Restore panniers

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Restore panniers

Postby Petronius » Mon Jun 18, 2018 5:59 pm

Hello All

Just taken ownership of a 2000 R1100s that came complete with BMW panniers - I'm in that honeymoon period where I care about the fact that the panniers are a little scuffed :lol: . Anyone have any suggestions on how I can tidy them up to look like new?

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Re: Restore panniers

Postby slparry » Mon Jun 18, 2018 6:06 pm

lid scuffs can only really be painted to make them look better.

"Greying" of the plastic can be "renewed" by using coarse peanut butter :)
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Re: Restore panniers

Postby Hay Ewe^ » Mon Jun 18, 2018 7:19 pm

i have a set of brand new panniers for 1100S - availble for purchase
only done 20km which was the ride home from the dealer.
Got them last year as part of an insurance claim
Dealer told me there were now only 3 sets in the world left

Interested?
I think we can do a reasonable price

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Re: Restore panniers

Postby Petronius » Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:10 pm

@Hay Ewe: Thanks but no thanks. Its not that I need them for anything I just thought I'd tidy them up if anyones got any tips on how best to do them.

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Re: Restore panniers

Postby Hay Ewe^ » Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:15 pm

ok, no worries.
Autoglym products I think are the best, but for scratches and the like, I am not sure

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Re: Restore panniers

Postby Humbug » Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:21 pm

Autoglym bumper and trim gel works on my panniers
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Re: Restore panniers

Postby SP250 » Tue Jun 19, 2018 7:42 am

Peanut butter is cheaper and does work, much to my surprise, but you have to put up with the sickly smell afterwards.
And I hate peanut butter ever since I first tried it in 1970 on my first trip to the states.
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Re: Restore panniers

Postby victorlaszlo » Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:52 pm

Hay Ewe^ wrote:i have a set of brand new panniers for 1100S - availble for purchase
only done 20km which was the ride home from the dealer.
Got them last year as part of an insurance claim
Dealer told me there were now only 3 sets in the world left

Interested?
I think we can do a reasonable price


I got one last year too so that must have been #4 :D

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Re: Restore panniers

Postby victorlaszlo » Tue Jul 10, 2018 2:54 pm

Hay Ewe^ wrote:ok, no worries.
Autoglym products I think are the best, but for scratches and the like, I am not sure


Not necessarily, I have their vinyl renewer and it's not particularly good and their rim cleaner / de-greaser is absolutely worthless. Returned mine to halfords and got meguiars hot rim cleaner instead which is the best one I've ever tried, don't think anything on the market beats that one!


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