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feldy · 06-08-2012, 10:32 PM

This is a repost for people who dont look in the subfourms.

Today I let my 1.5 year old son sit in the drivers seat while I cleaned out the car. Tonight I went for gas and noticed he left me a present. Scratches on the clear plastic in front of the tach. You can't feel them they are very light but a lot of them. can this be fixed somehow? Can I get a new plastic face?

here is a pic.

Fish · 06-08-2012, 10:55 PM

What about trying a plastic polish of some sort? Of course try it on a small area first.

eriktherod · 06-09-2012, 12:43 AM

Novus makes a great one (called 1-2-3, since it's 3 step process) but I am not sure of the compound that the dash uses.

viper_driver · 06-09-2012, 01:12 AM

I've had good luck with this. I'm looking forward to letting my 14 month old leave his mark on my BRZ, totally worth it.

Miniata · 06-09-2012, 01:58 AM

I'd recommend Meguiars PlastX as well. I've had good success with it.

fistpoint · 06-09-2012, 02:56 AM

I don't think it's a face, it's the entire cluster panel if you want to replace just the face.

One of the threads somewhere around here shows pictures of the entire cluster being removed and exactly how to do it.

Asterisked Accolade · 06-09-2012, 09:33 AM

How about from now on we agree to never let anyone other than the owner into these cars?

barney · 06-09-2012, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viper_driver

I've had good luck with this. I'm looking forward to letting my 14 month old leave his mark on my BRZ, totally worth it.

An excellent product - have removed scratches in everything from the plastic rear window in my roadster to CD's and DVD's

fistpoint · 06-09-2012, 03:57 PM

Just so you guys know, you cannot "remove" a scratch which by definition is the result of material already having been removed. You can fill them or file the surrounding area down to match the newly lowered surface of the scratch.

You can't remove the grand canyon, but you can fill it in or level the state it resides in.

GenkiElite · 06-09-2012, 04:37 PM

Sounds odd but ordinary plain toothpaste works as well.

06-08-2012, 10:32 PM	#1
feldy Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Drives: 2013 FRS Asphalt Location: Champaign Posts: 454 Thanks: 73 Thanked 108 Times in 64 Posts Mentioned: 4 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Scratch Removal? This is a repost for people who dont look in the subfourms. Today I let my 1.5 year old son sit in the drivers seat while I cleaned out the car. Tonight I went for gas and noticed he left me a present. Scratches on the clear plastic in front of the tach. You can't feel them they are very light but a lot of them. can this be fixed somehow? Can I get a new plastic face? here is a pic.

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Asterisked Accolade Inverse Animosity Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Celica GT-S Location: Minneapolis, MN Posts: 1,196 Thanks: 358 Thanked 620 Times in 341 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	How about from now on we agree to never let anyone other than the owner into these cars? __________________ Inverse Animosity- These words codify my declaration of deference, and indemnify myself from the counter-progressive nuisance of biased judgment, ridicule and criticism based on discrimination such as driveline, engine size, pre-established dogmas, preconceptions or any such trivial nonsense.

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Fish Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2013 Firestorm Red Scion FR-S Location: San Fernando Valley, CA Posts: 858 Thanks: 417 Thanked 351 Times in 232 Posts Mentioned: 12 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	What about trying a plastic polish of some sort? Of course try it on a small area first.

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fistpoint Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: Supercharged Golf Cart Location: Estados Unitos Posts: 1,008 Thanks: 63 Thanked 263 Times in 150 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I don't think it's a face, it's the entire cluster panel if you want to replace just the face. One of the threads somewhere around here shows pictures of the entire cluster being removed and exactly how to do it.

06-09-2012, 03:57 PM	#9
fistpoint Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: Supercharged Golf Cart Location: Estados Unitos Posts: 1,008 Thanks: 63 Thanked 263 Times in 150 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Just so you guys know, you cannot "remove" a scratch which by definition is the result of material already having been removed. You can fill them or file the surrounding area down to match the newly lowered surface of the scratch. You can't remove the grand canyon, but you can fill it in or level the state it resides in.

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GenkiElite Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Drives: 91 Corolla (dd) S14 (daily drifter) Location: Cincinnati Posts: 458 Thanks: 138 Thanked 73 Times in 48 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Sounds odd but ordinary plain toothpaste works as well.

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