Restoring black painted satin roof bars

[RKC-benz]

Any advice on a good single product to restore the finish on my black satin painted roof bars? They are on a W124 estate ...

Have posted elsewhere but with limited response.

 

[jgs600]

Funny I just tackled this on my w202. I used a black car polish on them. Came up a treat.

 

[RKC-benz]

Funny I just tackled this on my w202. I used a black car polish on them. Came up a treat.

Were they satin finish?

 

[Dieselman]

Were they satin finish?

Not after.

 

[Giantvanman]

EDIT- cancel.

 

[RKC-benz]

EDIT- cancel.

??

 

[Howard]

Take them off and get them powder coated.

 

[jgs600]

The bars on mine were quite faded. Almost a dull black/ grey.. so the black car polish seemed to work really well. For me anyways.

 

[trapperjohn]

A product call Black Chrome worked for me.

 

[Giantvanman]

??

I was going to mention Black Chrome (which I have used) or any trim restorer but they would need to be re-applied periodically. Painting or powder coating are the permanent fixes unless this stuff actually works……….

T-Cut Color Fast Bumper & Trim Restoration - Satin Black | eBay

 

[RKC-benz]

Take them off and get them powder coated.

Is their removal straightforward?

 

[jgs600]

well i found an old bottle of black t cut and used this then finished it off with some dod do wax, seems to have come up quite good..

 

[simon1966]

well i found an old bottle of black t cut and used this then finished it off with some dod do wax, seems to have come up quite good..

Looks good

I may give that a go on mine.

 

[Giantvanman]

Is their removal straightforward?

See if this helps. http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/bodywork/86248-w124-estate-removing-roof-bars.html

 

[RKC-benz]

well i found an old bottle of black t cut and used this then finished it off with some dod do wax, seems to have come up quite good..

That seems to look good...