Door sill trim marked - any ideas?

[Dunc72]

Hi

I’m trying to find a way of cleaning up the door sill trim. Any ideas on how best to this?

Cheers

Dunc

 

[jonco]

@Mazza did some investigation work on the entrance plates a while ago but I cannot find thread at moment.

 

[DomiMik]

Just in case you stumble upon the door sills repair set on ebay:

Silver "Roadster" Door Sill Trim

These might be of interest to anyone who just needs the plates. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/274041705606

zroadster.org

 

[Mazza]

Mine were looking tatty, so I bought a polishing wheel set from Screwfix or Toolstation, and cleaned off all the lacquer and corrosion and they polished up ok. Then just a wipe over occasionally ( or in my case very occasionally)

 

[Dunc72]

Here’s what I’m looking at. It looks like a hardened glue type of thing. I’ve tried vinegar and nail polish remover, neither of which have touched it

 

[DomiMik]

Looks like the typical corrosion to me, I would advice to try as @Mazza suggested and polish them up after cleaning off the old lacquer.

 

[Martin Sullivan]

Mine look the same as this.
I’ve taken them off the plastic using some tooth floss. They’re held down with double sided foam tape.
I’m going to sand them back using 1200 grit and finer paper then use the left over polishing kit I got for the headlights to buff them up.
That’s the plan anyway.

 

[hard top]

Just had a quick look online and these came up :-

Link :- https://www.ebay.com/itm/233568693223

 

[Aerobat]

Mine look the same as this.
I’ve taken them off the plastic using some tooth floss. They’re held down with double sided foam tape.
I’m going to sand them back using 1200 grit and finer paper then use the left over polishing kit I got for the headlights to buff them up.
That’s the plan anyway.

Late... but did you succeed with this?