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  • Headlamp and instrument cluster questions

    2 problems,

    1) headlamp on my Focus SVT has what looks like a clear patch (iregular shape) along the edge, I don't know if this is gen-x that got on when I last waxed - I tried plast-x but this didn't touch it
    idea's?

    2) instrument cluster - dealer scratch the cluster face - 2 marks (scratches) you can see then when the angle and sun is right - anyway of filling them and polishing them out - or am I SOL?

    TIA

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    For the instrument panel, you can try ScratchX to try and remove it. But I'd wait for a more professional opinion from someone here.

    The interior plastics on my camry scratch and swirl so easily. I cant believe that just my "soft" sunshade accidentally lightly rubbing against my radio face left an inch long scratch. To fix the scratches and swirls in the plastics, I put PlasticX on a meguiar's foam pad, spread it out on the area I was working, then worked it back and forth. What was left was straightline micromarring, but it still looked 10x better than before.
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    • #3
      The tinted black plastic on my instrument panel was scratched and had a foggy look from where the people at the carwash place (a long long time ago when I let other people touch my truck) sprayed something directly on my instrument panel and wiped off with a crappy rag and I used Plast X, a foam applicator pad, a microfiber, and painter's tape to keep residue out of the cracks and it removed the foggy stuff and most of the scratches easily and left a like new polished look behind, I was amazed how easily it worked. But I have to admit it did attract dust but quik interior detailer solves that.
      So working in Plast X should at least improve the look of the plastic on your instrument panel, maybe a few applications will solve your problem, just make sure you work in the diminishing abrasives to remove the scratches.

      btw I kindof held the foam pad a little weird so I could apply in circles as well as straight lines on a small peice of plastic while exerting a little pressure. I took a regular foam pad, and grabbed it with my 5 fingers around the edge, and squeezed my fingers together, so the middle of the foam pad sticks out. If you don't know what I mean I'll take a pic, it's hard to explain.

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