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Use bumper black paint
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I used bumper black paint on mine while removed for rad cleaning.
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Awesome video, definitely will clean the radiators out now that I seen how dirty they can get.
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Use mothers product back
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I have good success using a Mothers product Back to Black for restoring my fading wiper cowling and other trim bits to a dark black.
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How do you remove the two front grills on the bumper? My car is white and the grills appear were originally black, but have faded and now look grayish and tired. Time to give them an update and refresh them.
I looked if they would just pull out from the front and tugged on them with no luck, I see no screws holding them on? How do they come out pushing them in ? Please advise.
Thanks guys
It is unbelievable how much crap gets in between radiator and condensor so blow out with Compressed air or hose out. Bumper comes off pretty easily and vents are snapped in from behind
Awesome video, definitely will clean the radiators out now that I seen how dirty they can get. BTW I've seen these fine mesh grill insert sold on eBay to protect the radiators. What's the opinion on these? Good or bad? Again thanks guys, I feel empowered.
I had stones hit the condenser rads and i had to replace them both, as i on my 04 2.7 i have just the two 'fins' which leaves a large openings. I wanted to keep the stock appearance (plus at the time i could find any after market mesh vents for my car, don't know if they do any now) so i bought some mesh of the interweb and fitted it to the rear of the openings with some little black screws. It works really well and still looks stock, unless you are really close that is. i would recommend it.
You should be able to see the silver mesh from this pic.
I used bumper black paint on mine while removed for rad cleaning. also did black
trim pieces on bottom of bumper, small flaps by wheels and the windshield
wiper cowling at the same time. all had faded and looked much better afterwards.
Do you have a pic of the painted wiper cowling, mine looks terrible because it is faded? sounds like a good idea to restore it rather than replacing it.
