restoring plastic?

**flash** · 4th January 2006, 16:50

any way how to restore the scratched up plastic fairing on my dirtbike?, i want them shiney looking though, but dont wana spend money on new ones seem it will just happen again

i know you can sand them but them loose their shinnyist and get dirtyer easier.

anyone know any tricks of the trade?

**Sniper** · 4th January 2006, 17:25

You might have to start looking at new ones mate. If they have scratches they are pretty much buggered

**flash** · 4th January 2006, 17:33

what about puting that stickey clear plastic over them?, would it get them looking beter?, mabye even hiding some stickers under it to give it the cool factor

**WildBoarMouse** · 4th January 2006, 17:47

Any chance you could post a photo of the panels so we could see just how bad it is?

**flash** · 4th January 2006, 18:08

please excuse the dirt, we just got back from a trail ride a couple of days ago...

well heres the damage, want to use this bike as a race/track day motard and want looking a little tidyer.

dont worry about the bark busters ive got some orange ones that are on my kdx that are in way better condition

ill post a full pic of the bike in my future motard thread

**flash** · 4th January 2006, 21:44

is there anything thats clear that fills gaps? eg/scratches

**sugilite:Me** · 4th January 2006, 22:13

The same people that make Autosol metal polish, also make a plastic polish/restorer thats sposed to be pretty good. I cannot remember the name of it sorry....

**flash** · 4th January 2006, 22:22

would it be at somewhere like repco or supercheap? or even kmart?

**imdying** · 5th January 2006, 08:58

Originally Posted by sugilite

The same people that make Autosol metal polish, also make a plastic polish/restorer thats sposed to be pretty good. I cannot remember the name of it sorry....

It's also called Autosol, comes in a blue tube instead of silver or gold. It's really just a cleaner though, calling it a polish is a bit of a misnomer.

**F5 Dave** · 5th January 2006, 09:00

All three would be a good place to start looking. Dirt in scratches remove with toothbrush & paste. Maybe follow with cut & polish car stuff & finally (best option) just Armoural it. But once it’s turfed it will never be new again.

**riffer** · 5th January 2006, 14:24

Interesting thread. I have some cosmetic damage on my bike where the clutch fluid has leaked out of the master cylinder onto the glovebox cover (yes, the RF900 has a glovebox).

Nw I've fixed the leak properly, does anyone have any ideas how to fix the damage to the plastic? (it's kind of lightened the plastic where it dribbled onto it).

**flash** · 5th January 2006, 14:36

well i went to supercheap and repco and there was no blue autosol. actually there was nothing for plastics, only paint and mags

**Coyote** · 5th January 2006, 14:50

Originally Posted by flash

what about puting that stickey clear plastic over them?, would it get them looking beter?, mabye even hiding some stickers under it to give it the cool factor

You would be referring to 'Skuff Stop'. Dad used it on our old KX80 and CRF150. If you cut it out properly it can look good from a distance but with our 80 it wasn't cut right and had bit of it not sticking on the plastic catching dirt underneath making it look shittier. And also there were air bubbles and it was starting to peel off. If I had done it I would've got some prepsol on it first and took a bit of care to get the air bubbles out and make sure there was none of it able to catch dirt. It was good for the resale value of the bike and we managed to sell our CRF for a good price as it looked pretty much new

**Sniper** · 5th January 2006, 14:54

Originally Posted by riffer

Nw I've fixed the leak properly, does anyone have any ideas how to fix the damage to the plastic? (it's kind of lightened the plastic where it dribbled onto it).

To my knowledge, once brake fluid has been on anything, it tends to strip or stain it. I think you can get some vinyl/plastic polish colourer thingie that restores the colour to it. You may need to do the whole glovebox to get an even colour. I'll do a search to find out what the stuff is called.