Forever Black - Black Top Gel by Forever Car Car Products

Very easy and simple to use. Did a good job of removing white streaks in top where it folds down. Will see how long it lasts, but so far am please with outcome.

Shockingly Good!It color changed my stained beige Jaguar XK8 to a nice shiny black. Covered all but the worst areas. Cleans up easily. No bad smell. Inexpensive verses custom teacher may or may not work (I spent 10X as much for a dye that did not go on as evenly , like this product.Bottle warns that it will dye rubber or plastic, to be careful. Yeah it does! Plastic, rubber, and clear coated off road paint now is as new. Saved me a ton of time and money and both vehicles will fetch more when sold because the trim and top look well cared for and not worn. Picture is after one coat. The second really cleaned it up.

There was more than enough to do the soft top on my 4 door Jeep Wrangler. It made it look new again! Had it over a month and been through many rain storms. Still looks new. Very happy with this. Well worth the money. Will purchase again for sure!

First, the good. This product makes your faded convertible top look good again. Not perfect, but good. The SW desert sun had really faded the top on my Solstice, and the Black Top Gel made it look much better. It took me roughly an hour to apply it, and overall I'm happy with the results. The product claims it will last up to a year. If I get 6 months out of it here, I'll call that a win.The Caveats: First, it's a good product, but it's not a time machine. Don't expect perfection, especially if your top has worn spots that are shiny. It will darken them, but they may still be visible when you're done. Second, this stuff is essentially black dye....and it will do what dye does....turn everything black. Wear nitrile gloves and old clothes. If you get it on your skin, it's going to be there for a while. Third, keep it off the paint of your car. Once it dries, it's a bear to get off....and it dries in seconds. I learned this the hard way, and it took rubbing compound to get it off. Mask off any place you don't want dyed. Fourth, throw away the foam applicator and just use a rag. The applicator disintegrates quickly and makes a mess. Finally, consider buying 2 bottles if you have a large convertible top. The Solstice has a relatively small top, and I used the whole bottle and barely had enough.Overall, I give it a B minus. With a couple more ounces of product and a better applicator, a B plus.

I just applied this product to my 2014 convertible, and the results look great so far. The color is rich and even, and I’m hopeful it will hold up well over time. One important note: the coverage is limited—one bottle only covered about 6 to 9 square feet. I’ll need to order more to complete the entire top, so keep that in mind when estimating how much you’ll need.

Painted the roof of my mustang well. I needed 2 cans for 2 coats. I also painted all the black plastic and wheels. I highly recommend it.

Looks better In person but wouldn’t cover stains. I aplayed two coats but wouldn’t be truly black. The box says would last a year so is not a permanent die

First time I used this was on my 2003 Jeep hardtop in 2011, and I only recently felt it needed freshening up. Most of those years were spent in 110 degree dry summers, parked outside, and the rest in a very rainy.snowy climate, also parked outside much of the time... which is a tribute to how well it held up in a range of extreme weather.Here's a suggestion for those getting a streaky result. What I did today has erased that issue entirely:Assuming you're applying this to a hardtop (no idea how it would work on a soft top), try 'stippling' the product onto the surface, instead of brushing it on in strokes. I used a cheap disposable brush, but next time I'd buy a decent quality 2" wide loose-bristle brush to work with, because the cheap brushes just shed so badly. I had to keep picking those little hairs out of the hard top as I worked. Not a huge issue, though, because it's super easy to cover errors with this technique.1) Mash the bristles of your brush downward onto a hard surface several times to make it more ragged. Be brutal, so that the bristles fully spread out and separate, roughly and randomly... or just buy an actual round stippling brush, lol.2) Pour a couple tablespoons of the product into a bowl and dip the tips of your brush into it, picking up a fairly generous amount.3) Apply it to your surface in a sort of stabbing motion, overlapping as you go. No brushing, just stabbing and reworking areas as you go along. The product may bubble up a bit, because the stabbing motion introduces air bubbles. But again, just keep circling back—even after it has 'set up' a little, it will still respond well to reworking. For those who've ever done a sponge-painted wall, it's the same premise. In fact a sea sponge might work for this, but a ragged bristle brush seemed to do the trick.If you keep applying and backtracking over your work, you'll end up with a beautifully pebbly, powder-coated look—no more visible streaks! I took pics as it was still drying, but it looks awesome, and the slightly orange-peel finish will be a lot easier to touch up when needed.