2011 Suburban body trim

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kmcbride22

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I have a 2011 2500 that is white. The rubber/plastic body trim that is on the doors is white also, but they have become a bit discolored lately. They are a little darker than the rest of the car. Any suggestions on what I can do to restore them? The truck has 40k miles and in those first 40k the finish was not treated well. It just got the occasional drive through car wash and not much else. This was before I got it and I plan to do the whole clay, polish, wax, and protectant to the truck.
 
That is very common with the GMT900 trucks and SUVs; unfortunately if polishing does not take the discoloration off the surface (which is typically the case) the only option is to have them refinished.
 
My all time favorite for dirty plastic or vinyl is still Einszett Deep Plastic Cleaner - do you have any of this ?

Steam also helps loosen crap out of any surface pretty well too.

Dan F
 
I ordered some gtechniq-c4-trim-coating. It sounded pretty good. I have not yet tried polishing them. I will do that before applying the c4 stuff.
 
That C4 isn't going to do anything whatsoever for your trim. It is painted with base/clear just like the rest of the vehicle. C4 and other such trim products are designed to be used with bare plastic and rubber.
 
C. Charles Hahn said:
That C4 isn't going to do anything whatsoever for your trim. It is painted with base/clear just like the rest of the vehicle. C4 and other such trim products are designed to be used with bare plastic and rubber.
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Well thats great. Ha, I guess I should have waited for a response before buying it! of well, it will work on the black part of the bumpers.
 
So basicly all I can do is clean them real well and then put on some protectant? Will using a pollish help? I guess there is no magic fix for them other than just taking them off?
 
kmcbride22 said:
So basicly all I can do is clean them real well and then put on some protectant? Will using a pollish help? I guess there is no magic fix for them other than just taking them off?
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All you can do is try polishing them and see if it makes a difference. If it doesn't, then you'll either have to just remove them, or have them refinished.
 
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