doopstr

My wifes TL is about 3 months old. I just noticed today that the rubber around the outside of the sunroof is showing age like it is years old. Its fading (like someone put wax on it), and looks like its getting ready to crack. One interesting thing is that the part of the rubber that is under the sunshade looks fine. Is this normal?

NBP TL

The rubber on the outside of my sunroof is starting to turn white in some spots.

Acura3200

mine was turning white

I used armor all on it and it looks fine now. I do it when I wax the car and it's been fine sinse

NBP TL

Thanks Jason, i will have to try that.

WOODMAN

Use vinylex from lexol. It is great for plastic and rubber and protects against uv rays. In a blue bottle. I have not done mine yet as it is only 8 months old, but it is starting to look different so I will do mine tomorrow. BTW, I fixed the sunroof rattle with a coating of white lithium grease a couple of weeks ago, but in the future I will use the vinylex. That should solve both problems. The car is so quiet since I used the grease, but I do not know how long it will last.

SLVR TL

Yeah.. my car has the same *old* looking rubber sealing around the moonroof. I think it started to look like that soon after I bought the car. I thought it was weird but didn't really make a big deal out of it.

socal28

Try some Honda own Shin-Etsu grease! We (S2000 owners) use it for the rubber around our convertible.
You can get some here:
http://www.handa-accessories.com/s2000.html

daverman

What in the world is shin-etsu grease?

doopstr

Thanks for the info guys. I'll look into putting something on it.