Is there any way to remove a scratch in the door panel on the inside? Any special buff material to use? i bumped my lower door panel with my boot getting out of my car today I always so damn careful and just happened to be having a shitty day!

any one?

any one at all?

come on please any one?

 

Their isnt much of anything you could do with textured plastic

 

oh damn i feared that, ****!

any one know how to minimize its appearence?

 

I'd say worry of bigger things. J/k

How the hell you scratch that with a boot?

 

i dont know it's freakin crazy maybe a rock in the tread idk. any one know how $$$$ a new door panel is?

 

How big is the scratch. I used some stuff that I bought from autozone.

 

3 to 4 in in length [IMG][/IMG]

 

Well, my suggestion would be to use a torch a ever so lightly hit it a few times then use a buff pad to remove the gloss.

I know you all are gonna say "WTH ? "

I work in an automotive factory and everyone of our injection molding machines has a propane torch on it for small flaws. We use a green buff pad to remove the gloss but I haven't seen that out in any stores. We also use scotch brite, but you have to be carefully and wad it up a little to remove some of the stiffness but be careful because it too will scratch it.

Just a suggestion, but be very careful if you do it. If you torch it too much it will melt the grain pattern right off.

 

so heat it up and gently buff the ridges of the scratch?

 

You only want to blast waves over it. Don't just hold the torch on it !! The buffing is only taking the gloss away. You have to do it every so gently !! Small waves until it's less visible. We do it all the time on new molded parts, we do it on door panels, cowls, a-pillars , everything. It won't take it away but will make it less visible. And trust me if we can get a factory worker at gm, chrysler ,ford, toyota to put the part on the vehicle then it's good to go. They look at that stuff under a microscope as they install it. lol

I should suggest do at your own risk and I do not take responsibility for any damages. But I have done it at work and on my own rides. ( So far not on the balt )

Besides that I don't know of any other thing you can do. We make interior trim for all different car manufacturer's and do it all the time. Just don't over heat it and take the grain pattern off.

 

i got quoted 1100 CAD for 2 front door panels

 

That's pretty expensive ! I know we make door panel's for the Chrysler Pacifica ( which is no longer in production ) and we sell them to Chrysler for over 400 bucks a piece. Then they put their markup on em! lol, Though there is a lot more power options and a lot more choices on it's door panels than ours.

 

yeah, tell me about it!! even scrap yard wanted 400 for both!

 

The company I work for has a sister plant that makes the door panels for our cars, been trying to get some connection's at that plant to get some door panels. No luck yet though

 

i paid that much for a complete door. with power everthing but i didnt notice it was an lt untill it was too late now i have to re run the wire harness for the pioneer