Hello,

I noticed today that the plastic piece in front of my gauges on my 07 Acura TSX is scratched. They appear to be surface scratches, and aren't really noticeable unless the sun hits them the right way. Can anyone recommend a GOOD product to remove these?

 

I have the same problem on my TL. I never touch the area, and i bought the car brand new.

 

The night I picked up my '07 TLS the porters scratched my dash. Long story short, after 5 visits to the dealership in which they conditioned, cleaned, conditioned, and finally dyed the dash, the swirls kept reappearing the following day after I picked up the car. They're subtle, and like mentioned earlier, only visible when the sun is at the right angle, but they always show as light grey on the black dash. I finally got sick of going back to the dealer and was resigned to the fact that I had to live with these eyesores.

Then I remembered that on my Cadillac STS there was a lot of leather trim next to plastic trim, and that I had gotten a huge blob of leather conditioner on the plastic once by mistake. When I buffed it off, it turned out looking great, so I wound up using that stuff for all the interior plastics. It gives the surface a very rich feel (like leather) and a very soft sheen that is easy to dust off and seems not to attract dirt. That was a few cars ago, and I had completely forgotten that I used this stuff for plastics.

So a few days ago I applied it to the dash of my TLS. Scratches, swirls....GONE! The product I'm using is called Eagle One Leather Conditioner. It comes in a bottle like shampoo and out of the bottle it feels like cream. You apply it with your bare hands (no rag) and after you wipe it on you just buff it off with a soft towel (I used microfiber). Since applying this product, the dash looks WAY better than it ever did. It also has UV inhibitors so it's safe to use in the sun-exposed areas of the interior. Finally got rid of my swirlies and the dash has a really rich look and feel to it. When I applied it to the remaining plastics inside the car, it removed all the 'blotchy-ness' that was everywhere inside the car. I love the way it looks and feels.

This stuff works great on your seats too, but you have to be careful not to have too much on your hands or you wind up filling all the perforations in the leather and it's hard to get it out.

 

You can try a product like Meguiars Plastx.

 

Plexus works very well. Just make sure you use something like an eyeglass polishing cloth or a very soft MF towel

 

I second Plastx - it'll most likely solve your problems.