Wheel arches-black

[weavers]

Question. I want my wheel arches to be black. I went to put megs endurance dressing on and its good, but it does fade. I was thinking something more long term like forever black or spray paint.

is spraying painting wheel wells a bad idea? Will it just look awful after a month or a year? what about 3 layers of clear coat over it. I would take the arches to paint it or just tape everything off and do it on the car.

also the croweling is badly faded on my car. i was thinking of using vinily/plastic spray paint. not sure how to take it off my 2002 sebring coupe.

[shawnoen]

Forever Black is a product alot of people in the VW community use for older, faded trim, with great success.

[pixelmonkey]

all depends on how much you want to spend and how long you want it to last.

several reviews of Ultima Tire & Trim Guard Plus, tire & trim protectant, tire dressing, rubber protectant have stated it will last 6 months with being outside 24/7

if you want something to last longer, but cost quite a bit more, search for C4

chris<pixelmonkey>

[S2K]

I just did a complete wheel well detail on my car and am working on a write up. I painted everything and it looks good. I used Krylon Fusion paint for plastic after some intensive cleaning.
Here's a teaser:

[Old Tiger]

Megs All Season Dressing works well for me!

[embolism]

+1 on the UTTG

for OTC, Meg's Ultimate Protectant will work but you will have to reapply more often.

That cowl is hurting! Clean it well before application of anything

[Lasthope05]

Use a liquid dye like forever black/showroom new on the cowl's to restore the black finish, then you can top with what ever dressings you like afterwards. For the wheel wells, you can do the same with the plastics and for everything else use 3m rubberized undercoating in a aerosol available at most automotive stores.

[rider9195]

Meguiars Plastic & Vinyl Coating, exterior trim coating, trim dressing, vinyl protectant

I have had luck with using aerosol dressings especially if it is a tight space to get into. This will give it a good even coating also.