First I did the cabin air filter cover, liked how it came out and did the rest of the cowl. Installed it and then my wiper arms looked horrible. So I removed those and painted them with some satin black I had sitting in the garage. But then the Rain-x wiper blades looked faded too! So I used the forever black on them as well (Not the actual blade that contacts the windsheild, but the structural part).
Anyway, Here's before:
Cabin air filter cover before:
After:
Comparing to the rest of the cowl:
Now for the cowl after:
Installed & before wipers painted:
Finished:
Nothing anyone is likely to ever notice, but I'm diggin' the cleaner look for sure! Thanks Wellintr for posting about the Forever Black!
Here's sort of a special bonus. We have the plastic trim on mom's '03 Expedition which has become faded and splotchy. I tried the Forever Black on one of the trim panels, and it didn't do too much justice with just the two coats like I used on the cowl of the Bonnie. Dyeing the panel isn't getting rid of the splotches, just makes it darker since it's not actually covering anything up. I had to apply 4 coats of this on this to get to this point. It looks better than before, So I might be ordering another bottle of this stuff to apply all around. For just 4oz. this stuff goes a long way, it says it can go 2-3 vehicles but I don't think it'll go over 4 coats worth on the Expedition. This is still cheaper than painting them, which the dealer apparently said we can't do. They said the only way is to stain the trim panels. Here's a picture of the result:
