Comments on: The Final Trim Test: We Have a Winner!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:33:00 +0000

I recently discovered armor all wipes have seemed to do the same thing, jut by chance i rubbed the trim to removed some dirt, and its still going strong one week later

By: gavin

gavin — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:46:02 +0000

fantastic review! i haf been searching high and low for a product to restore my black (greyish actually) trims. been using meguiars’ nxt generation tech protectant – lousy product. goes to show that meguiar’s is just a very heavily marketed brand with useless products (at least over here)

i’ll give forever black a go. cheers josh! pls email me over the next few months if forever black is as good as it claimed to be.

gav
new zealand

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:31:16 +0000

I actually just applied this product to my Jeep Wrangler flares – which had oxidized to a milky, splotchy grey. Like you, I’ve tried other products, only to see all of my hard work “wash away” in very short time.
I just used plain old masking tape to protect the body – I had a few splotches of ink that bled through, but they came off with water – following about 3 hours of multiple applications. The flares were in BAD shape. They’d make the worst shots of your mini look like new – I mean, I had actually little white spots all over the flares. But they – it’s a Jeep, not a show car
At any rate, we’ll see how long this lasts. But I’ve been advised to hit it with the 303 every few weeks to protect the dye. And I immediately followed up the application (after drying) with 303 – and will do so after every wash.
If it does end up washing off or fading away, I’ll be back with an extremely negative follow-up – as it took me about 8 coats to get it back to black.
It’s still not show quality – but it’s better than the milky splotchy grey – and I’m please so far with the initial application.

By: Larry Bryans

Larry Bryans — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 04:04:13 +0000

I was wondering if you have a dealer in Canada? Please let me know. I live in Calgary, Alberta and am interested in your product. If not in Canada please let me know how much extra it would cost to ship here. Thanks, Larry Bryans

By: Car Radiator Man

Car Radiator Man — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 22:36:16 +0000

Looks as if it might be pretty good. Well I need to spruce up mu rims and might try out fovever black.

By: pbraun

pbraun — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:53:19 +0000

Josh – thank you for doing such a great job with the testing and reporting of these products! Very interesting and informative!

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 15:04:16 +0000

Thanks for the time and effort you put into this. Time to order this product and add to the collection.

Cheers!

By: ltzmtor

ltzmtor — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 23:27:29 +0000

Gonna have to get some of this stuff and try it as I like the fact that it is black and stains the trim area.

Since I don’t live in a rainy climate I can’t do the rain test but it does get very very hot here for months and B2B works for me here in SoCal if applied like I do. I have hand washed my MINI twice since returning from Monterey and the B2B coated trim is still spot on. I will say this about B2B it does merely mask the stain.

Thanks for the advice on trim detailer I’ll get some.

By: ScottinBend

ScottinBend — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:51:21 +0000

Great work Josh !

Another vendor for Forever Black is Bavarian Autosport at http://www.bavauto.com.

I have some on order now, saw the ad in their latest catalogue and decided to give it a try before I saw your write-up on it. Sometimes things do work out for me ! ! LOL

By: Ian C.

Ian C. — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:40:23 +0000

The other thing that “fades” (discolors) the trim is frequent washing/waxing – I bet Josh does more of that than anyone else

Well done Josh for pursuing this to the end; I’m glad you got a result – though my wheel arch painting on GBMINI#2 might still be a better solution