On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Doug Alcock<doug.alcock@gmail.com> wrote: > When they fade to charcoal grey take them off and spray them black again. ......
> I'll be watching this thread to see if anyone has a longlasting and > cosmetically good fix for this :-) >
I can't say "long lasting" yet, but my refurbished plastic caps have lasted at least a year. Still look ok. What I did: http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/bumperendcaps If Mr. Squirrels caps aren't cracked, shouldn't be a lot of work. (mine were cracked) Thing is, with Krylon plastic paint and emery/sand paper etc figured in, @ $10 ea. for new ones, well.... Neil. -- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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