Pre-facelift e46 interior Storage partition

[frikkieh]

Hi,

I seriously need to fix this:

Can anyone please suggest a good stealer free route? :thinking:

 

[Sankekur]

You might be able to find a better condition one at a scrapyard, did see one or two a couple of weeks ago with one a couple of scratches on.

Or you can use steel-wool to wash off the rubbery coating, but personally I don't like that kind of finish.

 

[Philip Foglar]

Hmm, keys and other goodies love eating these materials!

When I bought my E90 there were a few areas where the soft coated plastics were slightly scarred like this and I asked the salesman if they could be replaced or properly fixed. He said that they take the car to a place that strips and resprays the damaged areas, and I must say they did a good job. Not sure where they took the car but I would think it is somewhere in the southern suburbs, Claremont/Diepriver etc. I bought the car from Constantiaberg Autos. So if you're in the Cape area I'm sure they will be able to sort this out, but maybe some more suggestions...

Philip

 

[frikkieh]

Hmm, keys and other goodies love eating these materials!

When I bought my E90 there were a few areas where the soft coated plastics were slightly scarred like this and I asked the salesman if they could be replaced or properly fixed. He said that they take the car to a place that strips and resprays the damaged areas, and I must say they did a good job. Not sure where they took the car but I would think it is somewhere in the southern suburbs, Claremont/Diepriver etc. I bought the car from Constantiaberg Autos. So if you're in the Cape area I'm sure they will be able to sort this out, but maybe some more suggestions...

Philip

I am now looking for an excuse to be on vacation in CapeTown Thanks

 

[Sankekur]

I also remember reading a DIY on e46fanatics where the guy used a rubber-like spray to re-coat all the stuff, but I will have to look for it.

 

[Philip Foglar]

The 3 Series Touring (mom's taxi) is usually very badly affected by these scarred soft touch coated bits, same with the Golf/Jetta 4 etc. And with the hot weather that we have been having this also "softens" the coating making it a lot easier to get hurt by everyday usage.

 

[JustNN]

DIY cheap fix
Scourer, soapy water and scrub the stuff off. Then you never need to worry about the part getting redamaged again(new or replacement part) because you know some time or another the new part is going to get keyd or scratchd again
Than apply some leather care(liquid or cream) and buff it off with a micro fiber and it will look matte and so much better in my opinion. Watch out for the crome parts, dont scrub over them.

 

[frikkieh]

DIY cheap fix
Scourer, soapy water and scrub the stuff off. Then you never need to worry about the part getting redamaged again(new or replacement part) because you know some time or another the new part is going to get keyd or scratchd again
Than apply some leather care(liquid or cream) and buff it off with a micro fiber and it will look matte and so much better in my opinion. Watch out for the crome parts, dont scrub over them.

:thumbsup:

 

[andrewbuch]

DIY cheap fix
Scourer, soapy water and scrub the stuff off. Then you never need to worry about the part getting redamaged again(new or replacement part) because you know some time or another the new part is going to get keyd or scratchd again
Than apply some leather care(liquid or cream) and buff it off with a micro fiber and it will look matte and so much better in my opinion. Watch out for the crome parts, dont scrub over them.

Just a word of caution !!!!


I did this on mine & it ended up looking grey & crappy.. Eventually had to spray it black....


Try getting hold of a spray called plasti-dip


then scrub off the old & spray on some new...