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Has anyone a suggested liquid preservative that can be applied to the plastic housings to prevent cracking and chipping, after years of sun exposure ?
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Don't know about any "liquid" preservative, but sun exposure can be minimized with liberal doses of 2x4s and plywood.
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Apply foundational grounding rules .Originally posted by Steve View PostDon't know about any "liquid" preservative, but sun exposure can be minimized with liberal doses of 2x4s and plywood.
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I haven't used any of this stuff.
3M make a kit for restoring car headlight lenses that have dulled from uv exposure. The finish was a uv resist wax.
There is also a thing called Jet Seal 109 that some around here swear by.
I'm sure there are plenty others.97 R1100R
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I have successfully used just plain old Armourall (don't think I spelled that correctly) to restore faded turn signals and other black bits. Periodic reapplication keeps them looking pretty good.Current Bikes:
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He's talking about the housings.
I have/had a cracked housing that I repaired with an epoxy made for plastic. It smells like the devil, but it's a solvent and eats its way into the plastic housing before it hardens. I was able to sand it nicely and could probably touch it up with a little chrome colored paint and have it look almost un-noticeable.
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Never tried it on indicators, but I have tried using a heat gun on crazed, sun faded plastic fenders to bring them back to black and it worked pretty well.
Just have to make sure you don't over-cook them.....Current:
Z1300A5 Locomotive (swapped my Intruder for it), GS450 Cafe Project (might never finish it....), XT500 Commuter (I know - it's a Yamaha :eek:)
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VL1500 Intruder (swapped for Z1300), ZX9R Streetfighter (lets face it - too fast....), 1984 GSX750EF, 1984 GSX1100EF (AKA GS1150)
And a bunch of other crap Yamahas....Comment
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