Dodgezilla

I saw a youtube video where a Jeep guy was simply waving his heat gun over his black fender flares and they were turning nice dark black again just like they were new. He did not put anything on them at all. Just the heat from the heat gun. Has anyone tried this? I just got a bottle of "Back To Black" and it works great but the heat gun method seems easier.......

greenworks

boy if this is true I know what I am doing to my wifes jeep this weekend. I have used the back to black product and spent hours to make it look good for a week maybe a month but it returns back tot he faded look quickly.

can you post the link?

MrLuckey

I've used this on dirt bike fenders of all colors, it will make them look awesome for a short while, I've never tried it on anything else. On the dirt bike fenders when you crash hard and the plastic flexes it's basically stretching the plastic and leaving the plastic discolored (usually a whiter color) in that area.

I'd try to test it on a similar surface first, and practice a little...too much heat isn't a good thing.

tool

I'd be very careful not to get to much heat on the painted fender, doesn't take a lot to make it bubble it seems.

bansh-eman

We do this in atv fenders when they get the white marks from flexing. It will get rid of most of the white marks, but if they flex again they just pop back out.

92'1stGen

Meguiar's makes a new product called Ultimate Protectant, for use on interior and exterior plastics. From what I've seen it works pretty well and has a pretty decent amount of durability.

BigDogJeepin

I've painted my black TJ flares. It's the only lasting option I've found. The plastic-bonding paints work well.

Several years of off-roading and scraping trees, dirt, etc has buggered the paint up, though.

But now it's battle scars, not oxidation.

Lost Lake

I'd try it on a friend's truck first....

BigDave12768

Back to black will last a couple weeks then it will fade again. This type of product is the one you want to buy and a roll of masking tape. I had my truck detailed 2 years ago and the spears still look good. Not sure what they used but he told me died them. This stuff and products like are not sold at Auto zone usually you have to find a Auto body paint supply house. I would think it would take about an hour of prep work with taping and such. But they will look new and last longer than Back to Black

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

Dodgezilla

Here's the Youtube video. As was already said though, do this at your own risk. I think I'd try to find something I could put on the paint to protect it from the heat. I may just keep using the Back to Black. It's not that hard to apply...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw0cWfTZ_dA

BigDave12768

I would like to see it in better light the next day. They are just melting the plastic to blend the oxidaton. i would look intot he die stuff. I link a case of the stuff it less than $20 a bottle

greenworks

I tried it last night on the wifes Jeep. It works really good, I think I will finish all the plastic trim and them giove them a good application of a plastic Uv inhibitor this weekened and see where it goes. Our Jeep is just our grocery getter so it wasn't like it was a 50k vehicle.

Scotty

Only caution I have is the amount of heat can be different for each part depending in the water content in the part and the age of the part. Water content can cause bubbling faster then you can control it. It happens from time to time with the process in which the part is made.