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Keep it until the wheels fall off. I like that.
I have a waxable black rubber trim on my 242 thanks to the previous owner, which I am pretty happy with. It isn't as think as the orignal Turbo trim, but is a bit thicker than the rubber IPD is selling. You might want to consider something like that if you can't salveage your waistline trim. Keeps the parking lot dings way down.
For restoring the metal parts I have used SEM bumper coater on a few things on my car, bought at a local auto parts place that has an extensive restoration section. It looks good and works pretty well, but chips fairly easily. I would not use it again on a smooth surface, but it works great on the bumpy surfaces. I painted my grille with a satin black Epoxy paint, which has been working great. I first painted it with the SEM a year or so ago, and had a ton of paint chipping off, but the Epoxy paint is untouched after 4 or 5 months. Proper prep work goes a long way. A local bookstore should have some books on auto restoration which will walk you through the process with great pictures if you don't already know.
3M makes a auto trim adhesive tape which is black foam very similar to what Volvo uses to attach trim emblems. It can be hard to find, but it works really well. They also make a general purpose foam tape which is white, and looks pretty ugly under the trims until it gets dirty, then it looks dirty.
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1981 242 GLTi 1967.5 122S
Seattle, WA
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