What are your suggestions to re-new the vinyl door panels and such i

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VintageIron41
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What are your suggestions to re-new the vinyl door panels and such i

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Hello and thanks for taking time to read this.

What are your suggestions for revitalizing the plastic interior pieces, door panels etc, in a 2014 PPV?

Thank you!

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Re: What are your suggestions to re-new the vinyl door panels and such i

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What is the specific problem? Not much to go on with your post.
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Re: What are your suggestions to re-new the vinyl door panels and such i

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If you are talking scuffs and scratches that is a tough one. Not sure anyone has figured out a good solution for that.

This guy uses a heat gun to remove some scratches but that's nothing near what are cars typically see. And he does not show a follow up of what looks like pretty blotchy results. Meaning I wonder how they look after a month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3AOq_oAbA4

Also I found SEM soap was really good for cleaning plastic, that might be a good first step. I was using a soft bristle brush with it but was planning on painting the panels so I was not worried about introducing more very small scratches. Would maybe try with a wash cloth any panel I was not going to be covering up.

https://www.semproducts.com/product/sem-soap/soap
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Re: What are your suggestions to re-new the vinyl door panels and such i

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Thank you for your replies, scratches I have, and at this time, more interested in bring back the fresh appearance that the plastic and vinyl once had, mine is dull and a bit bleached out looking, as the car came from the south.
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