Help what product on these rubber plastic pieces?

[MiamiS430]

Hi all,

My son just leased a new Mazda 6 with 23 miles on it. Apparently, they had it in the Florida sun for a while. There are some black rubber and plastic pieces that are dull and showing some wear. Please see the pictures.

Any recommendation on how to clean and then protect from Miami`s strong sun?

Thanks,

Art

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[Ronkh]

Could be water spots, could be they ran through a car wash with hydrofluoric acid.

Also could be mold......

Try some apc on a micro and see how that works, or maybe bug squash

[Stokdgs]

Einszett Deep Plastic Cleaner..
Dan F

[MiamiS430]

Tried the bug squash and it did a good job.

Would you guys throw 303 on it to protect it from the UV?


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[Ronkh]

Tried the bug squash and it did a good job.

Would you guys throw 303 on it to protect it from the UV?


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I`d coat it, but wait for others to chime in.

[Mooser]

303 is a hard act to follow
Optimum Tire Gel (or Adams VRT) works very well on darkening/evening and protecting similiar bits on my DDs. I prefer to wipe it on and then go back and wipe again with a MF to prevent it from getting too wet looking.
Lately I`ve been playing with Meguiars Ultimate Black Restorer on some pretty mottled / faded plastic and rubber trim on my old Blazer and have been very happy with it`s results as well. Outlasts the Optimum/VRT by a few weeks.
YMMV
M

[rlmccarty2000]

303 does not last long on exterior plastics or rubber. You would be better off trying CarPro Dlux, which is a coating and will last a long time or Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealant which is cheaper, but does not last as long.

[glfnaz]

Clean with an APC, then Opti-Bond.

[The Guz]

303 does not last long on exterior plastics or rubber. You would be better off trying CarPro Dlux, which is a coating and will last a long time or Wolfgang Exterior Trim Sealant which is cheaper, but does not last as long.

One of these would get my vote. Or possibly Gyeon Trim or Gtechniq C4 as other options.

[Ancient_1]

What I have done for things like that is bad I have had good luck with Tuf Shine tire cleaner (when APC wont clean) and when clean I have coated with WG Uber coating which is something I use a lot.

[JSFM35X]

As others have said clean with APC and a bhb, apply c4 or Gyeon trim for a more permanent fix.

[MiamiS430]

Thanks all!

As an aside, is there a post somewhere that defines all of the acronyms you pros use? Sorry for the newbie question but I need to Google almost everyone of your responses to see what you mean.