Any risk to leaving the dealer plastic on the glove box door?

[jdmartin]

OK, this sounds like a crazy question but anyway:

You know the plastic film they put on the glove box door when it's new? Mine is still on the glove box door, over 3 months later. I've left it there for 2 reasons:

1. It's an Italian thing - you know we like leaving the plastic on the furniture
2. People have a bad habit of scratching my glove box doors in all my vehicles.

So I left the plastic. The only thoughts I had is

1. Will it leave any kind of adhesive/residue behind from not taking it off?
2. Will it leave a fade mark on the glove box over time?
3. Can I get new film when this film starts looking like hell?

 

[sticker500]

Man, take the glove box condom off and enjoy the truck!

 

[wwalljr]

Man, take the glove box condom off and enjoy the truck!

Words to live by.

 

[jdmartin]

Man, take the glove box condom off and enjoy the truck!

Ha! Thanks for that, but that still doesn't answer my questions

 

[Creep0321]

But it does provide a solution

 

[Patsy1099]

OK, this sounds like a crazy question but anyway:

You know the plastic film they put on the glove box door when it's new? Mine is still on the glove box door, over 3 months later. I've left it there for 2 reasons:

1. It's an Italian thing - you know we like leaving the plastic on the furniture
2. People have a bad habit of scratching my glove box doors in all my vehicles.

So I left the plastic. The only thoughts I had is

1. Will it leave any kind of adhesive/residue behind from not taking it off?
2. Will it leave a fade mark on the glove box over time?
3. Can I get new film when this film starts looking like hell?

I’ll do you one better. The plastic on your glove box and all the plastic on your doors, etc, can be easily (carefully) repaired using an inexpensive heat gun. You can find plenty of vids on YouTube showing you how it’s done. So take off the plastic. Enjoy it. Scratch it. Fix it. Consider it part of the occasional interior detailing

 

[jdmartin]

I’ll do you one better. The plastic on your glove box and all the plastic on your doors, etc, can be easily (carefully) repaired using an inexpensive heat gun. You can find plenty of vids on YouTube showing you how it’s done. So take off the plastic. Enjoy it. Scratch it. Fix it. Consider it part of the occasional interior detailing

I know about those fixes. They didn't work on my Titan or my Miata. On my Titan it took the fuzz off but didn't do anything about the scratch depth.

 

[SpeedyV]

OK, this sounds like a crazy question but anyway:

You know the plastic film they put on the glove box door when it's new? Mine is still on the glove box door, over 3 months later. I've left it there for 2 reasons:

1. It's an Italian thing - you know we like leaving the plastic on the furniture
2. People have a bad habit of scratching my glove box doors in all my vehicles.

So I left the plastic. The only thoughts I had is

1. Will it leave any kind of adhesive/residue behind from not taking it off?
2. Will it leave a fade mark on the glove box over time?
3. Can I get new film when this film starts looking like hell?

Unless you bought your truck for the express purpose of selling it at Barrett-Jackson 25 years from now, you'll probably want to remove it and "let it breathe". But it's really hard to answer your questions without experimenting, so I guess you're our guinea pig

 

[Georgian996]

I picked up my Ram Limited Jan 1 and still have my plastic on. My Old F150 got all scratched up there so I figured I would let the plastic stay on a bit.

 

[Wheeler]

I migrate to USA 18 years ago. My cousin took me to garage show his brand new [3 months from purchase] Lexus. White and yellow sticker still hanging from glove box. First thing I did pull that off and we are not on good terms till today. He still own that Lexus I been through 9 cars that include 4 RAMs. Go figure???

 

[whetrick1]

Ah just leave it on there if it gets hot where you live it might melt it on there.


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[Capt Joe]

You might be better off getting it clear wrapped....

...is glare an issue?

 

[Bsteiner36]

I would just assume just not drive the truck. I would let it sit in your driveway and buy a car that you can actually drive. In all seriousness I would probably take it off. The heat and it melting to your glove box might be the best reason.

 

[Jus Cruisin]

Shipping plastic stays on inventory that sits on the dealer lots for sometimes quite a while if the particular vehicle doesn't get sold. I doubt it will harm the glove box door........except look tacky while it's on there.

 

[jdmartin]

You might be better off getting it clear wrapped....

...is glare an issue?

Thanks; glare isn't an issue at all - there's clear wrapping (like the outside 3M stuff) for the interior? That's what I need for sure!

 

[Ramit71]

Better yet! Uninstall the glove box

 

[Patsy1099]

I know about those fixes. They didn't work on my Titan or my Miata. On my Titan it took the fuzz off but didn't do anything about the scratch depth.

Not sure why. Should work fine. I’ve already done it to my Ram on the glovebox area. My son drags his backpack in and out for school. Next time I’ll shoot a vid of the repair. It works though.

 

[jdmartin]

Shipping plastic stays on inventory that sits on the dealer lots for sometimes quite a while if the particular vehicle doesn't get sold. I doubt it will harm the glove box door........except look tacky while it's on there.

Thanks, that's kind of what I thought too.

I know it doesn't look spectacular but I can see from its surface that it has already absorbed a few scratches that would likely now be on the glove box door otherwise. That's kind of what you get when you also have to use your truck for work; I still like my stuff to look decent when it's not working too. I got a good trade out of a 15 year old Titan with close to 160k miles that was used pretty hard for working, because I kept it looking reasonably good within the limits of hauling trash, gravel, tools and jobsite materials in and out of the truck.

 

[jdmartin]

Better yet! Uninstall the glove box

LOL. That might look kind of ugly - surely uglier than protective plastic

 

[Patsy1099]

Another option is you can try installing some xpel or 3m clear vinyl on your doors and lower dash. Not sure how well it would adhere but I’m guessing it would take. You can buy the stuff on amazon or just take it to a shop that does wraps. There are vids online showing people wrapping the harder plastic (carbon fiber type) trim so the other plastic probably can be done.