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Crunchy? No I bet smooth ! Dick smith brand.

Home brand smooth.... sure as hell wouldn't eat it, tastes like goat shit.

Stolen from another forum.

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aardvark wrote:Home brand smooth.... sure as hell wouldn't eat it, tastes like goat shit.

I find it worrying that you're familiar with the taste of goat shit Aardy..

All else fails 800 grit w/d and a can of satin black. 2 weeks later hit it with the silicone stuff and hey presto. Not too much you can do for black ABS plastic that has turned greyish white through chemical and UV damage except for the above, if that is the kind of fading you are describing.
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Guys, you haven't lived until you've atleast sampled a number of shit variants... at least you can speak with some authority on the subject then.

aardvark wrote:Guys, you haven't lived until you've atleast sampled a number of shit variants... at least you can speak with some authority on the subject then.

I just taste whats comin outa my mouth

You might have missed the obvious, but just paint it with a vinyl spray paint. Flat black works well, but you can always use gloss which will make it easier to clean in future. It is much easier doing this than trying to fix faded and damaged plastic. It wont fade again.

I have used Bumper Care from Autoglym in the past on very badly faded plastic. I used to own a Peugeot 205 GTi & the plastic on the bumpers & wheel arches were pretty bad. This stuff used to do a top job & lasted for quite some time also.

Try toothpaste. Normal run of the mill toothpaste, not that gell crap. It worked a treat my some of the plastics of my ZXR250.