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300rman
09-16-2008, 11:43 PM
well, on my bike, i cleaned the new plastics and got all that dusty "browning" off of it that doesnt wash off in water.

well, after cleaning it, i waxed them to help make cleaning it easier, but now the plastics have lost their shiny-glossy finish, and are really dull.

any way to restore that shine? they are new plastics, so its not an age thing.

Erics350x
09-17-2008, 08:12 AM
try micro finishing compound

Macs
09-17-2008, 12:08 PM
Is this on the painted fenders?

Ryan.
09-17-2008, 06:31 PM
armoral works good for me, and its cheap

300rman
09-17-2008, 06:52 PM
nah, its for my new CR250.

Ryan.
09-17-2008, 07:35 PM
nah, its for my new CR250.

oh, well with white plastics its not that easy, try mope n glow, i hear it works good

fabiodriven
09-17-2008, 07:45 PM
I spray mine down with WD-40. Looks good to me!

SCEADU
09-17-2008, 08:07 PM
Future floor wax will bring it back for a while. There is a liquid teflon tire shine that I have use on the Fender flares of my Jeep that works well for the flares. I plan on trying it for the ATV fenders when I get a chance to go over to Autozone.

SWIGIN
09-17-2008, 08:17 PM
white is the easyest color to keep clean....the shine goes with all colors but black is the worse.

here is my 10-15 year old white fenders after a simple wisk bath (ajax is the best to get the grimy scratches clean)

Billy Golightly
09-17-2008, 09:09 PM
lots of mother aluminum polish, works awesomely

fabiodriven
09-17-2008, 09:37 PM
lots of mother aluminum polish, works awesomely

Awsomely?:crazy:

Billy Golightly
09-17-2008, 10:03 PM
awesomely. Yes :)

freaksfix
09-18-2008, 02:42 PM
Soft scrub with bleech works really well on white fenders but never tried it on any other color.. Orange blast works good on fenders too...

erectordale
09-18-2008, 11:10 PM
I have a spray can of plexxus that works great can get it at most atv shops

super90
09-19-2008, 01:25 AM
my plastics were horribly stained from all the tiny scratches. I sanded from 220 grit all the way up to 2500 then hit it with a buffing compound. Youll never get the origional shine back but they look good enough for me.