As many of you know, the sun wreaks havoc on the horizontal portions of the panels in the back of our convertibles. I have tried armor all, silicone and any number of miracles in a bottle. I was just about to the point of shooting them with some dye but somebody told me about using a heat gun to revitalize them and get rid of that oxidation. All can say is, 'wow'. It works.


http://vid960.photobucket.com/albums...psmxjywibh.mp4

I had to go out and buy a new heat gun because my 20 year old gun didn't get hot enough any more. But almost immediately I could see it working its magic. I kept it moving back and forth like I was spray painting and it looks great.

http://vid960.photobucket.com/albums...psips7ugip.mp4

Odd thing is, shortly after I did it, I could see the "stripes" where it wasn't even but after a day I can't see those stripes anymore and it looks even better now.

 

Wonder if it would have the same results with the black panels.

 

Yep. I did it on my Mach I chin spoiler and Mach I grill a couple weeks ago and it's still holding up.

I also did it on the orange buttons on the seat belts that get so faded and it worked like a charm.







As far as I have been able to tell it will work on any piece that is a solid color all the way through so if you have something that is dyed or painted, of course it won't work.

 

Sorry. Had to edit because it was wrong listing

 

So an update. This isn't a permanent fix for the exterior trim. After a couple months the black on the chin spoiler and grill delete faded. However, I hit it with heat gun and it worked as well as it did the first time.

As far as the interior panels go, it still seems to be holding up just fine almost a year later.