How do I make it black again???
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How do I make it black again???
Ok, this is a copy of a thread I posted in the "Detailing & Automotive Care"-forum yesterday. Guess odds are higher to get a reply here though.
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When I switched from my winter to my summer wheels a couple of months ago, I tried to clean the inner part of the fenders (I don't know the english word for it, but what I'm talking about is the black plastic covers on the inside of the fenders :o ) with just every product I could find in my garage, from regular soap thru some vinyl cleaning stuff to chemical degreaser... However I didn't manage to get it clean at all. It's not black but still brownish and it don't look too good.
How do I do to make this "supposed to be black" plastic on my C-class beeing black again??
Thanks in advance!
Ps. Forged in some text to make it more C-class related
Ds.
Original message:
When I switched from my winter to my summer wheels a couple of months ago, I tried to clean the inner part of the fenders (I don't know the english word for it, but what I'm talking about is the black plastic covers on the inside of the fenders :o ) with just every product I could find in my garage, from regular soap thru some vinyl cleaning stuff to chemical degreaser... However I didn't manage to get it clean at all. It's not black but still brownish and it don't look too good.
How do I do to make this "supposed to be black" plastic on my C-class beeing black again??
Thanks in advance!
Ps. Forged in some text to make it more C-class related
Ds.
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2002 C230K, 2001 Audi TT 225 Coupe
I used some stuff
found on Classic Motoring to clean wheels but I also tried this and it works. Hey, you might want to use a non-acid alloy wheel cleaner since you probably have brake dust up there. After the wheel cleaner or instead of, try this --
Find some of that Orange Type Citrus Cleaner - several varieties - and spray into wheel wells. Spray it off with high pressure hose. Repeat. Take clean old cotton towel and wipe grime off. Try the Orange Cleaner Again and Rinse off.
Wipe off again to get all the areas you missed the first time. Now get a tire blackening product - I use Zaino Z-16 that I placed in a spray bottle - and spray the blackening product in the wheel well. Let sit.
Mine look really good.
Haven't tried the old high pressure wash at the local DIY car wash - but you might try that. And while you're doing that, go ahead and do the underside of your car.
Find some of that Orange Type Citrus Cleaner - several varieties - and spray into wheel wells. Spray it off with high pressure hose. Repeat. Take clean old cotton towel and wipe grime off. Try the Orange Cleaner Again and Rinse off.
Wipe off again to get all the areas you missed the first time. Now get a tire blackening product - I use Zaino Z-16 that I placed in a spray bottle - and spray the blackening product in the wheel well. Let sit.
Mine look really good.
Haven't tried the old high pressure wash at the local DIY car wash - but you might try that. And while you're doing that, go ahead and do the underside of your car.
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i used black magic plastic/vinal/rubber cleaner or protectant. its the not back magic tire wet i use that for my tires this is for plastic and all i did was spray it in there and it turned black again. the stuff looks just like the tire wet only its not.
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Don't tell me
that you guys did not have to use a little elbow grease. That stuff on the wheel wells just doesn't come out without wiping it down. If you don't wipe it down with a cloth of some type, unless maybe if you can wipe it out with very high pressure, the brown grime still exists in there.
After you actually "clean" the wells, then any tire blackening product should work well if spread/sprayed properly.
After you actually "clean" the wells, then any tire blackening product should work well if spread/sprayed properly.
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every so often when i wash my car i have a sponge i dont use to clean the car with so i use it for in the wheel well areas i just use some car wash soap and scrub in there then u can spray the stuff to make it nice and dark. give it a try it.
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Speaking of Wheel wells
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From the looks of it
The cushiony material looks as if it will provide better absorption of and insulation from road noise and thus a quieter cabin
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Originally posted by BruNo
DtS, its called Fender Liner---> d black plastic thing that gets dirty
DtS, its called Fender Liner---> d black plastic thing that gets dirty
