Stone White Yellowing?

kplaya186 · Post by **kplaya186** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:14 pm

Has anybody's stone white started to yellow? My rear bumper is becoming discolored and it is rather annoying. I was just wondering if any others were in the same boat as I?

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:30 pm

I know my white 00 has a bumper that is yellowing

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:40 pm

it sounds like a dyed bumper instead of painted ... if thats the case .. getting it sprayed is the only option ... my front bumper on my car (black) is doing the same kind of thing ...

SlvrACR · Post by **SlvrACR** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:44 pm

IDK its stock but its only a beater so IDC

kplaya186 · Post by **kplaya186** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:48 pm

IDK I think a good polish will help mine. I posted a question about yellowing white paint at Autopia.org and they told me to clay bar then polish. I am going to give that a try and see what happens.

01WhiteNe0n · Post by **01WhiteNe0n** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 11:53 pm

Nope =/

lambostealth · Post by **lambostealth** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:09 am

kplaya186 wrote:IDK I think a good polish will help mine. I posted a question about yellowing white paint at Autopia.org and they told me to clay bar then polish. I am going to give that a try and see what happens.

As much as I love autopia, I doubt that a polish will help, as it is the bumper is molded in that color, and it is just aging. I don't think it will be too much money to get your bumper(s) resprayed, thats what I would do.

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:20 am

the only thing that will help it ... is get a plastic cleaner / polish from 3M .. the same kind of stuff that we use on our headlight lens .. and just polish the bumper back up .. and put another coat of polish on top of that ..

it won't be a perm fix ... but it will have it looking nicer for a while ..

but painting the bumper is the best option ...

the claybar would work .. 'if' our bumpers were painted .. but a fair majority of the bumpers from the 00 to 02 line were dyed plastic .. with a few colors being the exception tho ... but the main colors like black, white, red and silver (maybe one or two others) ... had dyed bumper...

koreysxt · Post by **koreysxt** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 2:26 pm

A good polish/wax may have prevented it. But I doubt it will do anything to correct it.

Post by **jonnymopar** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:10 pm

Crap, I've been wondering about this same thing. My mother has an 02 Stratus in white and you can see that the bumpers are a slightly different color. When it has just been washed, you can see it clearer.

2001Neon_LX · Post by **2001Neon_LX** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:39 pm

I know my Silver Neon has painted bumpers, there is a tiny, tiny paint chip on the front of mine down to the plastic and i can see the plastic is a different color than the paint. However my friends black 01 neon has dyed bumpers and his front bumper is about 1 shade lighter than the rest of the car.

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:03 pm

the yellowing is actually in the clear, it happens to alot of cars, it's just REALLY obvious on a white car

^^^ as far as the one shade lighter thing... that's a primer that is on the parts when they come, it is indeed roughly "one shade lighter" than the normal black (PX8)

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:58 pm

Hudson_Neon wrote: ^^^ as far as the one shade lighter thing... that's a primer that is on the parts when they come, it is indeed roughly "one shade lighter" than the normal black (PX8)

thats the case for an aftermarket part yes ... and a few oem parts that are purchased on their own .. but quite a few neons came with bumpers that were dyed the color of the rest of the car and polished up ... after a while that polish job started to fade .. and it is a lot harder to 'just repolish' them ...

http://forum.2gn.org/viewtopic.php?p=251562

posting that in refrence to what i am talking about ... tho it may not be the exact case for this person's situation ...

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:00 pm

hmm... interesting... what a shotty job

-Devil- · Post by **-Devil-** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:03 pm

thats a neon for ya .. dodge did it for many of the first gen's as well... straight outta the factory like that .. after a year or two fades or looses shine ... only thing that helps some is a plastic polish / cleaner .. but still doesnt get the full shine like it was new ...

Hudson_Neon · Post by **Hudson_Neon** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:04 pm

i would personally say screw that and paint it

03sxt · Post by **03sxt** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:23 pm

kplaya186 wrote:Has anybody's stone white started to yellow? My rear bumper is becoming discolored and it is rather annoying. I was just wondering if any others were in the same boat as I?

Judging by your sig, it looks like yours is 'greening' more than 'yellowing'.

kplaya186 · Post by **kplaya186** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 11:47 am

03sxt wrote:
kplaya186 wrote:Has anybody's stone white started to yellow? My rear bumper is becoming discolored and it is rather annoying. I was just wondering if any others were in the same boat as I?
Judging by your sig, it looks like yours is 'greening' more than 'yellowing'.

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