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New '19 Stingray with 200 miles and I just noticed these marks on the back of both seats. Looks like there may have been some sort of sticker or protective film applied to seat backs at the factory for protection that someone tried to remove and scratched the seat
Marks are not like sticky glue residue they are dry. Tried interior cleaner but they don't come off. Suggestions?
This will do the trick. I had the same thing on the back of my seats. This product mitigated it. It works on all that black plastic on the interior. To gain confidence using it, start with an inconspicuous place first.
Definitely nothing abrasive. WD-40 on a soft cloth.
It’s not soft cloth, it’s plastic.
OP, try joemessman’s recommendation, or Mother’s Back to Black. Both products will conceal most of whiteness created by the scuffs and make them less noticeable. Are you sure that some of the marks on the driver’s seat is not glue residue? It certainly looks like it from the pic.
OP, try joemessman’s recommendation, or Mother’s Back to Black. Both products will conceal most of whiteness created by the scuffs and make them less noticeable. Are you sure that some of the marks on the driver’s seat is not glue residue? It certainly looks like it from the pic.
Place the WD-40 on a soft cloth and rub the adhesive off.....geez! Works on motorcycle plastic will work on GM plastic......
New '19 Stingray with 200 miles and I just noticed these marks on the back of both seats. Looks like there may have been some sort of sticker or protective film applied to seat backs at the factory for protection
that someone tried to remove and scratched the seats. Marks are not like sticky glue residue they are dry. Tried interior cleaner but they don't come off. Suggestions?
If it's residue from a sticker then the below WILL get it off without damaging the seat back. If marks are "into" the plastic/vinyl (what it looks like) noting is going to get it off. You can cover it with some matching interior/vinyl paint.
The Meguiars plastic restorer isn't permanent as will cover the marks for a few weeks but will come back after product evaporates.
Last edited by Kevin A Jones; Jul 31, 2020 at 05:46 PM.
Your car only has 200 miles and is new. I would call the dealer and tell them about your seat backs and say you are bringing your car in to get them looking brand new...may involve properly cleaning them or replacing them. Your car should not have been delivered to you like that.
The natural color of the seat back plastic is black. It's not scratching it exposes some white inner layer. What you're seeing is leftover glue from the shipping plastic.
If you use abrasive on it, you could possible damage the texture and then wonder why you've got actual permanent blemishes on the seat. Use the adhesive remover Kevin suggested. I used that same stuff when I was removing aged paint protection film from my Audi. It didn't harm the painted finish at all, but it did a killer job on the adhesive. Try it in an out of the way spot first, just as a precaution. If it doesn't distort the plastic, then go to town on the problem areas.
Had the same problem with my new 2019. Plus there were dark stains like drippings from a cleaner. Nothing could correct it. Dealer replaced both under warranty.
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Take it to the dealer and let them clean it off. This appears to be something that a warranty would cover and really should have been taken care of during the delivery prep.
I've used the Mr Clean Magic Eraser on plastic parts before. You can argue about how "fine" or how "aggressive" it is, but my experience is that it tends to turn anything into a semi-gloss finish.
If you start with a gloss finish, you end up with a semi-gloss finish. If you start with textured or matte finish, you also end up with semi-gloss.
Hopefully, someone will try this on their seat backs and tell us how it looks.
The hard plastic seat backs on our 2017 looked worse after a couple of months than the cloth on our 2009 looked after 8 years/102k miles.
Marks on seat backs.
