Any inputs appreciated. The "Tech" forums slow... and I know that all the Type-R owners are **** about any blemish on their car... so they may have some insight on this

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=235408

 

****, the florida guys aren't..

-Dave, proud member of Team Crash-FL.. if it ain't scratched, dented or rusting we don't want it.

 

haha... thats a bad stereotype because I *am* a Florida guy

Just in Connecticut temporarily... can't wait to move back down.

 

I know j00 are a FL guy

 

I got scratches too. I would like to not get anymore but I'm not gonna worry about the ones I already have.

 

sandpaper...rub it down till the whole car is smooth

 

You could strip the interior...

 

for the plastic parts located in the trunk, after moving to a new house, i had a bunch of scratches, my friend actually took his lighter out, and five minutes later, POOF, no more scratches, im not quite sure how he did it, but hes pretty good, at what he did, looks just like new, ill ask him what he did! i wouldnt try it tho, id probably melt it

 

Small scratches, can be covered up, not removed with the matching color crayon.

 

I don't have an R but in all my cars I found the Dremel with a FINE rotary sanding bit works good with really light pressure. Then I've always used Meguiars scratch polish and finished it with a little Armor-All to even out the "shine" on the whole panel. Which ultimately has led me to then start armor-alling the rest of the interior plastic cause the shine wasnt even haha. I'm ****. But if you don't have a Dremel then you can get one of those fingernail boards girls use and try that lightly, then proceed with the Meguiars etc. I've had alot of scratches, ex used to wear big rings and talked ALOT with her damn hands. Scratches all over the door panels. Let me know if this helps, if not I think my dad knows another way.

 

I work at the honda plant, to remove scratchs from MDX's and Pilots..we use grease from the hood latch..put a bit on the scratch and we use the round end part of a small screw driver to smooth it out, fill in cracks..should work...a little heat helps to

 

yeah thats what my dad said when I asked him, but he said to be careful with the heat...he uses his lighter and he says unless your really careful you can get melting or at the least lose some of the texture.

 

now i know why there was something weird on the back hatch interior panels on my friends pilot

so it was YOU............hehehe

 

hrmm.....i think i'm gonna go try out the lighter thing on my trunk panels....brb

 

Wouldn't that grease come eventualy come off?


[Modified by ITRbroham, 11:01 AM 7/28/2002]

 

This is a really interesting question.

My trunk is all scratched up from my golf clubs and baseball crap slding around all the time. I would love to find a way to get rid of that. I'll try the lighter and grease thing but I'd like to get some more feedback

 

Grease and lighter works best for deeper scratches, sort of serves as a compound filler. It does eventually wear off, the heat helps to keep it a little longer. But its a cheaper alternative to buying new panels. If the scratches are lighter a Dremel tool with a a fine rotary bit works if you use it very lightly then usually after a little plastic polish you can't really tell the scratch was there anymore.

 

duct tape

 

good ol duct tape!!!


[Modified by BlkITR #1825, 11:50 PM 7/28/2002]

 

I'm gonna have to try that grease and lighter thing sometime