Restore Black Plastic...

[degrom]

heating the plastic a little with a heat gun. It will turn dark black fairly quickly, then you can protect it after it has cooled with silicon. I use a heat gun on any of the bent gaurds on my YZF250 if they have white crease marks in them. Takes the mark out and returns the gaurd to blue.

That's an interesting approach. Makes sense!!!
(I am busy fixing my ZX's fairing's and when you heat the ABS plastic it turns almost into rubber. In that state you can form the plastic and move it back to it's original state. When it's turning back to normal temperature it hardens)

I imagine you should just be careful not to overheat them.

Thanks for the tip,will give it a try.

[arj127]

dont overheat it. If the plastic is slightly dimpled and you overheat it, it will go flat. You soon learn how much to heat. I always go over my mx panels before i sell the bike this way.

[Pixie]

303 Protectant
It's superior to Armoural
http://www.303products.com/main.php
Available from TopFab Ltd.
Box 21-722
Henderson, Auckland
New Zealand
Contact: Graham or Dan Caley
Tel: [64] 9 836 5445
Fax: [64] 9 836 3759

[one-speed]

i've just tryed this product on a freinds bike
it's made by turtle wax called black chrome
it's like a black paste
seems to work very well