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Back To Black works pretty well for those. At least until your next wash. My car is white, and they are all uniformly faded, so it doesn't look too bad anyways.
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On a 126 chassis, I once took the time to clean all the handles very well with a grease and wax remover, masked the surface, and then spayed the handles with an anthracite base clear from spray cans. It worked great. Still looked great after two Northern Wisconsin winters; sold the car there after. If I wasn’t getting so lazy, I’d do it again on my current 126.
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Outofspec's approach sounds like the most durable solution to a chronic problem with those early polyamide handles. What a terrible idea they were. My approach is to remove the handles once a year, thoroughly wipe them with a degreaser solvent and liberally apply a product from Griot's Garage called undercarriage spray, or some such thing. It's a paraffin wax solution that isn't marketed for door handles, but it does quite a good job if you let it soak in then give it a final wipe to remove excess and ensure even absorption. The handles look new again and are not greasy to the touch. Once you've done it, you'll instantly see how much they had become weather bleached. One word of caution: you don't want to spray the handles with this undercarriage stuff while they're still on the car. In fact, you'll want to spray them down-wind from the car, because the overspray is very waxy and you'll end up having to wash the car to get it off. That's why it does such a beautiful job in the wheel wells and underbody. Another alternative you can consider.
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08-08-2009, 01:32 PM
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Glass-filled nylon, nylon is not UV stable and can't really be made so although carbon-black does help. The outer "skin" of the plastic burns off, exposing the glass-fibers beneath, and there's no way to blacken those fibers effectively unless you re-coat.
I agree with Cal and outofspec. Another alternative is to find someone who is parting a '90-up car with the later handles with the chrome strips, probably 10minutes/door to replace them on the 124 but the lock portion will take a little more time to swap cylinders.
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