So I decided to remove the moonroof visor and found that it marked and scratched the shit out of my roof. Any idea if I can get this cleared/fixed or should I just go with vinyl wrapping instead?

 

it can be polished out.

 

its not that big of a deal. detail will remove 99% of that

 

lol i thought the same

 

I agree with getting it detailed correctly. Should have no issues, otherwise vinyl wrap does look good on CBP!

 

Start with some rubbing alcohol to clean the area.
then hit it with polish and then wax.
Only use microfibre cloths for everything.

 

just polish it out, you are lucky they didn't put screw on your, My old Legend has the same thing except I can see two screw drill down to the roof.

 

The scratches seem to be pretty deep into the clear coat. I'll try the detail method and see what that does.

 

LOL don't do it by hand. Any half decent detailer can fix that in 5 minutes, using a polisher.

 

Thanks for clearing that up! Almost broke out the elbow grease.

 

Deja Vu here big time. Just went through this on few of my cars some worse than others and detailing will not remove these unless you are using aggressive products and/or wet sanding, the damage is too deep in the clear. Well it didnt work on mine hopefully you'll have better luck.

I have yanked these damn things off all my vehicles now except 1 where damage was bad and needed it covered.

 

Yeah I think my scratches are pretty deep as well. They're not scuff marks neither. IDK, might just go with the vinyl wrap

 

It doesn't require alot of elbow grease just to see how much of that you can take off. Alot of it can be dirt.

 

I agree, try going less aggressive with a polish...
stop by a detail shop.

 

Mine had the sunroof visor when I got it. Same issue as yours. I will tell you from my experience, polishing alone WILL NOT remove all the scratches.

Years of dirt and dust got caught under that rubber and whenever that visor shifted a bit, it was essentially a nice sandpaper effect on the paint. The visor sucks anyways, it was causing a whistling noise at highway speeds.

What is probably required is wet sanding. My scratches are fairly deep as well. 100% correction is, unfortunately, out of the question.

I have some other spots on the car that require wet sanding, so I want to tackle them all at the same time. I will probably do all of it when I am also doing touch-up paint work, to save time.

If you want to tackle the job yourself, first try polishing it, machine will be best. Then step up to a heavy cut compound. If you still aren't happy, move on to wet sanding, but be VERY CAREFUL! I would highly recommend a sanding block so you can apply even pressure throughout the sand paper. I would start with 3000 grit or higher and step down to a 2k at the lowest.

With any form of paint correction, you want to start least aggressive first! Continue to step up the "intensity" until you are getting results you are happy with. Just be careful with the wet sanding because you can go through the clear coat if you are not careful.