leave behind a THICKER and much more visiable water spots that will be hard to clean without acid based cleaners. Sheathing will do the opposite. It will alow for water to flow away from the panels and to spread out in a even layer on flat parts. That will leave the contemenace way less visiable and because the layer is 100 times more thin, it will be removable by friction alone (hard rub). So why do they use it? Simple. The chemical they advertised to people is actually really cheap stuff that was sold to auto car wash stations. Why? Because on the end of the tunnel they have to dry out your car and they do that by using blowers. Now, have you ever used a compressed air to "blow water" away on a clean washed surface (no waxes or coatings)? Doesn't work, does it? Water loves to hold on to surface. So they had to "brake up" the ability of water to hold on to surface (this is why the water puls into droplets) so that it can than be "blown away" in wind tunnel. THAT IS IT! For decades, waxes have been formulated to do just the oposite - sheath! THAT is what you want on your perfectly detailed car that will see rain while it is standing still. Sorry for the long post, hope it helps.
I did the same on my Alfa Romeo 159 a year ago, but i was use spray and some handwork prepairing and results are amazing, everyone asking me where i was buy plastic for car. Im not sure is this resistant at cold and raini weathers? Also did i need to repeat process again afther this and hoe many times i need to apply this on trim plastics? Did manual instructions come wich bottle?
Do they do anything for the interior trim? I've tried a few products on the other half's Honda door card. There is a bit of wear or discolouring but nothing brought it all nice and glossy black etc colouring.
This is like putting tyre dressing on a car. It will make it look better even if the rest of the car is filthy I know because I have washed only wheels and tyres and then put dressing on. It looks much better😂
I feel that these restorers are too black and not a natural trim color. My mini cooper trim seems faded almost from day one and I use meguires natural every wash which is not fun. How do most users feel about the look of this product compared to new?
