cinque35

Guess this is one of the reasons they’re gonna start painting the rocker panels again.

Warm out yesterday so washed my car, it’s not even 3 yrs old yet and the whole the bottom trim is turning white.

It started showing this summer but this is the worst it’s been. Tried back to black and that worked for about three days, the plastic itself is turning white. Anyone have any other suggestions?

Hytek

Look up a product called "Forever Black". It worked good on my 12 year old Cherokee side moldings.

cinque35

thanks have to try it, i'm trading it in in a few months but want to try and sell it privately first, it just makes it look beat up, otherwise perfect, only 15,500 mi..

Kpd3014

Plastic dip them too,.. But seriously I use meguiars tire shine on mine and it works pretty good at keeping them black.

cpotts13

Theres a product called "back to black" which is supposed to work well.

way2qk4u2c

This is why I painted mine....

stangfoeva

mine are still black

cinque35

i see yours is 6/2010, mine is 6/2009.. they were fine till just a few months ago..

cinque35

did, it really looked good too but wore off in a couple of days, think it made it worse

montreal ponies

^^^^^he said that lasted only 3 days......



Did you use any wax on them ! Just curious......
If you cannot bring back the black in them, i say unbolt them and bring them to a paint shop. Shouldn't be to expensive.
Or
Get a can of DupliColor " trim black " and do it yourself. No biggie.....

cinque35

never got any wax on them, was always careful, black trim doesn't usually react well to wax.
if i was keeping it i'ld paint them with SEM trim paint, used it on my 88 & 93 trim, works very well, but not gonna go through the trouble.

the back2black is more like thick armor-all, was looking for something that maybe had dye in it that would stain them..





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MRGTX

Yikes...we need a solution.
Is this going to happen to the whole front grille, fascia, etc?

cinque35

^ grille and window trim is perfect.. only rockers and rear bumper valance, but rockers are worse, prob cause they get everything kicked up on them from the front wheels

going for broke

What have you used to take off the Tar? I believe that to be the problem.
It's not a problem thats specific to the mustang. any vehicle with the plastic trim along rocker panel is subject to being discolored from some chemicals used to remove road tar and such. not much you can do at this point but keep it dressed with one of the above mentioned products.

cinque35

only thing i've ever used was mild auto soap, never anything but back2blk, but that was after they started to fade

bones302

get bumper paint from SEM. I've used it to change the color of my lower rockers on my truck and used it on my mustang to make it a gloss black. it's especially made for bumpers and rockers. even if you're not keeping it, you should do it right.

cinque35

lol, that stuff is great.. see post #11 ^

kylerohde

I'm sure hoping we can prevent it with regular care. So far, I've used Meguiar's Ultimate Protectant, but that stuff probably needs to be applied once a week or at least every other week to stay nice & black on my daily driver.

If it doesn't hold up well over the winter, I will likely try the Griot's Garage solution in the spring:

• Step 1: Rubber Prep: http://www.griotsgarage.com/product/...ortby=ourPicks
• Step 2: Bumper & Trim Reconditioner: http://www.griotsgarage.com/product/...ortby=ourPicks

It's definitely the highest-maintenance part of our cars' exteriors, much more so than the paint, unfortunately.

grabber blue gt

after a year my 2010's were starting to look a little "ugly". I used mothers back to black and they look as good as new

2012GTCS

As stated above get a good reconditioned and protectant. There are some much better brands out there then the crap that you can get over the counter.

For the guys that wanna prevent this, get a good layer of actual Protectant on there, not just a "look good" product.

I HIGHLY recommend 303 Aerospace protectant for plastic trim. It has SPF 40 in it to block damaging rays.

Check some detailing sites for tons of choices, The BlackFire line is great too.

Try Autogeek.net