Scratches on rear diffuser (with a pic)
 

Sometimes I hate how I notice every little scratch... I'm 99.9% sure this happened from a crappy car wash... at a body shop. Is this fixable? If so... how? Any help is much appreciated!

http://i1043.photobucket.com/albums/...mage4small.jpg

Ryan S.

wow...LOL this is nothing, i expected to see a deep scratch....anywho i dont think this is fixable considering theres no paint on the diffuser, its raw plastic.

I'll be the first to admit that my OCD has definitely helped my career... but has hurt my ability to enjoy things when they get "damaged". My GF is definitely on your side lol

You can't cover it up or buff it out since the plastic is textured. Just wait until more damage occurs to your bumper to justify replacing the whole piece.

plastic dip. Paint over it and you won't even notice.

Vinyl it

Just leave it. No one will ever know.
@bkblitzed, your signature made the above response take quite a bit longer as I couldn't stop staring at it. :wub:

On 8thCivic.com there was a post where they would quickly pass a heat gun over a scratch/scruff to erase scratches in interior plastic door panels. Apparently this method was utilized on faded black plastic windshield cowls on YouTube as well.

try heating it up and rubbing it.

I think I'm going to try a little bit of heat... if that doesnt go well, use it as an excuse to get the seibon carbon fiber diffuser thing. Or maybe plasti dip, but I would then also want to do the front bumper thing that has the same look.

Good luck, post some after pictures.

or pretend they never exist!

just to let you know. If you don't know what you are doing, when you are trying to fix something minor, you are actually creating another problem which could be major.

Just leave that be. Eventually, you will see something worse in the long run.

I don't see how heat would elevate that scratch. unless your bumper does not have textures. How is the heat possibly telling the surface to go back into the original texture?

The heat will just likely soften the part or probably melt and join back the scratch. I would not suggest you to rub it. It is not gonna work.

Any update?

Did you fix the problem?

Thanks.

Man I don't know how you do it, If I were OCD a brand new car would be the last thing I'd want to deal with. Heat might help.

Heat on textured plastic? Sounds like a bad idea...

Here.
http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/mm...Code=FR_S-AERO

I've had minor scratches in my interior TEXTURED plastics and I just used a hairdryer.

Warm it up and then use a damp cloth to rub it a little. It works!