restoring

  1. restoring a paint faded car

    my boss and i are buying an old 1991 bmw 316 from my mate whos going away to aussi, getting it dirt cheap so im gonna put work into it (not much but enought so it appears tidy) and then were gonna sell it on. its a red colour but the paint has faded really badly, how can i restore it to its...
  2. Bobby.Gee

    restoring yellow

    Hi peeps I have a yellow LCR R and the roof and tops of the rear wings have slightly discoloured due to it being out in the sun, When i get to 15 posts i will put some pics up but for the time being does anyone know any correction that will work. or do i need to repaint?
  3. AntneeUK

    Restoring Scratched Black Paintwork

    Hi guys, I bought a black LCR210 back in March which has quite a lot of scratches in it, including car-wash swirls all over. The garage tried to patch it up as best as they could, but it's clearly an amateur job. In an ideal world I'd like to have the car resprayed (the same colour) but I...
  4. TllEWL

    Restoring black plastic B-pillar trim (exterior)

    The B-pillar trims on the (Mk3) Toledo are just soft black plastic, and mine are so faded/scratched?? they're almost grey Is there a one-application bumper 'back-to-black' that anyone can recommend that won't turn brown and need constant maintenance? ...or a better, different solution...
  5. 1835harri

    Restoring the colour to my car

    Hey guys, I own an 51 plate Leon cupra in ovni yellow but am stlightly upset about how dull it is. On the actual bodywork, it has three different shades of yellow. (Not to mention the platic parts. Normally i would have used a coloured T CUT, but cannot find a Ovni yellow T CUT;) I...
  6. az_mk

    Restoring black bumpers (tried searching)!

    Pick up my new toy wednesday, its a mk3 golf cabrio! anyway bumper trims have gone grey! whats the best way to get them black again!? many thanks
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