rear seat trims

**shimmy** · 31-10-2009, 01:28 PM

has anybody managed to refurb their plastic bits on the rear seats and maybe back of front seats from having a few scratches

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shane@mbtech · 31-10-2009, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by shimmy

has anybody managed to refurb their plastic bits on the rear seats and maybe back of front seats from having a few scratches

PM if you dont want to let everybody know your car is a wreck

get it wrapped in carbon fibre

**shimmy** · 31-10-2009, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by lawsy

get it wrapped in carbon fibre

but then it will look chavvy

wrapped CF is chav central surely

**AlexGTT** · 31-10-2009, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by shimmy

but then it will look chavvy

wrapped CF is chav central surely

Agreed Shim.

SIEN · 31-10-2009, 07:30 PM

I asked this the other day to the guy that details my cars. He said probably easier to wrap it in CF, but we didn't get any further.

I have a few marks on mine where a baby seat has been, and one or two where a kids feet have obviously been touching so I would definately be interested in how you would 'clean' or retouch the black plastic.

**shimmy** · 01-11-2009, 09:29 PM

there must be a product or a company that can refurb plastic, similar to dashboard plastic i guess

SIEN · 01-11-2009, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by shimmy

there must be a product or a company that can refurb plastic, similar to dashboard plastic i guess

I'll ask as he definately mentioned something about it getting 'fixed' (there's a tiny crack where it folds over) and 'painted'...

M5 Powered · 02-11-2009, 06:36 PM

Yeah, I suspect mine had a baby seat in at some stage. Two very small marks.

Autoglym Rubber and Dash Cleaner makes it less obvious, but this isn't a fix.

I also don't want to go down the chav route, so I'd be interested in refurb too!

Best

M5 Powered

shane@mbtech · 02-11-2009, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by M5 Powered

Yeah, I suspect mine had a baby seat in at some stage. Two very small marks.

Autoglym Rubber and Dash Cleaner makes it less obvious, but this isn't a fix.

I also don't want to go down the chav route, so I'd be interested in refurb too!

Best

M5 Powered

Ive repaired a few dash boards, glove boxes etc,

Heat gently the scratched/damaged area, then iron it out till smooth. Some repairs involved a spray over, possibly full back respray..

TBH most on here get carbon window surrounds switch, carbon dash etc to match the centre console. I personally dont like it but each to their own, A seat back wrapped in carbon might look ok, dont think it would be chavvy tbh. But ive yet to see one so cant pass judgement.

SIEN · 02-11-2009, 11:04 PM

I thought it would look OK until I got saw some of the weave and texture. Problem is, all the carbon has what looks like a lacquer topcoat, and all 'stick on' CF is matt finish, so it would stick out quite a bit.

Think it's more to do with the back seat plastic surrounds though, rather than the back of the front seats (although mine do have a few small marks).

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SIEN S3 - On the open road Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: West Sussex Posts: 109 Casino cash: $1494	I thought it would look OK until I got saw some of the weave and texture. Problem is, all the carbon has what looks like a lacquer topcoat, and all 'stick on' CF is matt finish, so it would stick out quite a bit. Think it's more to do with the back seat plastic surrounds though, rather than the back of the front seats (although mine do have a few small marks). __________________ '03 SB CSL

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shimmy CSL Register Uber-poster! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Uk Posts: 14,646 Casino cash: $43909	there must be a product or a company that can refurb plastic, similar to dashboard plastic i guess