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Dashboard scratches
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Roentgen
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I used Meguiar's interior detailer spray on my dash, and wiped it down with a microfiber cloth. No issues. Looks great. Not sure how it may or may not help with scratches. Just my 2cents for another interior cleaner.
This just happened to me. I have been cleaning the dash with ONR and microfiber towels with no problem, but today got numerous scratches. I think whatever dust or dirt found its way onto the dash scratched it while wiping. It did not even look dirty while cleaning. I am going to try some leather/vinyl cleaning products to hopefully hide it a bit.
JBare
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Coming from a Wrangler I can't recommend the 303 products enough. I used it inside and outside on the black plastic and it kept it black for the 26 months I had it. Armor all and most of those products are petroleum based and while giving a nice initial shine will eventually pull out the color.
My car is three weeks old. I already had the dash and my steering wheel replaced from bubbling. I have an S and my 3 is the cheapest made car I have ever owned. I put a coiled cord for a raydar detector in my center consul and it left deep impressions in the felt that won't come out. What idiot at Tesla specified these ultra low grade materials? I put a few light items in my trunk and the rear deck is damaged. I have hauled tons of heavy junk in my S and other cars for years and it looks better than my 3 after two uses. Tesla, I don't think it is possible to get any materials cheaper than these. Great job on a $60K plus car. Crap interior materials that bubble and ding, dash boards that scratch if you look at them wrong, paint that sucks, floor mats that wear down in a month, foam seats that push down to the frame and shed foam. Sorry to rant but talk about cutting the wrong corners. I have a 2013 Tacoma and the interior is far superior in every way and you can clean it with anything and it wont harm it. If you buy a 3 seems you need floor covers, ceramic treatments or wraps and you need to leave it in the garage to keep it from delaminating or getting dirty or risk damaging it with a soft cloth. Rant over.
Any updates here?
I've purposely not touched my dash at all due to the scratches and other pictures I've seen here. Well it's been 3 months so it's probably time to clean it with something. I saw 303 aerospace mentioned here: 303 Aerospace for dash? but no confirmation that it actually works well.
What's everyone using?
Anyone else scratch their dash inadvertently? How so?
I've purposely not touched my dash at all due to the scratches and other pictures I've seen here. Well it's been 3 months so it's probably time to clean it with something. I saw 303 aerospace mentioned here: 303 Aerospace for dash? but no confirmation that it actually works well.
What's everyone using?
Anyone else scratch their dash inadvertently? How so?
voip-ninja
Give me some sugar baby
I'm also going to need to look for something that helps with small scratches, either by hiding them or buffing them out a little.
I only wipe my car interior down with one of those swiffer dust mops having learned my lesson over decades of car ownership and often making things worse by "cleaning" my car with a cloth that had an edge or a tiny bit of dirt on it.
In my case I have a four year old kid who kicks the crap out of the seat back and it's getting scuffed up. I want to clean it up and then I will consider having a local detail shop put something on the seat backs to protect them from more abuse.
I know they sell a pretty expensive ceramic product for this kind of thing but doesn't seem like ceramic would do much for lots of scuffs.
I only wipe my car interior down with one of those swiffer dust mops having learned my lesson over decades of car ownership and often making things worse by "cleaning" my car with a cloth that had an edge or a tiny bit of dirt on it.
In my case I have a four year old kid who kicks the crap out of the seat back and it's getting scuffed up. I want to clean it up and then I will consider having a local detail shop put something on the seat backs to protect them from more abuse.
I know they sell a pretty expensive ceramic product for this kind of thing but doesn't seem like ceramic would do much for lots of scuffs.
WallyP
Member
Same issue here. Scratches from sun screen and micro fiber wipes. I'm not a fan of ArmorAll shine or residue. I'd like to hear if there are any other solutions.
Glamisduner
Active Member
I have some at home, its supposed to be good stuff but I haven't used it yet. matte finish so should help mask any scratches, but obviously won't remove them. I have been using a sunshade and no scratches yet.
Jimmy 1
Member
What is it made from? How could they not test something like this. There seem to be many sub par materials on the 3 which are not even the finish level of a base Toyota.
Dont know.
Just got a quote from Tesla. $1135+tax CAD for the part and install. Not as bad as i thought to be honest lol. But still... shitty buzz man
Mine was replaced no charge as it was blistering. Another quality issue-LOL. I could clean my Tacoma dash with a course sponge and do not damage.
True. But that tacoma isnt using soft touch material. So not really apples to apples
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