Just finished dyeing the trim strips and bumpers black on the 850 we bought for our son. Here's some during and after pics.
Rear door and rear bumper one coat. None on front door.

Rear door one coat, front door none.

Front bumper 2 coats.

The finished product.


I think blacking out the strips and bumpers gives the car an entirely different look.

 

Looks Great! Whjat product did you use?

 

Looks great!!!

 

I used the Kiwi leather shoe dye that I had heard about. Did all the trim, including the door handles and the mud flaps and didn't even use an entire bottle. There are probably a few small places on the rear bumper that I will touch up.

 

Let us know how long it lasts.
I hear it doesn't last all that long.

Thats why I bought the paint I used on my white car.
The white car still looks great makes my Yellow one look like CRAP!!

 

Very nice indeed. Looks as if it just rolled out of the assembly line.

>The white car still looks great makes my Yellow one look like CRAP!!

Tech, at least you have 2 sizzling machines. I don't even have a tricycle.


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Someone said that it will last 1-2 years. If it only lasts weeks or months, I'll have my local body shop to paint the trim. The owner is a good friend of mine and he treats me right on small jobs.

 

^Well, on VolvoSpeed, it is very very highly recommended by a bunch of members. And even if it doesn't last, its not that hard to apply (or if you choose to, buy one of the more expensive products that do the same thing).

I've been in 2-3 really bad rainstorms and haven't seen any fading but I guess the famous Minnesota winter will be the true test...

Edit: This was my thread on VolvoSpeed as somewhat of a How to.
http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/index...l=kiwi+leather

One guy has his going for 2 years.

 

Rained (for the first time in weeks) a few hours after application. Went out in the rain, ran my fingers over it and no black came off. Looks like it passed the first test. I'll let everyone know how it goes. RedTurbo, you are right. It was very easy to apply.

 

I took some time and spent a few dollars and bought this stuff which worked Awesome.
Its been about 4 months or so I forget exactly.



This is a pic not a really good one but still looks good.
I will try to get a better pic compairing to mine so you can see.
I am going use it in my car next.
Used almost one can of the coating. Less of the adhesion

 

^Yeah. I could've done that (I have the spray paint), but it's kind of a PITA to take everything off (bumpers, trim, etc) and then paint it. Especially since I've seen a lot of these 850s localy with missing trim on their doors.

 

It took about half a day including removing and reinstalling both front and rear bumpers.

The moldings take about 5 minutes to have all of them off.

 

^I was just afraid to snap the clips on the moldings which becomes an even bigger PITA....

 

All the door moldings just slide once the screw is out.
The only ones that are a Pita are the fender moldings.
On the door moldings remove the screw in the rear of the molding going through the door into the molding and slide the molding forward I believe it is and it will come right off.
Becareful not to drop the screw in the door.

 

Just washed the car this weekend. The dye on the trim did not fade or come off at all. I did inadvertantly find out what will take it off. As I was filling the gas tank recently a couple of drops hit the trim. The dye came off. I just dabbed it with a paper towel to clean it up and touched up with the dye and you couldn't tell.

 

Bump

 

Bump

 

I also used the shoe dye.. two california rain storms and 2 car washes and it still looks great.

 

What was your process Tech? How much prep did you do and which goes on first? I'm adding our trim pieces to next year's project list. You're white one looks great!

 

Four months and it still looks great.