Hey guys,
 
Searched around the forum, best results to fix faded trim. This thread Faded window liner/skirts and Peanut butter not keen on it. I have my side quarter windows, targa roof trim faded marks on exterior. I have tried Meguiar's Plastic X, Meguiar's trim detailer, these do work but the exterior trim that has the grey faded marks; these products tint the grey. Does not darken enough to be "Black" with the other trim.
 
Chase_D tried yesterday something he has used on his trim but didn't work either (Attempted on targa trim) Personally I can spend up to 4 hours cleaning and still not be happy. This is one of those things that irritate me. I was thinking "Mother's Naturally Black" but it will just have the same result as Maguire's I reckon.
 
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Any suggestions?  I have heard about a black dye that contains a chemical to it, never was told the name.
 
 

Buy new stuff from Toyota? :P  Thats what I did.

Here you go
http://mr2oc.com/showthread.php?t=301783
 
Edit: its gonna take over 4hrs to complete, but i think its time well spent, otherwise to what Tot says, buy new.

if only we had these cars from new, it would never have happened 

darius

Here you go
http://mr2oc.com/showthread.php?t=301783

Edit: its gonna take over 4hrs to complete, but i think its time well spent, otherwise to what Tot says, buy new.

Could you maybe PM me and quote what's said in there? I signed up to view it but awaiting activation.

senshiToday I began. It mostly just a test day, I only did three pieces to see how this stuff is going to work. I used some Green Works household cleaner to clean the parts before painting and I used Dupli-Color Vinyl Fabric flat black to paint them.

I think they turned out pretty well, however, I noticed the first two pieces that I painted seemed to be rough after painting, as if the paint was just dry dust on top of the plastic. But by the third piece I figured out that this is because I was holding the spray can too far from the pieces I was painting. I'd advise anyone else to hold it 4 inches or so from the piece, as I was originally holding it about a foot away. I also might add that I did not do any prepping as far as sanding or primering. All I did was clean the pieces, though I did wetsand with some 400 grit sandpaper on some of the spots that had scratches/cuts with plastic sticking up to smooth things out a bit.
Anyway here's the results so far:
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AFTER:

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You sure that would work on the exterior trim? Judging by paint, not sure if it would be weather proof. I guess alternative paint would be flat black everyday paint?

Unless my first post confused some to think I was talking interior wise?
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Thought I would post a image of what I am dealing with, they will not fade or restore black using Maguire's. - I noticed today inspecting passenger side doesn't have much, only driver side that has more.
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sorry i thought you meant internal.
 

Ah alright, sorry for the confusion. Although that way you did post has made me consider painting.
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Edit:
 
Found a thread about painting trim (Although they used a BMW) here, They used a roller, not spray paint with 3M tape and sandpaper. It seems more safer then using spray paint, although I have found Dupli-Colour sell a Trim paint; come in handy for spraying the weather and wipers trim on the front.
 
 

I know you dont wanna do the peanut butter thing but I did it and my trims turned out sooooo unbelievably good
They dont even smell like it after a day or two and you cant tell, it lasted for about 6 months so far and its awesome.

if you did want to paint it though, maybe consider plastidip? its pretty sweet and has that rubbery matte black finish to it