Interior Door Panels - Toyota Yaris Forums

H8SGAS · 09-02-2006, 08:38 PM

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

) 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

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 · 09-03-2006, 09:10 AM

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 · 09-03-2006, 10:27 AM

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 · 09-03-2006, 10:27 AM

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 · 09-03-2006, 07:08 PM

Well mine are black too

(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 · 09-03-2006, 07:45 PM

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 · 09-04-2006, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H8SGAS

Well mine are black too

(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.

09-02-2006, 08:38 PM	#1
H8SGAS Drives: Black Liftback Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 142	Interior Door Panels 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 ) 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 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.

09-03-2006, 10:27 AM	#4
Katana Drives: Yaris LB 1.3lt 06 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Under the hood! Posts: 1,124	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! __________________ It's not the ride, it's the rider!

09-03-2006, 09:10 AM	#2
msagowitz Drives: 07 Toyota Yaris Sedan Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Beavercreek OH Posts: 88	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.

09-03-2006, 10:27 AM	#3
07WYarisRS HardlyDangerous Drives: 09 Yaris LE, H/B, auto Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ridgeway Ontario Posts: 573	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.

09-03-2006, 07:08 PM	#5
H8SGAS Drives: Black Liftback Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 142	Well mine are black too (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.

09-03-2006, 07:45 PM	#6
Violin View User's Garage Drives: 2007 Yaris LB Auto Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,592	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.