Finally got the roadster out of the garage so the first stop was the gas station for a fresh fill up. Beautiful weekend in the Nati, sunny and temps around 50 so I spent the whole afternoon out working on the cars and in the garage. Other than getting gas, I tackled probably the worse cosmetic problem. The previous owners had a hard time getting thing in and out of the trunk because the plastic trim around the lower latch was pretty scratched up. I started by trying to smooth out the worse areas with my finger nails which actually works pretty well. Once that was done I very lightly went over the entire area with very fine steel wool. This smoothed out the scratches but did nothing to hide them. I looked around the garage and had to possible choices to try and darken the scratches, black car wax and something that has been in my garage for probably 25 years, a can of something called Tire Black (don't even know if they still make this stuff) which is a very watery black paint or dye. So I decided to give that a try by dipping an old rag into the stuff and and working it into the scratches. It worked great, while the scratches are still there they are much less noticeable than before. Here is a pic of the finished item.

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I also put some chrome bolt caps on the fender bolts and the wiper bolts under the hood to try and brighten the sea of black. Not sure I like it enough to keep it though.

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