so heres the deal i got my fit like 2 weeks ago and the front licence plate braket was on it already. but it was really ugly. everyone i know that has a fit and had a bracket on the front had the hole for the bracket drilled directly into the front of the bumber but at my dealership they drilled it underneath. so once i realized that i took it off cuz its ugly. GOOD NEWS! NO HOLE! BAD NEWS! where the top of the bracket was resting on the bumber there is about an inch accrross of little scuff marks from where it may have bounced around or rubed. NOW my question. what should i use to get these out. i took a warm cloth and tried to just wash them off thinking it was residue that just gathered there. but its worse than that but when it got wet i couldnt even tell they were there. so im wondering if there is a product that will buff this out without getting touch up paint or a buffer or anything.. some kind of rubbing compound or something im not so sure. anyone else have this issue???

 

i dunno how bad it is...but waxing it down might work if its minor

 

I moved my plate to the lower left with a relocator bracket bought from an eBay vendor. The original plate bracket and its loose vibrating over 4-5 months of driving left a track of worn away paint that was 1/16" wide and 6" long. I had to use masking tape and 3 coats of touch up paint.

Wherever you mount your plate next, it will still vibrate against painted surfaces somewhere. Buy some sticky-back rubber or plastic pads from your Ace Hardware store, and stick 1 or 2 to the back of the plate where it rests against any painted surface.

 

Hey tony. Ur soo in luck!! Ima help u out brotha!! This is what u need 2 do:

go get an old clean cotton shirt (i used my old boxers, works great!), u need (2) 3x3" pieces. Now go to kragen or autozone or anywerhe n get this bottle:


3m rubbing compound.

Ok here are the steps:

1) wash the car (or if ur lazy, just the area) with soap n water n dry it off
2) park it somewhere in the shade
3) shake the bottle
4) take about a quarter size amount of the rubbing compound and put it on the cloth. take the cloth to the scratches and with medium pressure, rub in a circular motion, turning the cloth over with each pass. At first, u will think ur not doing anything, but keep rubbing and u'll feel the microfine abrasions of the rubbing compound.
5) Keep turning it over, don't forget.
6) Once u got all of the rubbing compound on the surface, use the other piece to pickup all the leftover rubbing compound and to see if you missed any places. If u did, do it once more (again this takes a lotta muscle if u don't have a orbital buffer, but for small scratches, an orbital isn't necessary).
7) Once completed, take some carnuaba wax (i use meguiars, best stuff!) and wax up the area that u just compounded. The wax is there to protect the surface taht u just abrased so it doesn't get damaged by the UV rays.
8) relocate that b***h by following my OTHER DIY!!

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...relocator.html

Hope this helps brotha!

 

dear kevin i love you hahaha. once i gain the strength to get outa bed ill head over to auto zone and check this beast out. im not relocating it. its either getting sealed up and stuck in the front window or ill just risk it haha. thanks again kev. WHENS THE NEXT MEET FOO!

 

If you use that rubbing compond you are going to marr the paint and do more damage to the paint then good.

The best thing you can do to get those skuff marks off is use something like a cleaner wax or very mild polish not a heavy compound like the other person posted.

PM me and i can send you a small applicator pad and a sample of one of the mild polishes i have.