What material is the black molding around the windows made of?

 

Anyone? The exterior black shiny molding around the windows? Is it rubber or metal?

 

its actually chrome covered up with some sort of black plastic.

 

Yep!

 

Is there any way to remove very fine scratches (spider web thin) from the moldings? Or is the material too soft? You can only see these scratches in direct sunlight. When there's shade they are impossible to see. I love my TL to death so even something as miniscule as this annoys me.

 

Use Meguiars ScratchX and a ver sort M/F towel .. take your time & be gentle .. rub in the same direction as the airflow. Not circular.

 

i would try something a little more mild than scratchx...try some regular ole meguires gold class or what ever polish/wax that you have laying around...

 

Regular waxes won't remove anything ... and ScratchX .. you can't get much milder ... I have even used Megs #80 with a PC on those ..

 

Will ScratchX discolor the moldings? I thought you can only use ScratchX on your car's body (e.g., no vinyl, rubber, etc.)?

 

Show me a pix of the molding your talking about .. might be some confusion here on the one we are talking about .

 

whatever you use to wax your car or polish it, will work on the black parts as well....

 

kinda off topic but has anyone tried removing all the black plastic covering and just leave it chrome?

 

It's the black window molding inside the red rectangles pictured below.

 

One year later and I still love my TL enough to let something this small bother me.

 

yep, just wax or polish that stuff up...it will shine right up....

 

Will you be able to see the fine scratches when sunlight hits the area or will they go away?

 

i guess it depends on what product you use...do you have a polish on hand, if soo try that first and see if it works...then i would go the scratch x route...if that doesnt work, try meguires swirl remover...either way, i am sure you can get the results your looking for...i know i have in the past on different cars black trim...

 

Is the window trim (highlighted in the picture above) on our TL's high gloss or more of a satin finish? I spoke with a representative from Meguiar's and he told me that if it's more of a satin finish, ScratchX won't work. If it's a high gloss finish, ScratchX should work very well. The window trim looks pretty glossy to me. Sorry, I'm a noob when it comes to things like this. Thanks for the help guys!

 

mines glossy........ii've just scratch x on mine and also under the handels for fine marring. Won't disrupt the surface

 

its high gloss...trust me, wax/polish...any product you use on your paint will be fine for this area...i can see my reflection in mine....

 

I guess your not really getting what the others are saying. Wax won't hide pre-existing scratches. Yes it will make it shiny if the surface is good. But if there are scratches all you will end up with is shiny scratches.

Just use scratch x

 

Does ScratchX work on the interior aluminum accents?

 

Dunno if I'd try it there.