Door / Window Moudling Refurb

[platmatt8]

Anyone know how to refresh / refurb the door / window mouldings?

I don't fancy shelling out near £300 for some new ones.

[pbmr2]

weather strip. Managed to get some for £80 each last year from TCBParts.co.uk.

Can't see them on the website at the moment but always worth giving them a call.

[platmatt8]

weather strip. Managed to get some for £80 each last year from TCBParts.co.uk.

Can't see them on the website at the moment but always worth giving them a call.

Ouch, it's a better price but still bloody expensive.

I've got some black trim wax from Halfords so gonna try a glee layers of that first. May even try and spray paint them (not rubber obvs)

[yokomomr4bx]

I spray painted mine in satin black years ago, masked off the rubber, still look spot on now

[platmatt8]

Including the rubber window seal?

Can you remember the type of paint you used?

[markstevieandmads]

The rubber seal can be made a lot better with something like halfords rubber rejuvenator.

[yokomomr4bx]

It was just a generic autotek satin black, I don't think I even primed it, just cleaned it off with brake cleaner, scuffed it with a scotch pad, cleaned again, masked and then did 2 or so coats. No I masked off the rubber portion of it and then applied something similar to rubber rejuvenator, can't remember what I used at the time, need to use it again though!

[abovetherim]

You can also get plastic adhesion promoter that acts like a primer but is clear.

I did mine last year with the adhesion promoter followed by solvent based black followed by 2K clear.

I masked off the rubber also and I was very pleased with the result. I will add that I have also done all the rub strips and around the 1/4 windows, along with the a pillars trim and t bar gutter strip.

On my Svx the weather strip look like the op so I am planning to mask around and scuff and spray with adhesion promoter followed by satin black

[rossonza]

a good trim restorer is worth its weight in gold.


http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/engine-an ... d_851.html

[Rob66]

a good trim restorer is worth its weight in gold.


http://www.cleanyourcar.co.uk/engine-an ... d_851.html

Can vouch for this C4 excellent stuff

[CalMac]

I've used the Gtechniq to do mine in the past. They were improved but are still grey and faded looking in patches - masking and spraying doesn't sound like a bad idea