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Best Current Product for External Black Rubber/Plastics
Hi Guys,
I want to protect and enhance the exterior rubbers and plastics on my '86 Carrera. It seems like they vary from softer rubber (like the window trim and bumpers and bellows) through to harder plastics (like the engine cover and mirrors). (see some 'before' pics below)
Based on my current knowledge (or lack thereof), I was thinking of using Mothers Back-to-Black. What is your opinion? What do you use?
Thanks.
Rear Bumpers with rubber strip, US bumperettes (aargh) and bellows.
Very interesting, I use 303 for the interior, but I don't realize it is 'tough' enough for exterior as well.
What do you use for the harder plastics (eg: Engine Cover or Mirrors), also 303?
Thanks for the note on the seals, will certainly purchase some 'Gummi Pflege'.
(Side Note: I am a native German speaker, and 'Gummi Pflege' literally means 'rubber care' :-) )
I use the 303 everywhere including engine cover and hoses. I’ve done that for some time now. I like it better than the greasy products and it doesn’t say flammable. It also says protects from UV rays which implies to me it’s made to be outside as well.
Is that stuff really that much better than Gummi Pflege or Back to Black? It's crazy expensive! Is the active ingredient cocaine!
If you want the truth......it's worth every penny. I have used back to black for a long time. The difference is so much that I consider Back to Black water. I know it's expensive
but it will last me at least three years. You do not have to keep reapplying it.
Okay, I'm going to have to try it! If this were a cheap hobby that made sense I'm sure I'd have no interest in it!
Originally Posted by AG81
If you want the truth......it's worth every penny. I have used back to black for a long time. The difference is so much that I consider Back to Black water. I know it's expensive
but it will last me at least three years. You do not have to keep reapplying it.