Help/advice/ideas On Fixing Interior Scratchs

[natho33]

Hey guys,

When i changed my headunit in my r34, i somehow managed to scratch the f**k out of my dash

Then when i did the guide on these forums to paint the dash pieces (which came up mint) i scratched it further

the pieces i scratched are the yellow circles in the pic (hope whoevers interior it is dosent mind, my camera is shit)

except mine are alot worse.

Any ideas, anyone had the same issue? what have you done? what can be done?

the possibilities i have thought of so far are pulling it out and

-Sanding it back and spraying it in a dark grey with the same method as the gear surround stereo surround etc(in the guide on these forums), although im not sure if this will work, or look good as im pretty sure its vinyl

-Pulling the panel out and going to an upholsterer and buying some really thin vinyl in the same colour and trying to fit it, although i dont think this will work out to well.

-Buying new pieces, although i have been looking none seem to come up for sale.

I want to give it a fresh stock look and colour to match the rest of the dash, for the cheapest and most efficient way possible.

Any ideas/comments/experiences/reccomendations/advice or ideas are highly appreciated

[cobrAA]

can you insert your nail in the scratch?

Or did it just lost the color and the scratch appear white?

[natho33]

yes its an actual scratch that if u rub ur finger along u can feel them

[cobrAA]

Not much you can do then my friend.

Only thing I found is taking the whole piede and sand it and repaint. Because if you use masking tape and just do this part, you take a chance that it won't be 100% match.

[natho33]

hey mate,

have you done this?? can i just do it the same way as the other parts??

or is it a vinyl :S i cant work it out

any more help guys please?? im desperate i cant stand looking at the scratchs !!

[r34_sonicsilver]

can you insert your nail in the scratch?

Or did it just lost the color and the scratch appear white?

ive done the same thing but mine arnt deep there just little white scratches how can i get rid of these ?

[Dorifta]

I dont know the precise techniques, there are group called leatherman I think,, or dash repair, most automotive places will have a local repairer u can get in touch with, will cost 50 bucks or so but, you will be Extremely amazed at what magicians these guys are.. I have seen older cars with hundereds of cracks on dash repaired whilst still on the car.. once they have finished it looks brand new,

[666DAN]

R34 interiors are made of scratch magnet plastics, even looking at them sideways is enough :S I know my car is literally the only one I know of with literally one tiny visible scratch. Years of screaming at careless passengers ensured this

[Charles89]

Mine is like that as well, but I don't think I can be bothered getting it fixed lol.