Forever Black before and after

[86-lxi]

Well just got done doing my bumpers and trim and I have to say this is some good stuff. They say 2 coats but I put three on and i'm pretty happy the way it turned out. Now I just need a new paint job
BEFORE








AFTER

[Edison Carasio]

Mine is the same color and I WISH it was as good of condition as your paint. Looks good.

[carotman]

I used this stuff on my back bumper.

All I can say is that this is the best stuff out there to restore black trim on any car.

The difference on your back bumper is awesome

[86-lxi]

I agree, I couldn't stand looking at that thing anymore now its like new

[russiankid]

Where in PA are you? I've seen the same car around my area before.

[86-lxi]

Allentown

[russiankid]

ah nevermind then.

[charliekuney]

There's one thing I've always wondered: When new, was the trim on these cars actually black? It seems to me like it would be a dark grey.

[Dr_Snooz]

I did the Forever Black. It comes off with time. You end up with a lot of streaking and that's not cool. I'm having reasonably good luck with linseed oil and I've heard good things about heat guns.

And yeah, brand new it was pretty much black:

[Civic Accord Honda]

yep was black new, wish mine would of been black new, stupid body matched EX lol nothing some satin black paint couldn't fix

[CzEcHy]

I use Krylon Satin Black, and some Krylon Gloss Clearcoat spray..

Comes out pretty much identical to the factory trim, so meh...


Good enough for me..


Heres a quick picture of some of my trim..

[2ndGenGuy]

Maybe it's just a 2nd Gen thing. But when I bought my brand new moldings for my car from Honda, they were not black. Very very dark gray. They still look good black though, so meh.

[Mellexx]

Looks way better now man

[DBMaster]

I would actually avoid all the coatings, oils, restorers, etc. I made the mistake of trying all of those things with the mixed results Dr. Snooz mentions. The problem is that once all that stuff soaks into the plastic it causes paint to adhere less completely. I painted several times with adhesion promoter followed by flexible bumper paint. It chipped off every time. Krylon Fusion has stayed on and looked good for about three years so far. I would use Krylon Fusion and ONLY Krylon Fusion.

BTW, Forever Black is one of the products I tried in the past. Looks good for a couple of months. If it's hot summer here in Texas, or you get some rain it will look good for a shorter time than that.