Pat's new VR6!

[Jeats]

Happy Birthday, now don't do anything dumb like drink diving.

What's a vr6 like to drive compared to mk4 gti?

[merc]

Sorry to bump an oldish thread, Great car btw! Just wondering what you used to black the bumpers, mine are faded and I'm wanting to bring em back to life like you have

[Mk3 AAA]

Sorry to bump an oldish thread, Great car btw! Just wondering what you used to black the bumpers, mine are faded and I'm wanting to bring em back to life like you have

Firstly: watch 'Might Car Mods: Black' on youtube

a must

How To Restore Blackness To Your Car - YouTube

also...

Some people use forever black

I've tried kiwi shoe polish and its ok but doesnt age well

lately I tried leather protector and it actually works, and doesnt leave a residue, but probably wont work for the really faded stuff.

[merc]

Ahh sweet as, yeh I was thinking about using forever black... I'll give it a shot and see how it turns out

[merc]

hmm, maybe ill just leave it alone then lol

[Jarred]

kiwi polish works well, but there are plenty of designed products specifically for it..

[Ben J]

Forever black is where its at. I tried a few things but none worked nearly as well. I also found a couple little spots of it I had got on the paint a few months later (they werent obvious at all on the blue, although on the white im sure they will be ) but they came off very easy with a squirt of a quick detailer and a little rub with a cloth, and when its still fresh it just wipes off. So really its not that much of a big deal even if you do get it on the paint. I'd do it, it makes all the difference. The car looks 15 years younger with nice black plastic and not faded grey

[patmould93]

Sorry to bump an oldish thread, Great car btw! Just wondering what you used to black the bumpers, mine are faded and I'm wanting to bring em back to life like you have

Thanks mate haha well I bought this stuff from supercheap auto which turned out to be crap. In the photos I blackened the bumpers about half an hour beforehand. It looked good at the time but it doesn't last long and leaves streak marks in the rain. When I can be bothered I'm going to sand them down and re paint them because it just seems like nothing works very well!

[patmould93]

Well my mates decided to come "decorate" my car while I was innocently at home last night, pretty funny sight to wake up to:






Well that's what you get for having a quiet night in!

Also managed to fix my wet passenger footwells lately, cleaned drains under windscreen rain trays, resealed windscreen at the bottom thanks to clark rubber, unblocked aircon evaporator drain... And it finally worked. Yr. 12 exams are coming up soon, after that I'll be earning some $, and finally doing something with my still stock vr6

[patmould93]

FINALLY started earning some money for mods... Not that much but still. Stupid uni. Anyway the next few weeks should bring a bit of excitement for the car. I'll post photos when I'm done