Rover 200 & 400 Owners Club

paul e · Post by **paul e** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:27 am

I own a 91 214GSI white/grey....with faded bumpers....what is the best product around to bring them back to life...i.e permanent shine ??

rovermaz · Post by **rovermaz** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:37 pm

Paul forever black is great product or Autoglym do a black dye for bumpers (Halfords do not stock it but a motor factors should)[/quote]

paul e · Post by **paul e** » Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:41 pm

Thanks for that but I don't think the original colour was black, they are currently a very faded grey so I am looking for a product that will bring them back to something which will match the lower half of the cars bodywork, i.e Tempest Grey ??

Smithy · Post by **Smithy** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:08 pm

Yeah they should be grey.

I normally left mine to their own devices on the 214 SLi, but have used bumper black on my 220 as they should be black.

There should be some products on the market for what you want. I will have a look around.

rovermaz · Post by **rovermaz** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 7:39 pm

remembered that someone on the alfa forum uses grey shoe polish which worked a treat

E_T_V · Post by **E_T_V** » Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:01 pm

Someone used to make a bumber grey product too but I forget who it was and I've not seen it for a while. I've used tyre shine on them before as well.

empsburna · Post by **empsburna** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:24 am

A hairdryer/heat gun will bring them back to life again.

Stevedx · Post by **Stevedx** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:58 am

Another thing is baby oil!

Rub baby oil into them and it bring them back up too.

g259fsg · Post by **g259fsg** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:10 pm

I have grey plastic bumpers on my 214 and have used Autoglym bumper cleaner/restorer. I've used it for several years and it is quite effective but you need to do it two or three times a year. Also good for the other bits of grey plastic trim. BTW, got a new set of plastic front mudflaps (grey) from Rimmers recently. List price around £20, got them for about £3.50 - going cheap.

Cheers,
Hugh

214GSI · Post by **214GSI** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 8:48 pm

E_T_V wrote:Someone used to make a bumber grey product too but I forget who it was and I've not seen it for a while. I've used tyre shine on them before as well.

Yes, I have some of that grey wax for plastic and a very good product it is too.

If the trim is really 'white' a couple of coats are needed.
I'll hunt out the bottle and post details.

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