Fix scratches in plastic inserts or replace them?

[Glashub]

I don't know how folks can keep their cars looking good for years. I do my best to no avail. I park away from the crowd and am willing to walk great distances at malls. Without fail someone in an SUV, Pick-up or Beater will park next to me while I'm away. It's like they're attracted to shiney objects.

So I've got a collection of scratches and scrapes on the outside of a car that is only 13 months old.

Now, my beloved wife, the biggest klutz around, has accidentally put 2 deep scratches in the plastic insert located right below the CD slot. Did it with her purse. It's not a big deal (none of it is) but someday I'd like to get it fixed. I'm thinking I'd probably have to relace that piece.

Anybody know of a fix? If it was wood, it'd add to the character. Deep scratches in plastics just look bad.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

 

[Cut-Throat]

I had good luck with Meguirs ScratchX. I had a lot of hairline scratches and this product made the plastic look new again. However, if the scratches are deep enough, this probably won't work.

We are very careful with our cars and keep them for 8 years and looking new.

http://www.meguiars.com/en/automotive/products/g10307-scratchxreg-20/

 

[dg_moore]

I don't know how folks can keep their cars looking good for years. I do my best to no avail. I park away from the crowd and am willing to walk great distances at malls. Without fail someone in an SUV, Pick-up or Beater will park next to me while I'm away. It's like they're attracted to shiney objects.

So I've got a collection of scratches and scrapes on the outside of a car that is only 13 months old.

Now, my beloved wife, the biggest klutz around, has accidentally put 2 deep scratches in the plastic insert located right below the CD slot. Did it with her purse. It's not a big deal (none of it is) but someday I'd like to get it fixed. I'm thinking I'd probably have to relace that piece.

Anybody know of a fix? If it was wood, it'd add to the character. Deep scratches in plastics just look bad.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Funny you should mention scratches. I parked at LaGuardia airport a few months ago next to an Azera that was a few years old. It looked like a NYC car - there was not a single surface that was not dented, scratched, or otherwise marred. It was painful to look at, and a reminder that all cars will eventually wind up in the crusher. Ouch

 

[EXBMWGUY]

When it comes to door dings and parking lot troubles, I have amazing luck with other people and occasionally very bad luck with myself. Two weeks ago, while backing out of a very strange parking space, a large landscape boulder attacked my rear bumper in such a way that it pressed in slightly the chrome surround on my passenger side exhaust outlet. There was barely any mark on the painted bumper itself -- just a pressing in of the chrome piece. I have not done anything to try to fix it yet, but eventually I will want to.

After 17,000 miles, there is not a single scratch, dent or chip on the black finish, just a crooked chrome trim piece and a driver with rocks in his head.

 

[Glashub]

17k..no chips, no nothing? I got bad car-ma.