General mirrors faded with water marks

[pea69]

right
i know i have asked this beforee- i have the black plastic active mirrors on my punto grande
have tried peanut butter, back to black, baby oil etc...
all these are great on the parts of the plastic trim that are black but on the top and front of the mirrors i have bad greyish 'water tidemarks' fading that dont shift with the methods above.
i know a lot of you use bumper gels etc... but will these products work on turning the plastic back to black colour from a grey/white faded look??:bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang::bang:

 

[marty61]

I got same prob m8. Ive tried Black Trim Wax and it looks ok for a short while but after a few days or a bit of rain it looks pants.

 

[T14086]

if under warranty (not 3rd year) get new ones

 

[marty61]

Wish i knew that earlier. 2 year warranty ran out 2 weeks ago. Be easier to just buy new covers now.

 

[Stripes]

Autoglym Bumper Trim is the best for any black trim hands down.

If the water marks are on a painted area then Autoglym Tar Remover followed by some Meguairs Polish and a coating of Tech Wax will bring them up nicely.

 

[OCZedd]

if under warranty (not 3rd year) get new ones

T, do you know how much it is for new mirrors painted black not the plastic ones?

 

[Slave1]

The series 2 has mirror covers available (or will do soon) have a look at them.

 

[OCZedd]

Got point Slave

 

[punto_matt]

T, do you know how much it is for new mirrors painted black not the plastic ones?

They will come in primer and then you will have to get them sprayed yourself.

 

[OCZedd]

So they don't come pre painted. So what happens if someones mirror broke and they needed replacing and under warranty?

 

[punto_matt]

Why would the mirror casing breaking be covered under warrenty? And if it did happen then a cover would be ordered and sent to a bodyshop for spraying.

 

[OCZedd]

I see, fair enough.

 

[punto_matt]

No colour coded body part will come from fiat sprayed. They will all be primered.

 

[OCZedd]

Oh ok makes sense I guess.

 

[T14086]

Why would the mirror casing breaking be covered under warrenty? And if it did happen then a cover would be ordered and sent to a bodyshop for spraying.

Because its obviously a fault in the material, dont need spraying as only happens to black (non-painted) ones.

 

[punto_matt]

Because its obviously a fault in the material, dont need spraying as only happens to black (non-painted) ones.

Im not talking about non painted ones though

Re: mirrors faded with water marks

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So they don't come pre painted. So what happens if someones mirror broke and they needed replacing and under warranty?

I was talking about that refering to colour coded mirrors.

 

[T14086]

Ahhh I see what you mean

 

[Mad Mike]

I had this problem on the plastic components of a Renault 21. I would like to recommend bird sh*t. Parts which had been affected by said product seemed to be a much better colour than parts which hadn't. I tried back-to-black, white spirit etc but bird sh*t seemed to have the edge!

 

[marty61]

Does it come in a bottle or tin. Dont get any near the grill, you know what they say about s**t and the fan. Im on a roll