I knew it would happen!

[zr1gerhardt]

I scratched the shinny piece of plastic on the back of the trunk. Now what? It looks like what would be a "clear coat" scratch on normal paint. It is not horrible, and can live with it, but I would prefer to fix it.

Can we use abrasive polish or compound on it? Don't want to do anything that makes it worse.

On another front, does Ford sell these as parts? It appears to be screwed on from behind.

Thanks,

Scott

 

[GOTSVT?]

I believe its a snap on plastic piece!

 

[Blackdevil77]

Give this a try

3M 39010 Plastic Polish

 

[Zemedici]

what piece are you referring to? The rear emblem?

 

[zr1gerhardt]

I am referring to the shinny area surrounding the GT500 round emblem on the trunk lid as seen from the back of the car.

Scott

 

[GOTSVT?]

Did you check cjponyparts?

 

[zr1gerhardt]

Did you check cjponyparts?

I will check tonight. I am on a road trip and as I approached the trunk, the zipper on the bag ran across it. I should have been more careful, but when on a trip and relaxing, one's mind tends to overlook the obvious things because it is on "vacation."

Scott

 

[Zemedici]

I am referring to the shinny area surrounding the GT500 round emblem on the trunk lid as seen from the back of the car.

Scott

through Ford P/N DR3Z-63423A42-GA

it comes with that entire panel. And its rather costly($450)

I would suggest a polishing compound, as you've said.

 

[Devious_Snake]

I am thinking about doing the faux cap delete. They have a panel out there thats flat without it.

 

[Lethalchem]

On another front, does Ford sell these as parts? It appears to be screwed on from behind.

Thanks,

Scott

I had the dealer replace that panel under warranty on my car due to an imperfection in the black. It is all one piece, as others have said.

 

[rancid]

I might be removing mine soon and replacing with a piece that doesn't have the round emblem. If you are interested I might sell you mine but I would check with dealer under warranty before I shelled out any $.

 

[GT500-lolz@MPG]

You could cover it with a matte black wrap

 

[Upheval]

I got some thing of the same problem, dang dog jumped on the back of the car because the idiot cat jumped on the car. My fault for not garage it immediately like I usually do. I want to shoot the wife's cat but the dog is mine.:fm:

So now I have a scratches on the big shiny black piece, the left tail light and the left stripe on the bumper. I got the scratch warranty from Ford, I wonder if that will cover it?:idea:

What do you guys think?:shrug:

Otherwise I will bite the bullet and buy those parts if I have to. Lesson learned.

sorry ZR1 not trying to hijack your thread but if you got this warranty, it might help you as well.

 

[mikejaeggi]

You could cover it with a matte black wrap

someone else recently did a matte black wrap on that panel and it looked amazing, check recent threads

 

[662HP631TQ]

I am thinking of picking up Carbon Fiber for each and every spot on the car that has plastic on it

 

[Kapy]

I am thinking of picking up Carbon Fiber for each and every spot on the car that has plastic on it

Same here 662. I have contacted Seibon and all the parts are on back order. Don't know if they are legit or if guys like us with this car are putting that much demand out there for carbon bits.

It's not like it is a cheap date to replace all the hideous Ford plastic with carbon. I think I am up to about a $4,000 total to due front splitter, rear diffuser, hood vent and license plate backing plate. Crazy expensive.

The plastic on this car just pisses me off, Ford should have done a way better job with the trim on this car.

 

[662HP631TQ]

Same here 662. I have contacted Seibon and all the parts are on back order. Don't know if they are legit or if guys like us with this car are putting that much demand out there for carbon bits.

It's not like it is a cheap date to replace all the hideous Ford plastic with carbon. I think I am up to about a $4,000 total to due front splitter, rear diffuser, hood vent and license plate backing plate. Crazy expensive.

The plastic on this car just pisses me off, Ford should have done a way better job with the trim on this car.

You are spot on, and that is why all this stuff will be eventually replaced. Plastic .....GROSS!