mat plastic next to headlight looking bad

[nethawk]

Morning all!

I'm considering buying a CT4 that have this next non painted area like this:

Do you know if it's possible to replace this part and price?

Thanks

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[allroadusa]

The part itself costs 44 € and requires the bumper and headlight to be removed first. But it looks like this plastic trim has been sprayed with some sort of liquid. Could this be cleaned and fade away?​

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[ciaranob]

Had mine painted gloss black and look a million times better!

There are plastic restore products out there (3M etc) that can def fix this for you but if not consider painted versions (I believe that is an add-on option now in the configurator which was not the case back in 2021(.

 

[blame.latitude]

I wouldnt replace it. It appears to be residue from a 'wash and wax' auto wash. I'd first clean it well. Then i'd hit it with this Autoglym | Bumper & Trim Gel

 

[Jasper4S]

Had mine painted gloss black and look a million times better!

There are plastic restore products out there (3M etc) that can def fix this for you but if not consider painted versions (I believe that is an add-on option now in the configurator which was not the case back in 2021(.

I’m pretty curious, can you show some pictures ?

 

[ciaranob]

I’m pretty curious, can you show some pictures ?

Have a while mods thread on here a while now and a couple of spin offs with pics like this one:

https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/t...d-plastic-to-satin-black-and-much-more.11496/

https://www.taycanforum.com/forum/attachments/img_5593-jpeg.37619/

 

[Archimedes]

I’d be more concerned about the headlight. Are those just water spots or are they nicks/etching?

 

[RAHRCR]

If this area is going to be painted (which I wouldn’t necessarily recommend), then then it should definitely be PPF’d as well. It’s one of the high wear areas on the car due to location and airflow.

 

[ciaranob]

If this area is going to be painted (which I wouldn’t necessarily recommend), then then it should definitely be PPF’d as well. It’s one of the high wear areas on the car due to location and airflow.

Not a single mark in 1.5 years of debris strewn Houston roads and multiple long distance trips on the ‘tear drops’ - just not nec at all in my opinion and I have PPF over rest of entire front end.

Where I did add PPF is to the newly (satin) painted area above the front lil which def gets exposed to chips and the painted rockers close to rear arch.

 

[RAHRCR]

Not a single mark in 1.5 years of debris strewn Houston roads and multiple long distance trips on the ‘tear drops’ - just not nec at all in my opinion and I have PPF over rest of entire front end.

Where I did add PPF is to the newly (satin) painted area above the front lil which def gets exposed to chips and the painted rockers close to rear arch.

I am glad that you have had good luck with this….

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