Plasti Cote

[mechanicalrepairs 8]

Has anyone used this on the black plastic trims to good effect?

 

I know there is talk of dyeing the trim back to black but the ones I have some are Matt black and others have gone greyish.

 

Carl

[welshpug 1,656]

plasticare

[matty_gti 20]

Plasticote is a paint?.

 

I've used plasticare for the whole of my dash which worked a treat. Dark grey or really light grey it will work. Very good stuff.

[Will Eastman 6]

+1 for plasticare, great stuff

[cybernck 402 1 Cars]

By the way, the best price for Plasticare can be found here:

 

http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=136077

[MiniGibbo 142]

When i was in the bodyshop picking my car up last week, i was talking to the guy about this stuff and he said where theyre fibreglass..? its better to paint the trims.

[welshpug 1,656]

definitely not fibregash, they are fairly flexible plastic hence the use of a dye rather than a paint.

[BERTMAN 40 1 Cars]

the bumpers are definitely glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP), and have hardly any flex at all and are really brittle. I can't 100% remember but i don't think the valance has any fibre reinforcement and you can definitely notice the difference in stiffness.

Edited April 10, 2012 by BERTMAN

[Anthony 1,002]

Original OE bumpers are some variant of GRP as far as I'm aware - aftermarket pattern bumpers are usual flexible plastic more skin to the arch mouldings.

 

Plasticare still works a treat on the OE bumpers.

[welshpug 1,656]

duuurh was thinking of the trims and forgot the bumpers

[MiniGibbo 142]

Dunno just what he mentioned. i plan to try to plasticote as its cheaper tbh..

[johnnyboy666 195 1 Cars]

depends if you want to paint the bumpers or just bring the colour back. I'd recommend plasticare any day

[Rich_p 23]

plasticare will be far easier and lots cheaper, it's just applied with a sponge and dies the plastic.

 

Plastikote is a spray paint in a can meaning you will have to prep the bumpers/arches, prime them with plastikote primer then spray with plastikote. That will be far more time consuming and expensive.

Edited April 11, 2012 by Rich_p

[mechanicalrepairs 8]

When this arrives I will take a before and after and we can see, I have a tatty older 205 so will do a trim and see what's what.

 

Cheers for all the advice, have also ordered some of the dye mentioned above.

 

Carl