Restoring a Black Plastic Bumper–Part 3

        It’s been almost a month since I posted Part 2, a month where the car has sat out in the weather full time, though the bumper has been protected from direct sunlight by the body of the car itself. That really hasn’t protected the shoe polish. The bumper is back nearly to the same shade [...]

Restoring a Black Plastic Bumper – Part 2

It’s been a little over a week since I applied liquid shoe polish to the back bumper of my Vue. It still looks a little ragged, very amateurish, but seems to be evening out somewhat to an overall black color. Note in the first image the bumper’s level of grey compared to the front [...]

Restoring a black plastic bumper

How many of you have black plastic trim and bumpers on your car?

In my own case, I have a 2002 Saturn Vue that sits out in the sun year round. As such, plastic and rubber tend to weather and age rather quickly and my bumpers are looking splotchy grey, clearly showing the flow of the [...]