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My Silverado sits at the Colorado Springs airport all week and gets totally baked in the sun. Our UV rays here are pretty intense with the high altitude and many days of sunshine a year. Finally, I have stumbled across a much better product over Armorall to recondition the black plastic exterior trim pieces. The product is called Armor-Dillo TS-1 and is used by GM dealers for reconditioning the body cladding on Avalanches per bulletin #04-08-111-001B.

 

Armor-Dillo is not like Armorall where it makes the plastic look nice and greasy for about 3 days then goes back to the chalky mess again. Armor-Dillo will actually keep the plastic pieces looking like new for many months. One word of caution….Armor-Dillo is pretty much an industrial type product and they suggests using rubber gloves when applying it in a well vented area. They also suggest taping off any areas that you do not want the product to touch. Although, it is not supposed to harm the paint I will take their word for it.

 

And for you Avalanche owners, GM will recondition your rig as a one-time goodwill gesture if excessive discoloration is present while within 3/36.

 

You can purchase Armor-Dillo at most GM dealers or JP Customs.

 

Here are my before and after pictures…… Now, I just have to spend a few hours making those little black lug nut covers looking like new again.

 

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USA1Fan Enthusiast

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I bought several packets of Armor-Dillo from JPCustoms too. I planned to use them on my plastic on the same weekend that I clay-bar'd the truck, but ran out of time (more like had too many family activities pop up). Does it clean wax residue off well too? I'm trying to avoid peanut buttering my flares before using the Armor-Dillo, especially if it's not necessary. :fume:

MS3DALE Senior Enthusiast

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Yep,We use Armor-Dillo TS-1 here at the dealership on Avalance's all the time,It actually removes the "white chalk" on any plastic! Works great :chevy:

DEV1ST8R Enthusiast

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That looks awesome! It is a creme? Liquid? Paste? Did you really tape everything off - including the door handles?

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USA1Fan

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Armor-Dillo TS-1 is saturated wipes. This makes it seem more expensive than some of the stuff you can get in stores, until you consider how long an application is supposed to last for the AD vs. things like Armor All.

toneman Enthusiast

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Stoner's Trim Shine is another decent alternative; I've used it on my DXL with great results, and it doesn't leave too glossy a shine like Armor All.

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Anybody have any good suggestions for products you can buy at any automotive store, that are comparable to Armor-Dillo? I'll look for Stoner's Trim Shine. Are there any other suggestions?

99silveradoz71 Senior Enthusiast

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Black1500, I tend to use Meguiars Trim Detailer on my front/rear bumpers with good results. It's a gel. I use assorted sparys from them and others from time to time too, but you're going to have to apply those more often.

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Another nice product to use is Griot's Bumper and Trim Reconditioner. I have had it on my 99 Tahoe black trim for several months, including the door handles. The rubber strips for the luggage rack were almost white, and they have stayed black outdoors in Virginia. It looks like and is packaged like shoe edge dressing...

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30-day Armor-dillo update.

 

The black plastic still looks like new after applying Armor-dillo. :cheers:

 

Armorall used to only make the plastic peices look nice for about a week before turing white again.

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