Help: Will HD Cut work on plastic side mirrors?

**JustJesus** · 04-17-2015, 04:10 PM

I`ve been working on a 1999 Toyota 4Runner, removing serious scratches throughout the entire vehicle. I was leaving the side mirrors for last.

I want to know if HD Cut would work on correcting these side mirrors, as they are plastic. Not even sure if they are painted, or just cast-in-black plastic. Thoughts?

**EXPDetailing** · 04-17-2015, 04:22 PM

Yes, 100% it will work. I`ve polished many side mirrors made of smooth plastic, and turns out great.

**ihaveacamaro** · 04-17-2015, 04:41 PM

The more relevant question is are some of those too deep to be polished out? I feel like you could improve/remove a lot those, but I`d be surprised if you can get rid of them entirely. They look gnarly!

But yeah, you can polish painted plastic.

**JustJesus** · 04-17-2015, 04:50 PM

Thanks you two.

Yes, they are gnarly. Much like the rest of the 4Runner! It`s an off-roader, daily driver that got seriously scratched ("pin stripes", in the world of off-road) on one outing.

I don`t intend to remove them completely. Get rid of some, smooth it out a bit, and cover up the deeper stuff with glaze. It`s what I did to the side panels, and it made a HUGE difference.

**Accumulator** · 04-18-2015, 03:00 PM

Just Jesus- Noting that it`s easy for me to spend your money

...when I got my Tahoe the sideview mirrors were about that bad, and in my case they were unpainted black plastic. I just replaced them and I`ve *NEVER* regretted it, really spruced up the overall look of the vehicle. If that were mine, I`d have those mirrors repainted and I`m 100% certain that I`d consider it money well-spent. But heh heh...hey, that`s just me.

**JustJesus** · 04-20-2015, 02:13 PM

Thanks Accumulator. Replacing them is likely out of he question. The owner takes it off road quite a bit. He and I discussed this, and that`s why we agreed on just making the paint look better. I removed alot of the smaller scratches, and brought back some shine to it. It was a Day/Night difference and he was very happy. Sure, it`s still has the deeper scratches, but it looks a whole lot better now!

Funny thing: I worked on it some more yesterday, but was too beat to work on those mirrors. Next session I guess