Fixing Scuff Marks on Door Panels?
 

My RX8 has a few scuff marks on the lower door panels, most likely from folks hitting it with their feet as they get in the car.

Is there a cheap and easy way to fix these? Or at least make them less obvious?


Thanks.

Yeah, I'd like to hear some ideas on this as well. It's almost unavoidable as people pick up grit and little stones in their shoes and if they happen to drag a sole as they climb in, you scuff the hell out of the plastic.

I've not yet seen any products out there that would help restore the plastic - hopefully something exists.

I bought a used 2004 a few months ago and the interior was in a flawless state except for the scuff plates, so I decided to buy the replacements from parts.com:

Part number F15168720B02 (left side)
Part number F15168710B02 (right side)

Each one is $32.89. Installation is very easy: just pull up the old one out and press the new one in. Takes about 3 mins each side.

I know it's not the cheapest way to fix them, but I'm so happy now since my car interior looks new...

Now I have to move on to those rusted rotors....

you can take a black candle, lighter, and a piece of like 80 grit sandpaper and fix them pretty good...


just rough up the area, melt some candle wax into the crack or scuff, let it dry, sand it a little more, then kinda bake it with the lighter once its filled then buff it out a little with a rag and some tire shine :D

Any other suggestions? Not sure if I want to use candle wax, the hot summer seems like an issue.

Also the bottom door seems to get it pretty bad also with scuffing.

Take care,

Brian

Shoe Polish will do a brilliant job of fixing up any scuff marks. Obviously it will need to be black, but you really wont see them after you give it a good polish and buff :)

I would get some new ones and put some clear bra over it

parts from...
 

Where did you order the parts from at that price?

Mothers Back to Black.

http://www.autogeek.net/motbactrimca.html

You know I bought a bottle of mother's back to black. Will be detailing mine this weekend (work permitting). Hope it works.

Take care,

Brian

Did anyone find out if Back to Black works?

Every place on the inside of my car is perfect. Only the handles in the inside of the door are dull and have developed a really dull / white look to them.

I use the same Meguiars product on all the plastic, even the arm rest and it is not like this anywhere else.

I have to take my hat of to a product called Forever Black...it comes with a cleaner and black plastic dye that you apply like shoe polish.

I wasnt expecting much but it turned out great!

I've never seen this Forever Black. Where do I find it? Is it in auto stores? Thanks!

Or I wonder if I can use black shoe dye to fix my problem?

Post some pics.

I know, very late reply.

Tried Mother's back to black last weekend. While it made the part look better it did not fix it past say 75%. You can still see the grooves and white.

Guess I will try forever black next. However for $70 referenced above it might just be better to buy new panels.


Take care,

Brian

IME, Back to Black doesn't do much for scratches, it's just similar to tire shine but for plastic parts.

On my last car I used Mother's Plastic Polish with goo results removing hairline scratches from interior plastics, but the plastics weren't as textured as the RX-8s are. Might be worth a shot: http://www.autogeek.net/motplaspol.html