What do you use to Restore the look of the Exterior PLASTIC PARTS faded by the SUN?

[ski.dive]

What do you use to Restore the look of the Exterior PLASTIC PARTS faded by the SUN?
Something that will last for a long time & NOT wash off.

 

[adventuredad]

Wipe new seems to be the most common one used. I have used Aerospace 303 before on plastic parts with good success.

 

[ludevick]

If you poke around the forums a bit you’ll see a few posts with different options and reviews. I started using this stuff called Cross Dressing rubber plastic and vinyl cleaner and conditioner by Honest Wash on my my cars and have had really good luck with it. I got it off of ECS tuning

 

[650Hawk]

I've had my H3 for 3 1/2 years. Used WipeNew when I first bought it, re-applied about 6 months ago. Plastic looks great, but mine wasn't horribly faded to start with..

 

[Chimpy]

Wipe New

 

[BillCarson]

I've used Mothers Back to Black with good results though I noticed it worked better on the window trim plastic than the bumpers

 

[amrg]

Wipe new
Had it 3 years ago and reapplied it 3 months ago, didnt restore it as much as the first time but its more to do with the fact that the plastic itself is deteriorating rather than its color

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[JPaul]

I'm going the paint route. All these products are fine but need to be reapplied periodically as the oils are leached back out again.

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[crwalkerasla]

Saw that one member said that smooth/creamy peanut butter did as good as any of the black out products. Reapply every 3mo or so. I'm about to paint them myself.

 

[lowtrac]

Another vote for wipe new. I haven’t used it on my H3, but I did use it on my old Avalanche’s cladding. Did a great job and lasts a long time. It does have a very noxious smell though, so make sure you use plastic gloves.


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[H3V8]

I know mine wasn't that bad originally, but it was enough to bother me. My vote goes for just getting some bumper paint instead of wipe new. It's fairly easy to remove the plastic trim pieces, clean them up, sand a little, and spray some black bumper paint. Should last way longer than wipe new. I just hated reapplying wipe new on my old xterra so went straight to painting this time around and glad I did.

Here's a before and after from when I first picked it up vs now. Plastic still looks brand new and no need to reapply anything after 4 years.