Question: do you guys put wax on the plastic painted bumpers? In the past, I've had bad experience waxing those parts. Suffice to say, after enough sun, the plastic parts were the exact ones that started fading. I was considering vinylex since it mentioned something about plastic, but then it says nothing about paint. then, sometimes you look on the back of the bottle of wax and it says.. not for plastic, rubber, etc. thanks. .I was on that auto-utopia carcare site that people recommend but I didn't find anything about it. So, I'm curious what you guys put on the front and back bumpers and why do you think its safe. thanks.

 

I wax my bumpers and have not seen any problems so far in a year and a half.

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what kind of wax if I may ask?
thanks

 

I've always waxed those parts on cars without problem. Although it is plastic underneath (or some related polymer), remember that it's plain old paint on the surface.

I use carnauba wax from Mothers - kind of a middle-of-the-road wax.

When the car was still pretty new, I did put a coat of poly seralant on all the paint to protect it. I used Prolong, which I've found to work pretty well over the years. It's about twenty bucks, and will give you a warranty on your paint that's about equal to the one Acura will tyry to sell you for hundreds of dollars when you buy the car.

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'01 White Diamond Pearl 3.2TL
-Wing, tint, wood and Whistler

 

I use prolong! thats the thing, if you look in the back of the bottle of the paint sealant, the thing says not for use on plastic, rubber, etc!! well I guess since nothing happened after you used it, I'll go ahead and do the same then thanks

 

I wax those parts as well... i use wet look from eagle one.

 

Yup I wax my pumper too..i use meguiars

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2000 3.2TL Firepepper red w/o nav
stock spoiler
Comptech springs
Custom front Grill
Bosch 4+ platinum spark plug
25% Tint/Mud guards/
acura-tl.com sticker at front windshield

 

I wax ALL parts that are painted in body-color. So far, no fading on ALL cars I have own...

Andy Kuo

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'92 Mercedes-Benz 400SE
Pearl Grey/Black

'02 Acura TL-S
Satin Silver/Ebony, w/out NAV

 

miwa (sounds a bit Japanese-y?)

Yes, you should wax the whole body including the bumper. Afterall, it is painted with the same paint and clearcoated. So you SHOULD wax the bumper as well.

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Y2K SiLVeR TL, non-navi
Factory style full body kit + spoiler
Volk Racing Versus Campionato SS7 18x7.5 52 offset w/ Toyo Proxes FZ4 225/40/18
TL-S Tail light conversion w/ harness
Comptech exhaust (on order)
Comptech Springs
PIAA 1700x w/ Inspire Foglight switch
Polarg M-12 Front turn signals
38% window tint all around
Valentine 1 w/ concealed display

 

Which pumper we talkin about j/k.

 

*LOL* Good catch... I missed that one.

 

I wax them all the time....also use Meguiars

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"If it moves, salute it - if it doesn't, paint it!".

Old Navy saying - just replace "paint" with "wax"!

 

Meguiars Gold

Works Great!

 

just done put wax on the non painted plastic parts, like the fake fog hole or something like that, then it will fade, if there is a coat of paint over the plastic then its okay...

 

Why wouldn't you wax your bumpers? They have the same paint as the rest of the car.. It doesn't matter what the body panels are made of...look at the Corvette......
Ed

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'99 Mazda Miata
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slvrtl: yea.. miwa is japanese. I jacked the nick from this character in an anime called "marmalade boy"

shoofin: I had a bad experience in the past but since everyone is doing it with decent success, I'll dive in and do it too

and thanks to the rest of u guys for "easing my fears" I'm sure u know how it is when u dont wanna do nothin wrong to your beloved TL

 

BTW, I use Meguiars too..
Wash the car, then I clean the paint(with a paint cleaner) and clearcoat from any dirt or debris baked on the body, wipe it off, rinse the car, dry it..The I apply polish, the wipe off, then rinse car again, dry, then I apply wax, wipe off, then rinse with cold cold cold water to bond the wax to the paint..then I dry again.... supposedly it protects the paint better that way(enables the wax to freeze, or bond to the paint), as my friend who works in a body shop told me about that.. It's more effective in the colder weather, before snow. I did it and the snow did not stick to my car(thats what it's supposed to prevent from happening) for a long while after the snowfall, but eventually started sticking.. my car had a lot less snow on it than my mom's car(but we're talking about 12" snowfall), which that technique was not done... Bear in mind, everyone has their own ways of cleaning and protecting their cars..this is mine..
Ed