Smartening up roof bar blanks - Page 3

trebor · 10th August 2009, 16:36

did mine with white spirit yesterday came up a treat

Rover418275 · 10th August 2009, 16:42

Has anyone tried meths, hick ?

mimbo · 12th August 2009, 10:08

Mine are all a faded grey colour, and they can stay like it as I am not going to worry about it

steffo · 12th August 2009, 13:29

Painted mine with quick drying matt black paint.

trebor · 12th August 2009, 22:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by mimbo

Mine are all a faded grey colour, and they can stay like it as I am not going to worry about it

the grey lifts straight off with white spirit if you are tempted

tony_fry · 13th August 2009, 10:16

Just used the hair dryer trick and it worked a treat, gone gtom light grey back the original black finish :lol:

black olive · 6th September 2009, 12:01

I was polishing my door handles with the brasso lint type polish.

tried giving a blank a rub with the lint and they have come up perfect, just a few rubs required.

doublekite · 29th September 2009, 21:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Greeners

The door pillars are plastic coated, so in theory yes, but I use autoglym paint restorer, to good effect

Is this the door finishers which are held on with 3 screws behind the window channel rubber? I thought they are black painted.

Windslore · 28th July 2015, 20:49

Sorry guys but I must be missing something here. I bought some roof rails from the local breakers to fit on my recently acquired ZT T and they are metal not plastic. I took the centre pillar off to give them a good clean and it's bolted on the the bar, you can see the shiny thread in the aluminium of the bars? Mine have certainly gone very grey and do look past there best but they are definitely metal, they even 'ring' when tapped! You can also see where the sprayer missed sections under the areas that fasten to the roof.

Help gratefully appreciated.

Dorset Bob · 28th July 2015, 21:31

They are talking about the plastic plugs that discolour, fitted over the holes for the roof rack mounting points.

10th August 2009, 16:36	#21
trebor This is my second home Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur SE & MG ZT Saloon 190 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Coven Posts: 12,522 Thanks: 526 Thanked 1,877 Times in 885 Posts	did mine with white spirit yesterday came up a treat __________________ www.midlandsnanomeets.co.uk Robs Car Gallery Coven near Wolverhampton WV9 2000 Cowley Built Rover 75 2.0 V6 Club SE/ Atlantic Blue/ Sandstone/Walnut (daily driver) 2003 Land Rover Freelander 1 TD4 HSE Helsinki Blue/Black Leather (swmbo daily driver)

12th August 2009, 10:08	#23
mimbo Posted a thing or two Rover 75 216 Coupe Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Newbury (Berkshire) Posts: 1,167 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Mine are all a faded grey colour, and they can stay like it as I am not going to worry about it __________________ http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y...h_100_0150.jpg Rover 75 2.5 V6 Automatic 2002 connoisseur SE British Racing Green(HFF) P.James (Member 6589 ) Nuts about the 75

13th August 2009, 10:16	#26
tony_fry I really should get out more....... BMW I3 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South East London Posts: 2,224 Thanks: 31 Thanked 77 Times in 61 Posts	Just used the hair dryer trick and it worked a treat, gone gtom light grey back the original black finish :lol: __________________ Regards Tony Membership No 135

6th September 2009, 12:01	#27
black olive I really should get out more....... 260 SE vin 214 ( last mark 1 260 ) Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lancashire Posts: 2,009 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 4 Posts	I was polishing my door handles with the brasso lint type polish. tried giving a blank a rub with the lint and they have come up perfect, just a few rubs required. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

28th July 2015, 20:49	#29
Windslore Loves to post MG ZT-T 190 SE, MG ZT 260 SE Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Bridport Posts: 270 Thanks: 53 Thanked 31 Times in 23 Posts	Sorry guys but I must be missing something here. I bought some roof rails from the local breakers to fit on my recently acquired ZT T and they are metal not plastic. I took the centre pillar off to give them a good clean and it's bolted on the the bar, you can see the shiny thread in the aluminium of the bars? Mine have certainly gone very grey and do look past there best but they are definitely metal, they even 'ring' when tapped! You can also see where the sprayer missed sections under the areas that fasten to the roof. Help gratefully appreciated. __________________ Regards John

10th August 2009, 16:42	#22
Rover418275 Banned Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Northwich Posts: 1,099 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Has anyone tried meths, hick ?

12th August 2009, 13:29	#24
steffo Loves to post '05 MG ZT-T 1.8T 160+,'89 MG Metro Turbo Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: London Posts: 368 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Painted mine with quick drying matt black paint.

28th July 2015, 21:31	#30
Dorset Bob Senior Citizen Rover 75 2.5 Connoisseur SE,Chrysler 300C,124 Spider, Daytona 955i,Honda XL250 & Royal Enfield 650GT Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Kingdom of Wessex Posts: 6,976 Thanks: 2,391 Thanked 2,685 Times in 1,686 Posts	They are talking about the plastic plugs that discolour, fitted over the holes for the roof rack mounting points. __________________ Let the good times roll............

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