Plastic Grommets on Roadster Decklid

[Five]

The two plastic grommets on the back of the decklid on my roadster were a bit sunbleached. It doesn't spend much time out in the sun so I'm guessing everyone's will have the issue over time. Instead of being black they had a light white bleached out hue to them.

(I'm talking about the grommets that the roof pins stick in)

I'd heard about Mother's "Back to Black"

http://www.autogeek.net/motbactrimca.html

and decided to give it a try.

It worked great but there are some catches.

First, when you put it on, it doesn't look like it does anything. The liquid is not black itself, it is white. So, you put it on and nothing happens.

You have to leave it on for a while (I left it on for 30 minutes) and then wipe it off. Then it is a little bit blacker. At that point, you think it didn't do much.

But if you do it 2 or 3 days in a row, you get a nice black grommet. It doesn't look strange either, just looks normal.

So, it takes a while to get it to work but once it does, it is pretty good.

[pdisme]

Hmm, wonder if this would work on the bed cover on my Avalanche, after three years in the sun it's faded pretty well.

[AgentTripleX]

I've heard about this stuff too for my Elise. Elises have a lot of plastic bits on the outside. Supposedly if you put it on, they will become shiny. I was thinking of painting all my plastic glossy black and was told about this instead. I have yet to try it out. I have been warned to try to avoid getting it on the car though. Glad you had a good experience Five.

[Jay]

B2B is pretty good. Many people bitch about it because they think it's a rubber/plastic dressing but it's actually a restorer that takes several applications for it to work (as five noted).