Am I the only one who uses black magic? lol

 

no, your the only one who posted cause most people just agreed...

 

peanut butter! i know it sounds redic, but rub it on, wipe it off, and your all set! black as new!

 

^you gotta be bullshittin, im gonna have rats following my car at 60mphs

 

lol, can anyone verify this?

 

take pics

 

well ive heard that you can clean up gum with peanut butter, and also remove scratches on cds with peanut butter.... so who knows lol

 

It's probably more of a result of peanut butter oil than the peanut butter itself. Oil makes plastics shiny.

 

the oil is most likely what does the trick, but having it in a nice creamy form makes it easy to put on. ill do a round and put up pix once i get my car back from mazda.

p.s. chunky is killer on a pb&j but for the car stick to creamy, and dont bother trying to use it on the fender vents unless you can take them out to do it.

 

What would happen if you added jelly..OoO..

 

FYI, I used Dupli-Colour Bumper Black Vinyl Spray Paint (Satin Black) today and it looks ridiculously amazing.

"Dupli-Color Flexible Bumper Coating - Black, 311G" - Supercheap Auto New Zealand

I took the shrouds off, which gave me an opportunity to fix the broken and cracked 'tabs' that hold the shrouds in place.

I was all prepared to go out and buy two news ones, but these have come up so good, no need!

 

Heat gun, works wonders.

 

Can you post some pics? Just saw this stuff the other day and it looks like it might be descent.

 

Will post some pics soon.

One thing I will say, you must make sure the shrouds are clean as a whistle before using the dupli-colour, and be sure to shake the bejesus out of the can before spraying. It's a rubberised paint, so if it hasn't mixed properly, when it lands on the surface it can pull away from edges...
As I said, so happy with results, I am now going to do the lower rear bumper with the same stuff to match the newly painted shrouds...

 

Before & After...





Obviously the light conditions changed overnight so the pictures dont match, but you get the idea.

I'm very pleased with the result.

 

^^How was the ease of application?

 

It's a spray can, like spray paint, so application is just like paint. I took my shrouds off, to save masking, cleaned them thoroughly with Isopropyl Alcohol to remove all the road grime, wax etc, let them dry, then hung them and gave them 3 coats, about 20 minutes apart. I let them dry over night before reinstalling. Very straight forward.

 

Hmm, maybe someone can try just plasti-dip. You can apply it without removing the shroud, and just peel it off the over spray.

 

Restore Ugly, Faded Plastic to Its Former Shine Using Vaseline

 

Best way to do it. https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-show-sh...3/#post4249779

 

Mine are fading, which sucks </3

 

Eastwood Plastic Resurfacer Matte Black Aerosol

 

I plastidipped mine orange, and it works really well. Just gets dirty pretty quickly cause of the exhaust. Plus, it's had to spray the inside part, but it's possible and it helps protect it.

 

And why the hell would you do that?