whats best to use?

**Mads** · 19th July 2008, 11:13

Hi all, im after some tips/products for the silver strips under the side windows as mine have fading/discolour around the edges. any ideas please?? Also a chap from vauxhall said to use turtle wax on my whole car and it would bring it up nice but i thought you should avoid turtle wax??

**parapaul** · 19th July 2008, 12:20

Hmmm...

Taking detailing advice from anyone who works for a dealer is probably a bad idea!

Turtle wax is OK - it's cheap and won't last very long, and is a PITA to apply by all accounts, but it won't do any harm.

No idea for you silver strips, I'm afraid - it sounds as if water has penetrated the seal and is causing the damage inside. Might be an idea to see if you can get them as separate parts and just replace them?

HTH

**Danwells72** · 19th July 2008, 14:01

I used turtle wax and quite like it but now have discovered tesco wax lol

**Mads** · 19th July 2008, 19:48

Heres a few pics of the problem so you can see what i mean.

**glenboy** · 19th July 2008, 21:55

Will have to replace them m8,thats the only way..........

**david.aka.judas** · 19th July 2008, 21:59

i looked at changing my black ones to silver, but each section was about 35 quid......gulp.

**rushy** · 19th July 2008, 22:03

They will polish out mate. AG SRP, Megs NXT or Scratch X will do the trick or even better Megs NXT for off the shelf stuff. Mine were like that when I bought the car, now there sorted.

**Mads** · 20th July 2008, 00:00

Fantastic Rushy, i will give them a shot, is it the Meguiars NXT All Metal Polish - Steel , Chrome Polish??? many thanks

**rushy** · 20th July 2008, 00:40

I originally did it with the NXT Wax but the chrome polish should do the trick. Anything with mild abrasives really.

**Little John** · 20th July 2008, 01:24

There are no abrasives in NXT wax.

Most important is to get some masking tape (not the cheap stuff or you will end up trying to remove the glue after) and mask the paintwork off before you try polishing the clear coated chrome strips. I wouldn't use the metal polysh myself as it is a little to abrasive I think.

Before just hitting it with a product you should try to find out what is the problem, the images show it looks like the clear coat has lifted from the chrome, that can't be repaired, if you soak the area then water will get under you should be able to press the areas and see the water moving around if this is the case.

If polishing will fix it then water wont get under and the marks are on the surface so have a go with something like megs deep crystal step 1 paint cleaner then if that doesn't work try scratch X. don't forget to mask the black plastic and rubber bits or you will get product in the grain and it can be a ****** to shift.