Would you consider Ultima Trim Guard a "restorer'?

[WRAPT C5Z06]

Or more of a trim protectant?

[Harleyguy]

Or more of a trim protectant?

I call it awesome Mark

[CEE DOG]

I call it awesome Mark

Yes, it is the best trim protectant you can find that also restores to a point.

For extra restoration another coat can be applied a few days or week down the line to darken it more.

The problem with products that restore severely faded trim to a darker level than UTTG is that they fade very quickly unlike UTTG. C4 looks to be the long term answer for severely faded trim.

[sohail99]

I'd call it more of a protectant

(I've used it on pretty nasty rubber trim and though it protects amazingly, a few scratches on the rubber trim still showed!)

Its an awesome all round product non the less!

[WEST SIDE]

Yes, it is the best trim protectant you can find that also restores to a point.

For extra restoration another coat can be applied a few days or week down the line to darken it more.

The problem with products that restore severely faded trim to a darker level than UTTG is that they fade very quickly unlike UTTG. C4 looks to be the long term answer for severely faded trim.

I think CEE DOG said it all.I have been using UTTG on my wifes DD for the past year and before that PBTR and several others.The UTTG did bring the color back and does last the longest.

[maximus20895]

Call me stupid, but I take it that a restorer is something that corrected faded trim and brings it back to life and a protectant protects the trim from and how ???

[buddhadog]

Ive used it half a dozen times now so far ..and as far as restoring I would say no. Thats one reason why ive been dissapointed so far with it.

[Matt]

Yes, it is the best trim protectant you can find that also restores to a point.

I think Corey put it best when he said that. It will darken slightly, then let up on darkness after a few weeks but will still be darker than before. On my black trim, it's not as dark as when I applied it, but it's darker than if I hadn't applied anything over the same time. It's been about 1 and a half months now on the area I'm regarding.

[Setec Astronomy]

C4 looks to be the long term answer for severely faded trim.

I got some of that GTechniq product from Hawaii recently and I'll be trying it when it gets a little warmer up here, but sad to say for the exclusive distributor, Opti-Coat 2.0 will likely do the same job. Possible that a bottle of C4 will go farther than the syringe of Opti-Coat.

[davidc]

I have not tried UTG but I just restored the black step piece on the back of the wife's 05 Toyota Sienna. I tried Mothers Back to Black, 303, and peanut butter. The peanut butter and terry cloth brought the best results initially and I could see it removing the oxidation. I then tried oooo steel wool on another section that was not touched yet which removed the oxidized plastic and I hand buffed the 303 into the plastic with a terry cloth. The step trim now looks like the day the van was bought and still has the slight texture. The trick now is to keep it from oxidizing again in the Arizona sun. Unfortunately I did not take any before and after pic's, But the step was white when I started and is now black again.

Dave