Soft-Touch Plastic - Replacement?

[benkay]

Hi all,

The door pulls (and to be honest almost all the soft-touch plastics like the clock surround, hazard panel, ac panel etc) are getting pretty bad...despite almost never getting hammered by UV, I guess it's just an age thing!

The door pulls are so bad that my fingerprints show on them.
I've seen methods of stripping the soft-touch off, like soaking in Detol etc. and then re-spraying with a matte lacquer on top.

However, I seem to recall that a specific model of Clio had exactly the same plastics, just without the soft-touch on....anyone know what that was, and any part numbers?

OR, worst case, anyone know
1. A paint colour / code that closely matches the original colour of the trims?
2. Can the panels like the hazards etc be stripped of the soft-touch, but retain the screen printed text? Or does that all come off with the sticky stuff?

Thanks, Ben

 

[Matt Cup]

Base spec Clios have plain plastic trims.

You can use elbow grease spray to remove the sticky layer also. Just don’t use any solvent on them.

 

[Darren S]

Did a Plasti-Kote treatment on my interior grab handles years back - and to be honest, they are still good to this day.

Was saying to @Matt Cup just today that I'd like to do similar with the centre console if/when I remove the dash.

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[TC.]

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