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what do you guys do to get these panels to look good again.i thought about roughing them up good to get the old ding plastic scale off and then spray them with some plastic paint. but suggestions are great
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Try Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. -
Paints the best way to go. But make sure you use plastic paint. Or a good paint and do it right. I've had problems in the past with paint flaking off those panels even when they're prep'd properly.Originally posted by 1chrisapple View Post
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1. Remove the panels.
2. Done.
Just extra weight in the wrong end of the car
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Mine are scuffed so bad magic erase aint gonna fix it lolComment
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Try it. There were black scuff marks all over those map pockets.
Magic Erasers are cheap. Just make sure you wet them a little first.Comment
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There not scuffs really the panels are sun dry roting i guess if u barely scrape them the plastic just falls in your hand. But my map pockets look like those and i will deff use them on thatComment
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Mine are real sun rotted too. Anything that touches them scratches them up.... sucks.91 Festiva L "Erika" b3t swap on the way
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My answer as well!Originally posted by skeeters_keeper View Post1. Remove the panels.
2. Done.
Just extra weight in the wrong end of the carContact me for information about Festiva Madness!
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Thought about sanding real good and applying thin coat of bondo sand and paintComment
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Fusion paint works good. That's what I used on mine.Jerry
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Hmm, there seems to be some difference between the 88-89 model yrs and 90-93 model yrs .....
Never seen it disscussed much here, but a few things i've noticed is, the 88-89 models, have a few things that seem to hold up better than the 90-93 yrs.
The seats last longer on the 88-89's and it looks as though the panels mentioned above seem to fair better also!
My 88 has seats that are in great shape, and most 90 and later ones i've seen in JY's are all tore up.
The panels in the 88 are in great shape, but in the 92 GL I just got, the panels are cracked and chipped.
I'd say look for 88-89 panels at JY's and install them into your Festy.
If you paint the cracked and chipped panels, you can still see where the cracks and chips are. Maybe fill with some kinda hardening resin, and then paint?Last edited by drddan; 09-17-2013, 04:03 AM.Dan
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Yeah.. when we got our '89 what darn near sold me on the car was the 100% scratch-free rear panels.
Scared me a bit haha.
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Also thought about glueing fabric of my pattern choice to all plastic then clearing over all of it a buunch of timesComment
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