Protecting Piano Black B-Pillars

[sonik1313]

Hello I recently purchased a 17 Ford Focus RS and the window B pillar trim is a high gloss piano black plastic. My question is whether I should be applying trim sealant or paint sealant to protect these areas. I already own BFWD and Wolfgang trim sealant. So which do I use, or does it even matter? Thanks in advance.

[RaskyR1]

Wrap them in one of the self-healing PPF`s like Xpel, Sentek, or 3M Performance Film.

[LEDetailng]

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Last few minutes of video Larry puts 3M PPF on the piano black trim

[845guy]

I would suggest the same thing

[512detail]

yea I was gonna say a wrap is best

but GYEON trim says you can use it on piano black to coat it

but the wrap would be the best bet

[PRND[S]]

I drive a 2015 Golf R which also has piano-black B-pillars. The car is Opti-Coated and the B-pillars are flawless. I have always hand-washed the car myself and wax it occasionally using Collinite 845, and that`s all the protection the car and the B-illars have needed.

I wouldn`t bother adding a PPF unless you take your car through the local wash-and-scratch. If you find that you do wind up with minor scratches due to environmental factors like keeping the car outdoors, they are easy to polish out -- I`ve done that for a friend who also drives a 2015 Golf R.

[rlmccarty2000]

You can also use CarPro DLux on those pillars if you want a little more protection than the sealant offers.

[psynx]

after correcting i coated it with Cquartz UK Edition and its been about 1 year and a half and still looks great. light micro mars but because my wife forgot to tell audi not to wash it after it got serviced.

[Accumulator]

IMO the wrap is best, the coating is 2nd, and the better-than-nothing is what I do on the Audis (and any other gloss-black exterior plastics)- many layers of KSG (only LSP that`s ever offered marring-resistance IME).

If wrapping were more Accumulator-proof I`d be doing it to all sorts of areas that`re likely to get messed up. OR if I trusted anybody local to PPF my stuff (which I don`t).

[sonik1313]

Thanks for the replies, I`m gonna look into wrapping these areas.

[tom p.]

You can also use CarPro DLux on those pillars if you want a little more protection than the sealant offers.

Interesting solution/application. Never thought of that one...

[Paul@Autopia]

I believe the wrap is the best option here, simply because that area scratches so easily... Yes it is easy to polish out but if you get a wrap on there you will keep the paint in excellent condition without needing to polish that area every year.

[tom p.]

Paul, would one do a clear wrap or a glossy black wrap?

[RaskyR1]

Paul, would one do a clear wrap or a glossy black wrap?

Clear PPF wrap like Xpel Ultimate, which self-heals. The B-Pillar is one of the most commonly grabbed areas to shut doors by "non-Autopians", so they get marred up easily. With PPF it protects the paint and any light marring will self-heal, keeping them looking like new for a long time.

[Accumulator]

And note that many such areas aren`t really painted these days, but rather just have that finish as how they`re made or are even covered with a kind of *factory* wrap. Result is that you can`t always just polish out marring lest you strike through the "shiny black finish" that meets they eye.