1984 Z28. What is the best way to restore all of the plastic / vinyl molding in the rear half of the car? It's all pretty faded, can it be cleaned, and painted?

Thank you
Kevin

 

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Save yourself the time, energy, and $$ and just buy some good used original panels in the color you need.

Cheap Spray dye is about $10 a can and good Spray Dye is about $15 a can. If you put in a bunch of hours cleaning / prepping / dyeing the original faded & deteriorating panels the results are always great - till the panel gets scratched. A couple years later and you'll be wishing you just got some decent used panels in the first place.

 

Thank you John. I've been looking online, and am not finding much. Any thoughts on search terms?

Thand again.
Kevin

 

Kevin

I just re-did my plastic interior. I used SEM paint for plastic. They came out GREAT! You have to figure out what color you will need that closely matches but it matches up nice. First I washed all my parts with dawn dish soap and water. After I let them dry I used the SEM prep to plastic. You spray it on then wipe it off right way. Then painted them, 3 coats, of the factory color from SEM. Waiting10 minutes in between each coat. After that I sprayed them to 2 coats of the SEM Satin finish. I could not be more satisfied.

 

Finding good replacements local sometimes aint possible.
Esp. if you live in the sunbelt !
I just washed and dried it , a bit of EASY on the Scuffpad action and just Armoralled it.
Buffed w/ compound on the outside.

Good luck!

 

What color do you need,... what is your ZIP code ??

Generally speaking; this website, craigslist, E-Bay, & Facebook are the best online searches you can use. The alternative is the 'old school' method of searching thru the local bone-yards. There's not much left in most yards these days - but you can get lucky sometimes !