Back of seat plastic very soft easy to scratch

Tomstroyer | 2026-03-06 16:48 | 7 views

My lease is up and I'm about to return my Tesla. It looks for the most part great, but the back to the front chairs are really messed up. They are incredibly soft. Even the slightest touch of 1500 sandpaper would scuff. I am not sure how to superficially fix these good enough to pass end of lease inspection. Fyi 1500 grit paper doesn't work. Any ideas?

Comments (14)

oghowie 2026-03-06 16:51

In my experience Tesla doesn't really care.

jaqueh 2026-03-06 16:52

til plastic is one of the softest materials available and can't stand up to sandpaper which usually uses crushed diamonds/rocks

Tomstroyer 2026-03-06 16:53

Well that's good news. I also fell in love with fsd and ran over 8k miles on my lease agreement.

oghowie 2026-03-06 16:54

They'd probably care more about that. lol

Tomstroyer 2026-03-06 16:54

TIL some plastics are soft as dog shit and some are extremely durable.

Tomstroyer 2026-03-06 16:54

Set the money aside already and prepared to eat the cost.

qiuboujun 2026-03-06 16:55

They can be replaced rather easily just get an eBay part and do it yourself

jaqueh 2026-03-06 16:55

no pastic will survive sandpaper dude. do you know what sandpaper is????

Verabiza891720 2026-03-06 17:09

It's sandy paper.

FloGrownQban 2026-03-06 17:12

Tesla technology wise is actually pretty good but when it comes to this it sucks

Inside_Group_9288 2026-03-06 17:17

Heat gun?

Tomstroyer 2026-03-06 17:18

This thing so soft I can scratch it with deep grooves with a finger nail. Probably melts with a hair dryer will try.

Fiatch294986 2026-03-06 17:21

Sometimes a heat gun will hide some of the scratches but you can’t let the heat gun sit in one spot to long or else you’re light scratches turn to Swiss cheese 🧀

sloppy2ndss 2026-03-06 18:14

paper with sand.

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