Cladding

[Joe_Black]

Another "thumbs up" for the Meguiar's Endurance. By far the easiest to use for the best results. Put it on with a terry-sponge applicator pad, wait about an hour then wipe it down with an old t-shirt. Don't get much easier than that!

[geshaw30]

The gray your VX is suffering from is simply long term neglect. With a lot of elbow grease the black can be brought back. Take some free dime store advice from those of us who have been owners a long time- use the grape smelling Maguire's Endurance. It???s simple to use and works as well or better than any other cleaner. Make sure to keep handy the ???old t-shirt??? Joe mentions, it???s great for touch ups. You can find the purple colored gel at most auto parts stores.

BTW- as mentioned, a search function on ???cladding??? will provide you days of reading material
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[vxDAKINECHICvx]

Meguires Endurance is a life saver. Just bought it today, applied it, and the cladding looks great!! Just want to recommend it for any others who's cladding has that fading look.

[Bimati]

"Back to Black" worked good for a while, but "Son of a Gun" is my favorite...for the tires and all black bits too!

Bim

[Joe Isuzu]

OK, I went looking for Maguire's Endurance today and the only one I found is for tire shine/protectant? Is this one and the same with what is being referenced here? Thanks!

[k4tmc]

I have just tried Armor All Extreme Tire Shine Gel (orange plastic bottle with foam applicator) based on a recommendation from VXCrazy. It has held up for several weeks now, keeping the clading a nice black color with no streaks. It looks a little streaky when first applied. But after a few hours, the streaks go away leaving the clading with a nice "wet black" look. The wet look remained for several days. Got a lot of good comments on the appearance.

I have not tried the Meguiars Endurance yet. I did get a bottle from WalMart the last time I was there since the local auto parts store did not have that specific Meguiars product. The plastic bottle is a grape color and is called Endurance High Gloss Long Lasting Tire Protectant Gel. I assume that this is what others are recommending.

Henry

[nfpgasmask]

Trim Shine all the way for me. Its cheap, and with all that cladding you go through it. Its only like $3.50 for a can, and it works really well and can be applied in about 4-5 minutes.

Love it.

Bart

[Joe Isuzu]

I have just tried Armor All Extreme Tire Shine Gel (orange plastic bottle with foam applicator) based on a recommendation from VXCrazy. It has held up for several weeks now, keeping the clading a nice black color with no streaks.
Henry

normally I go with meguire's with respect to detailing but I tried the armor all version and when using the applicator it's very easy to apply, I especially like the fact that I'm not worrying about getting any of this stuff on the paint, so thumbs up to the armor all version