My kid put a scratch in 2019 UX 250H black glove box door. It's not that deep or bad, but every time I go into the car I look that way. I called my dealership about getting a replacement door, but they told me they can only order the entire box ($500). Do any other Lexus models share the same glove box? I wonder if I can pick up a used door on eBay. Since being only a few years old there are no used UX parts anywhere. I have seen people use a heat gun to fix scratches in plastic interior parts, but it seems like it looks shiny and worse after. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

likely no no and no. pic of the scratch?.... you'd think that would be the first thing you do if you're asking how to fix it lol................................................................................................

 

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Clean it well and apply a lot of detailing spray (non shiny), letting it soak in. See how it looks after you've done this. I had a similar scratch on the door and it's barely noticeable now. I had this same issue with a 2010 IS, where my co-pilot scraped her shoe on the glovebox ;-) If not happy you can start with the dismantlers and see what they have.

 

Thank I appreciate it! It there any detailing spray you'd recommend?

 

That's likely a spot that will see some wear and tear throughout its life so I wouldn't think replacing it is all that necessary.

And detailing spray (or hell even water) would be effective by cleaning the general area minimizing oils/prints/dirt/dust etc and making it look cleaner overall, but "detailing spray" won't do much for the scratch itself.

You'll need to mechanically sand the scratch down (with precision) and sort of "buff" it to blend into the surrounding area. The goal here is mitigation, not elimination.

As far as how to do it, search youtube as I'm sure there's videos on it. Off the top of my head, i'd probably take a very very fine grain sandpaper and a fine tip tool (maybe there's tools for this) and gently rub away the high spots of the scratch.

Then after sanding, buffing, and blending mechanically, you can perhaps try a topical sort of treatment to blend it further. You'll have to get creative. You can probably get it 85% better but not much more.

 

I beg to disagree on the detail spray as I have done it with good results. It will depend also on how deep the scratch is. What it does is to lessen the white edge making it less noticeable. Sanding and buffing on a textured surface smacks of disaster IMHO.