I will be dying my bumpers over the long weekend. It is way over due. Then I need to save up to get the car repainted because the paint on the hood and roof are just BAD.

 

just 'dyed' my trim etc last w/end with the 'show room new', looks fantastic.
well worth the effort..

As i was applying it, i was thinking, hmm doesnt look that good.
But once it dried, wow, yes, looks great....

 

Sweet! Glad it worked for u. I am a HUGE fan of that stuff. That's why I always pass the word about it. We all need to thank JimWK for finding it and making that post on his white car. He's the one who started it...........Post pics of the new dye job.

 

Well, I dyed my bumpers with Forever Black. They did not come out as well as I'd like them to have. I believe the problem was that I did not clean them good enough. The entire process took about 3 hours (I am a slow worker).

I should add that I'm pretty much a perfectionist. If you can tell that it was done, I'm not happy with it. I like things to look like it was replaced. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I did them, and they look pretty good, it's just that I have a couple of spots on them.

When I purchased the car, it had some tree sap on it. On a spot or 2 on the front bumper, I cleaned the tree sap off with gasoline. Well, that left some pretty grayish areas on the bumper. When I cleaned the bumper with the supplied cleaner, it did not do a good enough job. After I applied the dye to the front bumper, I could tell that the bumper was not as clean as it needed to be so I cleaned the back bumper AGAIN with rubbing alcohol. I rubbed it real good so I know it was clean. Well, the back bumper turned out better than the front. So, I applied 2 coats on both the back and the front.

After all was said and done with the bumpers, I can tell that the bumpers probably were never black but a dark gray. Now the door trim is grayish and the bumpers are black. I like both colors, the gray and the black, but the black looks a little better on the yellow. So, I guess I'm going to dye the door trim, then maybe the handles, and every freeking thing else that is dark gray.

I believe the trim restoration dye that Jim used took the bumpers to the dark gray. So, check out Jim's write up and see which is better to use.

 

Here is Jim's thread on Showroom New: https://volvoforums.com/forum/showth...392#post148392

 

This wrinkle in the trim is the last "eye sore" on my 94 850.

Any recommendations on getting rid of it?

think i could use a heat gun on it? Or should i just replace the whole piece?

 

You know you bumped a 4 year old thread right?

any way just replace it, it will look better

 

Think of this as the "trim coloring time capsule".



And as long as he did, how well has the back to black, showroomnew, forever black and paint holding up over the years ??

How often do you reapply ??

What did you ditch for something else ??

 

Plasti-dip.....

End of discussion...

 

Plasti-dip ??

On my Schwinn, maybe.

Did you do your trim with it ? When ? How well has it help up ??

Any before and after show and tell pics ??

 

Im actually going to do the bumpers on the yellow next weekend if its not raining.

The red 854 has had them done for 3 years and it hasnt faded or cracked or anything.

The red 854 before


After


Scrub them down good to get all the excess oil off.. Tape it off and then spray... Use light good distanced coats..

Works great on peeling roof trim also


ALSO Make sure you pull the tape and paper off while the plasti-dip is still wet otherwise you will be doing it over cause it will all peel off

 

That does have a nice look to it

 

As you can see from this thread, I did the yellow 9/09. It was looking good 6/11. Is it looking bad now?

 

nope it still looks good but she had a habit of hitting things, so they are scuffed up, the plasti-dip should cover me until I get the new bumpers painted

 

Wow, glad it hasn't faded because I did my newer wagon with the same stuff.

 

I used Trim Black (rattle can) to my bumpers, door handles, mirror trim and front to back roof trim / roof rack. 2 years in and it still looks nice. Just my 2 cents. Just clean it real well before spraying and mask everything. D

 

Two cents is good. It's nice on a topic like this to see what held up so someone coming along looking to take the time to prep and paint or dye can see what has and hasn't worked and who's recommending what.

 

By the way, one little torx screw per door and those trim strips practically jump right off the doors. no need to mask the whole door off. Remove little plug, remove little torx, slide strip forward, off. easy D

 

I was thinking a doing purple for my trim instead of black any suggestions?

 

Maybe these people can help you: Gaustad Hospital - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia





It's all strictly what YOU like. But if you're going to ask you should say what color the car is or post a picture so we can visualize it