[NateWalk19]

Hey Everyone, I have a 2000 Honda Foreman 450 ES that was once a red but it looks pink..
I have tried the torch/Heat Gun Method and what that does is it brings out red and it last for about a solid minute before it turns pink again. I then tried the chemical solution with boiled linseed as well as 50% of paint thinner that did nothing.

Any ideas or help to get these plastics restored is greatly appreciated!!

 

[Andy Bauska]

You can buy new plastics from Partzilla, but you could spray paint the old ones. I've heard wet sanding works, but I've never tried it, so do it at your own risk.

 

[BigFatDustin]

Hey Everyone, I have a 2000 Honda Foreman 450 ES that was once a red but it looks pink..
I have tried the torch/Heat Gun Method and what that does is it brings out red and it last for about a solid minute before it turns pink again. I then tried the chemical solution with boiled linseed as well as 50% of paint thinner that did nothing.

Any ideas or help to get these plastics restored is greatly appreciated!!

I don’t know how bad yours are, but I’ve done the Heat gun method quite a bit and I find it works best if you take it to the car wash and clean it all up, sand it using 200 grit sand paper, don’t blow off all the dust use as much as you can to fill cracks or chips, and heat as much as it takes to make it red, you can keep heating till it’s shiny like melted candle wax but no more then that, usually works pretty good but it isn’t a 100% fix, here’s pics of my 300 I did it on, it won’t be 100% as I said but it’s a hell of a lot better. And if your plastics are dried up and cracking soak them in oil and let it sit for a few days before even doing the car wash step

 

[Andy Bauska]

Dang, not bad.