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3 problems.
1). So i have been gathering parts for my black interior swap and while in storage/some pieces i received have small scratches. How to fix?? is their some kind of interior wax?? or method besides paint.

2). My dash and door panels fell over in the storage room and have a few dents in the foam.. how do i get this out?? so it looks normal again.. (pressure spots). maybe blow dry and massage?? any insight would be great!

3). VIN Badge... possible to re-rivet my tan dash's to the black dash's?? thinking about drilling out the rivets and re-riveting it in.

Thanx just want my interior to look showroom perfect.

 

Ill actually bump this for you because my black dash also has a pressure spot that I would like to know how to remove/massage out... I would prefer not to recover it because of cost...

 

in for rivet info

 

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Thanks for the bumps guys.

I know people have had these problems their has to be a simple way to deal with them. I am no way in hell having my dash recovered and doors. Haha cost way to much for a such a simple accident of stuff falling over in storage.

I am going to try the rivet thing no matter what.. so if no one posts its happening but i know tons of people deal with dash swaps what do you do??

 

Ok so searched other forums online and they do make a plastic polish.. after reading about them..
3M makes an interior plastic polish you buff in to remove scratches. Sounds perfect..

Now bump again! for the pressure spots in dash and panels!!!

VIN TAG info

 

I swapped my integras entire tan interior to that of a GSR (black) I used a dash from 4 door actually.

Anyways, I rerivted my VIN and everything came out very legit.

When I stripped my interior, I just used common sense. once something got blocked and couldnt come out anymore, I took out what blocked it. took me about 3 hours to totally strip it (drop the steering column, airbags, seatbelts)

its all common sense.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 97teggy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok so searched other forums online and they do make a plastic polish.. after reading about them..
3M makes an interior plastic polish you buff in to remove scratches. Sounds perfect..

Now bump again! for the pressure spots in dash and panels!!!

VIN TAG info</TD></TR></TABLE>


vin tag- re-rerivte it


Quick Question.... is there cracks in your plastic or just scratches?

Edit:

dash pressure spots repair:

1. Soak the dent with a damp sponge or cloth for about 30 sec. Leave the dented area moist.

2. Using a heat gun, heat the area around the dent. Hold the gun 10-12 inches (250 to 300 mm) from the surface. Keep it moving in a circular motion at all times, working from the outside inward

3. Heat the area to around 130F Do NOT overheat the vinyl or it will blister. Keep heating it until area is to hot to touch. If available, use a digital thermometer to meter the surface temp.

4. Wearing gloves, massage the pad. Force the material toward the center of the dent. The area may have to be reheated and massaged more than once. In some cases, heat alone may repair the damage.

5. When the dent has been removed, cool the area quickly with a damp sponge or cloth.

6. Apply vinyl treatment or preservative to the part.

I have a extra(tan) dash that im going to dent up and make a DIY thread. ill send link when im done.


Modified by mfef4dr at 7:05 PM 7/31/2008

 

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vin tag- re-rerivte it


Quick Question.... is there cracks in your plastic or just scratches?

Edit:

dash pressure spots repair:

1. Soak the dent with a damp sponge or cloth for about 30 sec. Leave the dented area moist.

2. Using a heat gun, heat the area around the dent. Hold the gun 10-12 inches (250 to 300 mm) from the surface. Keep it moving in a circular motion at all times, working from the outside inward

3. Heat the area to around 130F Do NOT overheat the vinyl or it will blister. Keep heating it until area is to hot to touch. If available, use a digital thermometer to meter the surface temp.

4. Wearing gloves, massage the pad. Force the material toward the center of the dent. The area may have to be reheated and massaged more than once. In some cases, heat alone may repair the damage.

5. When the dent has been removed, cool the area quickly with a damp sponge or cloth.

6. Apply vinyl treatment or preservative to the part.

I have a extra(tan) dash that im going to dent up and make a DIY thread. ill send link when im done.


Modified by mfef4dr at 7:05 PM 7/31/2008</TD></TR></TABLE>

Wow thanks so much man i am going to try that here soon!!! Ill take before and after pics as well!

No cracks just scratches some pieces are from the local junk yard others randomly purchased off these forums.

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When I stripped my interior, I just used common sense. once something got blocked and couldnt come out anymore, I took out what blocked it. took me about 3 hours to totally strip it (drop the steering column, airbags, seatbelts)

its all common sense. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Yea i strip down everything needed the damages happened in storage and were unexpected. i was just curious about the VIN re-riveting.



Modified by 97teggy at 8:26 PM 7/31/2008

 

on my vin i just used some half inch flat headed bolts and some* glue. looks factory and it was a easy/fast fix


Modified by mfef4dr at 8:56 PM 7/31/2008

 

Bump because I'd like to know what people are doing for scratched panels as well.

 

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3m makes a interior polish and you buff it into the plastic like a wax.

 

I would think that anything you do to try and remove a knick or scratch will mess with the original texture of the plastic panel. Maybe is the panels were super smooth to begin with, i.e. no texture at all, then it might be easy. You can buff the scratch out. I've done it. But it also removes the original texture. One option I think you can try and consider is completely sanding the entire panel and applying new texture with texture paint from SEM. Turns out pretty close to OEM texture but is a lot of work.

 

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vin tag- re-rerivte it


Quick Question.... is there cracks in your plastic or just scratches?

Edit:

dash pressure spots repair:

1. Soak the dent with a damp sponge or cloth for about 30 sec. Leave the dented area moist.

2. Using a heat gun, heat the area around the dent. Hold the gun 10-12 inches (250 to 300 mm) from the surface. Keep it moving in a circular motion at all times, working from the outside inward

3. Heat the area to around 130F Do NOT overheat the vinyl or it will blister. Keep heating it until area is to hot to touch. If available, use a digital thermometer to meter the surface temp.

4. Wearing gloves, massage the pad. Force the material toward the center of the dent. The area may have to be reheated and massaged more than once. In some cases, heat alone may repair the damage.

5. When the dent has been removed, cool the area quickly with a damp sponge or cloth.

6. Apply vinyl treatment or preservative to the part.

I have a extra(tan) dash that im going to dent up and make a DIY thread. ill send link when im done.


Modified by mfef4dr at 7:05 PM 7/31/2008</TD></TR></TABLE>

Many thanks for the heads up on this. I will try this at some point in the near future.

 

When I went from blue to black, I also re-riveted the VIN plate.

 

Np man. send pics after and i'll add them to my DIY thread im makeing.

 

If the foam on your dash had some thing resting on it that left a dent just leave it alone it should go back to normal with time.

My EG had an autometer gauge pod that went across the middle of the dash and when I removed it left big dents where it was clamped to the dash. Over the period of a month or two they went away on their own.

 

the best way to get the vin off is to use a soldering pen heat up the rivet and it will pop right out

 

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Are you sure man? I drilled mine out. it got so hot that I burnt my finger on it.
So if heat would have made it pop out, I dont think i would have had to drill as much as i did.