I had this with my Evoque in 2012, the high gloss panels around the door/window and central pillars have somehow been scratched! The central pillar looks like someone has rubbed it with an abrasive pad and the window sill on the drivers side has what looks like marks where someone has tried to get between the rubber and the glass - attempted break in?

Anyhow, applied some polish and a little better BUT anyone got any best advice on how to get rid of the scratches - other than replace the panels or respray?

Figure there must be a product out there?

Cheers, Colin Colin

Current - 68 plate RRS2 HSE in Corris Grey
Gone - 16 plate RRS2 HSE in Montalcino Red
Gone - 64 plate RRS2 HSE in Barossa
Gone - 2012 Porsche Cayman R
Gone - 2012 Porsche Cayenne Diesel
Previous:
2012 Range Rover Evoque Dynamic (too small unfortunately)
2012 VW Amarok (too slow and not enough engine!)
2009 Audi R8 V8 Coupe (lots of fun but sadly gone)
2008 Range Rover Sport HSE TDV8 (great but unreliable)
2007 BMW Z4 M Coupe (great car sadly missed)

Who cleans/washes your car?

I have exactly the same on mine. Even with a lambs wool mitt and 2 bucket method, they still get heavily scratched with remarkable ease. Now
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2022 SVR
2021 Bentley Continental GT
2020 Defender 110
2022 Defender 90 V8
Plus 16 other toys!

For light swirl marks Michael (Gemclean) 'Superclean' on here and who detailed my car advised that I use 'Poorboys Black Hole' when required as this fills the scratches.

Yet to use it yet as the car is mint but a lot of people out there swear by it. See here for details of just do a standard search -http://www.poorboysworld.co.uk/cgi-bin/pbw.cgi?Command=ShowEPage&db_epid=17 2015 - HSE Dynamic - Santorini - Stealth Pack
2013 - Evoque - Santorini - Lux Pack
2010 - BMW M3 - Monte Carlo Blue
2007 - BMW 335 - Gun Metal Grey
2004 - BMW Z4 - Gun Metal Grey

Auto finesse tripple has a lot of fillers in it if required. I bought some to do the gloss black bits on the Evoque as I'd heard they were an issue. Never needed it though, a coat of auto finesse tough coat every 6 months or so has kept them looking great.

Its filthy at the moment or I'd post a photo. If I decide to wash it between now and June when I trade it in I'll post one for you.

I always ask the dealers not to wash my car when they are servicing it. The detailer told me it looked like it had been through a carwash when I picked it up from new. They are allowed clean the inside if they want.

Even coming out of the dealers they have them, so did both the Evoques that I had............. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

thanks for the replies, it's been me washing the car since new, never noticed the scratches before BUT car was 'washed' at the dealers (Strangely BEFORE they did anything) but I can't prove that the scratches weren't there before, maybe because we have this rare thing up here this week (sunshine ).

However, I've ordered the Black Hole product and I'll see if it does the job of making them less visible - also a note to dealer for the future DON'T WASH MY CAR!

Thanks again,

Colin Colin

Current - 68 plate RRS2 HSE in Corris Grey
Gone - 16 plate RRS2 HSE in Montalcino Red
Gone - 64 plate RRS2 HSE in Barossa
Gone - 2012 Porsche Cayman R
Gone - 2012 Porsche Cayenne Diesel
Previous:
2012 Range Rover Evoque Dynamic (too small unfortunately)
2012 VW Amarok (too slow and not enough engine!)
2009 Audi R8 V8 Coupe (lots of fun but sadly gone)
2008 Range Rover Sport HSE TDV8 (great but unreliable)
2007 BMW Z4 M Coupe (great car sadly missed)

Dealer has been known to wash cars even when they have been asked not to .

I've got some Black Hole to try on the pillars. They're scratched even though only I have ever washed the car. Arrived: MY16 A/B SDV6 in Aruba, Ivory interior, piano black trim, black panoramic roof, spare wheel, blind spot monitoring, mudlaps and more...

Gone but not forgotten:
2014 RRS2 SDV6 HSE in Loire Blue
2011 Freelander 2 SD4 HSE in Santorini Black

Same on mine despite very careful washing

I think it's a universal issue

Yeah, mine came swirled from new, try Dodo Juice Lime Prime to reduce the swirls as much as possible (takes a bit of elbow grease) then protect with something like Gtechniq C1

challigan wrote:

I had this with my Evoque in 2012, the high gloss panels around the door/window and central pillars have somehow been scratched! The central pillar looks like someone has rubbed it with an abrasive pad and the window sill on the drivers side has what looks like marks where someone has tried to get between the rubber and the glass - attempted break in?

Anyhow, applied some polish and a little better BUT anyone got any best advice on how to get rid of the scratches - other than replace the panels or respray?

Figure there must be a product out there?

Cheers, Colin

You can polish some of them out Colin.

My Focus RS had some marks in the plastic (GRP?) rear spoiler that came out with some careful polishing with a DA polisher:

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Dealers are terrible! My fiancée's Golf was completely swirled up when we bought it brand new. I couldn't be arsed with complaining as if they couldn't get it right for the initial "tada" with the new car experience, I didn't hold much faith in them getting it right after I complained... so just spent a weekend and corrected it myself.

I had a "do not wash" notice I put in my RS for any time it went into Ford's for anything and have since done the same for Clare's Golf. Touch wood, it's always come home in the state it was put in.. my RRS will have the same too once I get around to correcting the horrific swirls in it now the weather's picking up.

My personal preference is ONR (Optimum No Rinse) for washing.



Cheers..

Ian

Such is a current subject of discussion:

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Jesus Phill £93k and swirls and scratches get the buffer out

£93k. If only.