Klasse twins on my 'plastic' car

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abbeysdad

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I've order the Klasse twins for my new Rendezvous for winter. Like the bumpers, half of the body (lower) sides are a plastic or a vinyl material (same color as the rest).

Typically I'd think that this material shouldn't be polished, but I'm thinking that AIO is more like a chemical cleaner and necessary to ensure that the SG bonds well.



So I'm thinking I should not use polish on these plastic/vinyl parts but it's okay for AIO/SG.



Am I thinking straight on this ?
 
I wouldn't think that you would treat those with Klasse. I would get a nice trim protectant like 303, PB Trim Restorer, etc. to treat those.
 
SG works great on plastics like that. Be a little careful with the AIO, or you won't get the white residue out of the texture (wipe off before it dries).
 
Kaiten said:
I wouldn't think that you would treat those with Klasse. I would get a nice trim protectant like 303, PB Trim Restorer, etc. to treat those.
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These are painted plastics, not something you would used 303/ TR on... I've never had any problems using AIO/ JW Prime on these type panels.
 
Yeah, these panels should not get 303 - I have some black texture trim that gets that, but these body side moldings around wheel wells, bumpers and the doors are a very smooth plastic/vinyl like material that is the same color as the vehicle. Now I'm not sure if they are painted or colored thru and thru, but since they're plastic, not painted metal, I wondered if they should be polished at all?



I'm thinking that AIO will be okay because it's more a chemical cleaner than an abrasive polish, so unless someone here advises against it, I think AIO/SG is fine on these parts.
 
:bounce Sounds like you are talking about the vinyl bumper caps, valence panels, etc., that are painted with the same paint as the rest of the car. Be a little more careful polishing those parts because the plastic won't dissipate the heat as well as a metal panel.



You had us all confused thinking you were talking about textured plastic gray/black SUV trim, when you're just talking about regular painted body parts that all cars have now, which is why you were getting trim dressing responses.
 
Two types of plastic under discussion here, right?- the black stuff and the body-color stuff.



I use the Klasse twins on the textured black plastic on many of my vehicles. Started doing it on the WRX and I'm still doing it on the MPV. As noted, just use W-O-W-O and buff thoroughly.



And I polish body-color plastic with abrasives all the time. Watch the heat-dissipation issue (and look out for thin paint around the edges) and you should be fine. I even use the rotary on these surfaces.
 
Accumulator said:
Two types of plastic under discussion here, right?- the black stuff and the body-color stuff.



I use the Klasse twins on the textured black plastic on many of my vehicles. Started doing it on the WRX and I'm still doing it on the MPV. As noted, just use W-O-W-O and buff thoroughly.



And I polish body-color plastic with abrasives all the time. Watch the heat-dissipation issue (and look out for thin paint around the edges) and you should be fine. I even use the rotary on these surfaces.
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So the Klasse carrier doesn't stain the black plastic?



also good to know about polishing the vinyl.
 
abbeysdad said:
So the Klasse carrier doesn't stain the black plastic?



also good to know about polishing the vinyl.
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The AIO has never stained black trim for me and I've even used it on *rubber* (the black rubber strips on my XJS's bumpers). I do wipe it off before it dries though and I wouldn't be surprised if it *did* stain if I were to let it dry. Of course YMMV/standard disclaimers about how one never knows for sure until it's actually been tried...
 
Please pardon me for beating this to death, there's a lot of confusion on this thread :D



kaiten said:
Yea I was thinking that you were talking about black trim that goes around the bottom of the car..
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That's the stuff I use the Klasse twins on. In the rare cases that doesn't work then I resort to ERV dressings, but that isn't often.
 
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