ARGH! Just screwed up the finish on the black trim on the side mirrors. Had a micro fiber with some bug and tar removal on it and accidently brushed the black trim with it. It appears to
have removed the finish or discolored it. Anybody know if the plastic pieces are solid black plastic or if it's just a black finish? Looks like total crap. Should I attempt to repaint these or
replace the whole dam mirror?

 

Welcome to azine.

I do not have an answer for you but I would suggest looking through here..
https://acurazine.com/forums/wash-wax-23/
That is a dedicated wash & wax section for all acurazine members. Search through the thread titles and see if you can find anyone talking about bug and tar remover or maybe black trim restoration and ask in a thread people are already frequently posting in.

This section, the ILX area, is pretty much only visible to those that want to read about the ILX so you'll get a faster response aiming your question at the rest of the site... make sense?

This is a general car wash thread that had recent action..
https://acurazine.com/forums/wash-wax-23/how-wash-your-car-like-pro-281511/

These other two are black trim specific threads.
https://acurazine.com/forums/wash-wax-23/black-plastic-restoration-914259/
https://acurazine.com/forums/wash-wax-23/black-plastic-trim-maintenance-914236/

Hope someone can help you out!

Any pics of what the tar remover did to the trim??

 

how do I remove wax from black trim? RDX Subforum
https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-rdx-2013-2018-404/how-do-i-remove-wax-black-trim-917121/

 

Don't have a url for my pic. Should I be able to upload a jpeg?