Miata Mailing List: April 1999, Message #152

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Previously on restoring rubber trim, Michael Bohnsack
<g7h4g7wl@coastalnet.com> said...

> My recently purchased '92 has black trim on the outside where the windows
> meet the door, and in a few other places.  It appears to be rubber of
some
> kind and has a shiny, glaze type finish, or at least it is supposed to. 
On
> my car it looks like something has taken that glaze off in spots, as
though
> a cleaner or solvent was splashed on it.  Any idea how to restore or
improve
> this?

Once they start to go there isn't much that will make them look new again. 
The material degrades and you can't put it back.

What I did was just replace the pieces.  IIRC, Roebuck has them for about
$35 each, and they literally snap into place.  Be careful until you figure
out how it works, but it took me about 10 minutes to do both sides, and the
new pieces look great, makes the car look like new.

	-John

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John Freas (jfreas@earthlink.net)
Red '90 Base-ish #7690
Farmingdale, Long Island
Team LS1,2,SP, The Gap...
Team dlralt, MRoadster, PBC, Roebuck, TeamMiata, Voodoo...
"I have no idea what those dimple things on the windshield frame are for."
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