Hi everyone.

I am so annoyed at this. Long story short: Family pick-up at the airport. Too much / too big luggage.
One giant piece ended up in the front and caused the below marvel.

Does anyone know how to get rid of similar marks?
Not sure what to do as the dashboard is textured throughout.

 

Those look too deep to be cleaned up, sadly. Anything I'm thinking of would be just as likely to make things more unsightly.

 

Yep thats part of the upper dash pad and you will need a new one or one from a junk yard thats in good shape.

 

Agreed with @ECSTuning
I would look for a replacement. Doubt you can do anything to make this textured surface look good again.

 

Got shivers, as you're all confirming my worst nightmare.
Sourcing the part won't be a big problem.
Mini trims are true crap to work with, so it's going to be a long and tedious job to do.


Somewhere else than NAM I got suggested to apply gentle heat and see if you can smoothen the vinyl surface.
Might give it a tentative go, as a temporary solution before the full part replacement.
If I get any significant results, I will post some more pics.

 

Well, guess I was the first to respond and wanted to give suggestions so I'll try again... If you are a hand-skill-reliant artist, MAYBE, with some interestingly shaped artisan scalpel blades to take off high spots and a bit of sanding, you could make it look presentable. What I'd be afraid of, is no matter how good you are, the underlying material might be not the same color and any blending you attempt makes it worse.

In the end though, I'd be surprised if less-expensive thermo-set type plastics weren't used, and significant discoloration didn't result.

Cool part, if you find a source for a quality color-fast new part, guess you can always try your handi-work?

 

The trickiest part is to know where the screws and retaining clips are. Once you know - it's pretty easy. Back in the days when I was working on custom CarPlay solution I used to remove majority of dash trim panels (see pic below) and put it back in less than 10 minutes. Very first disassembly took much longer of course

 

Not sure if I can call myself an artist , but I am definitely detail-oriented.
As it stands it hurts my eyes....and it's just there in my face, so I gotta give it a try.....meanwhile, I prepare spiritually for the below challenge.

Plus you better do these kinds of jobs when it is warm enough. Ol' England now is not and in my experience that makes the trims much more prone to cracking (next nightmare )
I had in mind to add an MMI box to my MCS for having Carplay. I might combine the two things and make this titanic disassembly more digestible.
For some reason I have no problem digging in the engine bay....but when it comes to the interiors, knowing those damn plastics, I am always very wary.

 

The picture was taken in February 2019. I was working in my garage in Toronto which has no heating. Of course I’d prefer to do it in warmer weather and on my driveway, but just couldn’t wait. Plastic panels were fine. I believe it has to be way colder for them to become brittle. The key thing that finally made me brave enough to start the dismantle was a detailed online video on how to do it on my model, so I strongly suggest finding one as it’s going to save you tons of time and let you steer clear from mistakes that can lead to clips or panel breaking.
And if you have another project in mind that involves dash disassembly it makes total sense to do it the same time. Spring is coming soon