Interior Door Panels

[H8SGAS]

I’m having an issue with the interior of my liftback which I picked up last Friday and I was wondering if any of you have experienced it as well. It seems anytime I touch (yup touch, with the pads of my fingers:iono: ) the surface of the light grey paneling near the crank for the window/front speaker it changes color and appears faded and scratched (turns an off white color like when you use your hand to erase chalk from a board.) Smoothing the "fabric" in the opposite direction like one would do with microfiber only makes the white mar worse! I have yet to try any forms of removing the marks other than the "good ole lick the thumb and rub" method which left a lovely larger and wider discoloration:eek: so I left the rest alone….…. figured I’d ask before calling the dealer or trying some armor all. As of now I can see everyplace I have touched the door panels.

[msagowitz]

Yeah I have noticed the same thing...it looks terrible. I tried to armor all the interior, and it ended up looking worse. It just makes it look real unevenly glossy.

[07WYarisRS]

Just clean the interior with a damp cloth
dust it with a swiffer cloth

products containing silicone and teflon will fade the plastic over time and then it will look like crap.

[Katana]

Oh yeah it sucks.However, I discovered a special leather made fabric(Wettex) that removes these white spots, when applying water on the panel.

Imagine that mine has black paneling, so it is even worse!

[H8SGAS]

Well mine are black too :biggrin: (as well as the car) I was thinking about the next thing I posted regarding removing the gray A-Pillar....DOH!!! I think I’ll give a damp cloth a shot before asking the dealer, if both fail where did you find the Wettex? Swifter cloth sounds great those things are awesome. If I do wind up inquiring to the dealer I’ll update yall on what they say.

[Violin]

My guess is they prepped the car with something. Maybe you should check with the dealer if a damp cloth won't clean it off.

[Katana]

Well mine are black too :biggrin: (as well as the car) I was thinking about the next thing I posted regarding removing the gray A-Pillar....DOH!!! I think I’ll give a damp cloth a shot before asking the dealer, if both fail where did you find the Wettex? Swifter cloth sounds great those things are awesome. If I do wind up inquiring to the dealer I’ll update yall on what they say.


Wettex is a kind of cloth that absorbs water and helps u clean the dirty surface.