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    Seems like Hard Plastic...

    Or it does not feel like metal. The area btwn front & rear windows, has scratches (see pic), choice o f scratch removal:

    M-205 or Menzerna SF4000

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    Meg PlastX

    or something different, what do u think I should try

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    Re: Seems like Hard Plastic...

    Menzerna sf4000
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    Re: Seems like Hard Plastic...

    painted, super soft.

    agree with sf4000 if those are your options.

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    Re: Seems like Hard Plastic...

    it's actually very soft material, and scratches easy.

    i'd suggest a finishing polish.

    plastic-X works great on those pieces though

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    Re: Seems like Hard Plastic...

    I'm about to try it w/3" Orange LC pad and M205. I'll let you know how it goes.

    Seems like Hard Plastic...-imageuploadedbyagonline1450376069-391464-jpg

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    Re: Seems like Hard Plastic...

    I believe on most cars, it's plastic. On my wife's Toyota Highlander, it's flat paint with no clear coat.

    Based on the Audi logo avatar on your user ID, I'm assuming this is on an Audi vehicle. If it's anything like the same parts on my VW GTI it's plastic.

    I simply hit that area with whatever finishing polish I'm using on the car. It polishes up nicely and usually only takes one quick pass to wipe out all the swirls.
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    Re: Seems like Hard Plastic...

    SF4000 on a polishing pad.

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    Re: Seems like Hard Plastic...

    Thanks Guys!

    I'll try the SF 4000, with 3" polishing pad.

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    Re: Seems like Hard Plastic...

    Leave it to my car to be completely uncooperative when it comes to anything involving paint correction. Lol.

    Started off with M205 on speed 4.

    Seems like Hard Plastic...-imageuploadedbyagonline1450378385-140515-jpg

    That did absolutely nothing. So I went and got M105, speed 5

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    That left it like this. Still not anywhere near complete.

    Seems like Hard Plastic...-imageuploadedbyagonline1450378519-911105-jpg

    Finally another application of M105, cranked it up to speed 6 and applied the absolute most pressure I possibly could along w/ very slow passes until the compound almost disappeared.

    Finally.

    Seems like Hard Plastic...-imageuploadedbyagonline1450378736-794957-jpg

    Who said these were gonna be soft? Lol.

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    Re: Seems like Hard Plastic...

    That's really strange. I can't make out the type of car, but could that area be painted with the same paint as the rest of the car.

    As I mentioned before I've never had to do more than one quick pass with a finishing polish to correct that area on my vehicles (Mazda, Toyota, VW).
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