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Old 04-03-03, 01:53 PM
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Have you guys heard that radio commercial for the Quadrant Homes or whatever it is?

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What the hell does lol mean? I haven't completely learned text messaging language yet, so sometimes it sounds as though some of you are speaking in tongues...
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Use simple green and olddutch cleaner.
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old dutch sounds like a furniture polish.
Is this some kind of joke?
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Tire dressing is what the pros use.....
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Ive heard shoe polish works well too.

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Originally posted by RotorMotorDriver
Ive heard shoe polish works well too.

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ok... while all o f the above may or may not work, Forever Black is teh stuff you want. It's not going to dry out the strips like tire dressing will, its more like a shoe polish type stuff made for the black rubber parts on a car.

Forever Black. I used it on mine.. Works great still looks just as good about 6 months later...
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I use Black Chrome, on a lot of my stuff. Haven't tried it on the side molding yet.
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Originally posted by nosajwrx-7
I use Black Chrome
Isn't that kinda an oxymoron?
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I think what he was going to say was use Petroleum jelly.

yeah, all you pervs out there are laughing, but it acutally works better than anything else out there. put some on, let it sit for a bit, and wipe it off. (wipe it all off, or you'll get dust and stuff stuck to it.)
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WD40 works well, too. it also does a good job of removing built up wax.
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Nope, Black Chrome is a product you can buy it your local Walmarts car care section, it is in a black bottle kind of looks like dry gas bottle. It is made for black molding.
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I have Black Chrome badging on my 2003 Camry SE..... It looks really sweet! And it comes from the factory like that too!
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Originally posted by rx7gslse
ok... while all o f the above may or may not work, Forever Black is teh stuff you want. It's not going to dry out the strips like tire dressing will, its more like a shoe polish type stuff made for the black rubber parts on a car.

Forever Black. I used it on mine.. Works great still looks just as good about 6 months later...
this is a huge subject in the VW world since shitty rubber was used for the moldings and they fade fast. so eeryone says use Forever Black or shoe die not polish but die...
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Yeah use vaseline.

Apparently it didnt post my post. Vaseline is the stuff to use!

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get em clean and paint them satin black
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Old Dutch is the same thing as Ajax, it works great i use it on my tires
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Remove them and put on thinner moulding. While on topic, shoot some bullets at me. I am going to convert all the black on my car to silver or chrome. The mirrors would become Raydots, etc. I think the cars are too dark with all the black. I would be a more "old classic" look. fire away!
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