Cleaning my pickup truck... What to use?

[Volffas]

I am going to be driving my pick up truck in the local parade tomorrow night. She is a 2007 Ford F-150 FX4. I use it primarily to haul our boat around and to do all the other things that pick up trucks were meant to do. I don't get to clean it near as often as I should.

My question is this; Is there anything that can shine up the fenders around my wheel wells? Below is a picture I took while I was washing the truck tonight. The dark part is wet, the light part is dry/drying. Is there anything that can make these wheel wells look dark/wet again? Or did I just not take good enough care of them?

Thank you in advance for the great answers I know I will get.

 

[octavio3311]

You can spruce them up with Armor All just for the parade.
There's a product called Black Magic that's specifically made for the textured black material like your fender flares. There's probably quite a few similiar products. You can get it at any AutoZone.

 

[JC6275]

There also is a product call new bumper or bumper new that is a wipe on product that works really good as well as the black magic mentioned above. Armor All wet look will do a pretty good job as well, for a short term shine.

 

[4x15mph]

I have used Meguiars, back to black on my jeep flares and it worked well.

 

[Zarrella]

I have used Meguiars, back to black on my jeep flares and it worked well.

X2

 

[Bilmon]

303

 

[96Pirate]

Black Magic

 

[Boat Crazy]

Bumper renew. Around $10 at O'reilys.

 

[PEARCE]

Any of the Meguiars products that is meant for the black plastic trim. The 303 stuff might be good too.

 

[Wayloncle]

303 will protect the current shade of gray, won't make it blacker...I tried it on my door handles. I love 303 products but it didn't help my situation.
I used the Renew stuff and Meguiars, they both worked good.

 

[mmgg]

wipe new or walmart plastic trim restorer

 

[Murf'n'surf]

I just used Turtle Wax trim restorer on an H2. It looks great as long as you clean the trim with degreaser first. Be careful not to get it on your paint as this stuff dries and will leave greasy marks on the paint. It can be cleaned off but that's an extra step you don't need to take! It is available everywhere.

http://www.turtlewax.com/shop/products/turtle-wax-trim-restorer

 

[Volffas]

Thanks for all of the replies. The old truck shined up nicely for last night's parade!

I ended up getting a bottle of Meguiars.

 

[Glassman]

For the plastic use Meguiars Ultimate Black Plastic Restorer

http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-ultimate-black.html?productid=meguiars-ultimate-black&channelid=FROOG&utm_source=CSEs&utm_medium=GoogleProductSearch&utm_campaign=CSE&gclid=CIvPxNKatsACFc9lfgodGjQARw

I used to use the Back to Black, but this stuff is the schizzznit! I just used it on my daughter's F150 that was not cleaned for two years and it went through 2 winters in Illinois! It was a mess, the plastic was a chalky light grey and this stuff turned it black and more importantly, it stayed black!