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vaucluse

Member Since: 04 Feb 2012
Location: SE London
Posts: 185

2007 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 SW Java Black

What product do you use on your arches?

Recently changed my wheel arches for the original LR glossy black ones. After 3 months worth of car washing and car wash plastic dressing they look a bit cack- what should I use to make them look like new again?

Cheers

Mark

26th Sep 2016 2:31pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20510

Bare plastic or painted? No Guts, No Glory.
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26th Sep 2016 2:37pm

vaucluse

Member Since: 04 Feb 2012
Location: SE London
Posts: 185

Glossy black plastic not the primed ones designed for painting.

26th Sep 2016 3:08pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20510

A bumper shine product I'd have thought.
WD40 would work too, but I'm not sure if that'd do the plastic much good in the long run.

Trouble is with these plastics is they all tend to fade with UV exposure. No Guts, No Glory.
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26th Sep 2016 3:39pm

vaucluse

Member Since: 04 Feb 2012
Location: SE London
Posts: 185

Well that's the gunk the car wash have put on it and after only three months they've gone from glossy jet black to a dull charcoal - these are the latest original LR arches and not cheap aftermarket ones. I appreciate that they'll fade with time but I'm sure it's product related and not UV that's to blame after such a short period of time.

26th Sep 2016 3:50pm

custom90

Member Since: 21 Jan 2010
Location: South West, England.
Posts: 20510

I take it they aren't textured then like the old headlights surrounds were?

I've only really known or heard of textured black ones or painted ones.

Perhaps they are the sane a space primed arch spats hence the smooth finish but obviously never painted or primed.
If so, they wouldn't be UV stable and could be a contributing factor.
Wax also dulls plastics too. No Guts, No Glory.
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26th Sep 2016 4:59pm

languedoc

Member Since: 13 May 2016
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 283

2008 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 CSW Alaska White

Ok this sounds stupid but I read about it on a detailing forum and then tried myself.

It does work really well

Peanut butter

26th Sep 2016 6:00pm

williamthedog

Member Since: 29 Dec 2012
Location: south wales
Posts: 3441

Ground nut oil... less messy

26th Sep 2016 6:51pm

Romadog

Member Since: 07 Jul 2011
Location: Powys
Posts: 1749

Scholl

26th Sep 2016 10:34pm

RED-DOT

Member Since: 29 Jun 2009
Location: stirling
Posts: 2363

Meguires tyre protectant. Oily stuff that lasts a month or more. Some baby wipes good for trim too. 2008 RS4 gone, 123d M Sport, and a Puma 90 XS..

27th Sep 2016 6:08am

Zagato
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Member Since: 08 Jan 2011
Location: Billingshurst West Sussex
Posts: 5013

Peanut butter!

27th Sep 2016 6:20am

Hairysteve

Member Since: 15 Jun 2015
Location: Surrey
Posts: 692

2009 Defender 110 Puma 2.4 XS CSW Barolo Black

Smooth peanut butter or nutty

27th Sep 2016 6:29am

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