djmattyh
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Registered: 20th May 08
Location: Shropshire Drives: 1.6 corsa sport
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I'm sick of buying back to black, is there any spray i can spray the arches with and it won't come off, I don't want to colour code them. somthing that will look ok against vauxhall sapphire black will do
thanks in advance
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Calum
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Location: Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh
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I sprayed mine with just a black bumper spray from my local car shop.
Worked well for a bit, but has started to lift off in places, and would probably come off in a jet wash as well.
Might have been better if I had used a plastic primer before hand.
I'm sure Halfords should have some form of black bumper spray
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DanCorsaBVan
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ye halfords got black bumper spray witch i am thinking of trying. people say to use a heat gone on it and it brings it back to life and black again but ive tried it and doesnt look any different after it cool down again lol.
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C2RL R
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never tried the heat gun trick but everyone reccomends it so it must work. unless it's one of them long standing jokes that forums have. you sure you're doing it right?
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DanCorsaBVan
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haha i dunno it seems everyone likes it. but in theory how can heating the plastic up work :S ? but it did look good and black but then as it cooled looked less black and then faded just as quick as back to black would of to be honest.... however i have purposely not used back to black for a while so they looking rather grey at min so will have another go with heat when we get some good weather and ill post on here wt happens lol.
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C2RL R
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i've never understood how it is meant to work either.
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Haimsey
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You can use a rubber.
Will taqke a life time and dont know how long it lasts, but works well at getting polish off them in small areas, so dont see why it cant work as a whole.
Marcy Marc
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Richardhhha
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whip them off and give them a few light coats of plastic primer, then 3 to 4 coats of satin black from halfrauds and it be reet..
did this to mine 3 years ago and it never lifted and that was washed with pressure washer and everything.. only time it lifted was when the back got caved in..
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djmattyh
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Registered: 20th May 08
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yeah might just do that actually mate, thanks
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l-dub
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autogleem bumper care works a treat
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chloe16v
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peanut butter
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Richardhhha
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all treatments and bumper products are temporary and dont last to long do what i did and it will last you a few years
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Nath--91CCC
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put a heat gun on the bumpers....it does work just doesnt last amazingly long lol
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DanCorsaBVan
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I've been heat gunning my bumpers tday, worked but still dull, think I'll still end up 'back to blacking' them... and in the end going to paint them I think.
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