Plastic Cover Center Console

Dada · 08-13-2014, 10:39 PM

So please don't make fun of me, I picked up my car about 2 weeks ago but haven't had time to drive it, only about 80 miles on it.

I have left the plastic cover on the center console screen. Have any of you left this one or will it melt if I don't remove it? Im just trying to enjoy the clean fingerprint free screen.

Hulkamaniac · 08-13-2014, 11:33 PM

Took mime off right away.

Touch screen works better without it.

buckeye4 · 08-14-2014, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Z51Stingray

Took mime off right away.

Touch screen works better without it.

Agree.

I-VETTE · 08-14-2014, 06:38 AM

It won't melt. The storage this cars with all that plastic on for months. A couple more of weeks won't hurt anyone.... even though I removed mine too. Screen is more sensitive to touch without it

purpleRac3r · 08-14-2014, 07:16 AM

If left on for a very long time, I suspect the adhesive or plastic film will break down to a point that removal will be virtually impossible. I buddy of mine missed a piece of similar film on a refrigerator shelf. After a couple of years the film just crumbles where it comes off at all. The adhesive looks as if it has crystalized and is impossible to remove without solvent. I just keep a nice microfiber cloth in the console and periodically wipe off the screen.

Glen e · 08-14-2014, 09:27 AM

it's a car, not the hope diamond.......take it off, carry a microfiber and clean it to your hearts content....

it's "new car syndrome" same thing exists on apple phone sites where they won't take off the plastic on the phone....

Dada · 08-14-2014, 10:57 AM

Agree

thanks everyone for putting up with my nonsense

RottenII · 08-14-2014, 11:34 AM

I was pulling the plastic off mine as the dealer was trying to explain all the features to me. Think I annoyed him lol!

08-13-2014, 10:39 PM	#1
Dada Drives: Z51 White on Black Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: South Brunswick, NJ Posts: 175	Plastic Cover Center Console So please don't make fun of me, I picked up my car about 2 weeks ago but haven't had time to drive it, only about 80 miles on it. I have left the plastic cover on the center console screen. Have any of you left this one or will it melt if I don't remove it? Im just trying to enjoy the clean fingerprint free screen.

08-13-2014, 11:33 PM	#2
Hulkamaniac Livin' the Dream Drives: '23 Charger GT, '23 Stingray Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Hiding in your closet... Posts: 784 View My Garage	Took mime off right away. Touch screen works better without it. __________________ If you spell Chuck Norris in Scrabble, you win. Forever.

08-14-2014, 07:16 AM	#5
purpleRac3r Drives: 1974 & 2014 Corvette Stingrays Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Troy, Mo Posts: 614	If left on for a very long time, I suspect the adhesive or plastic film will break down to a point that removal will be virtually impossible. I buddy of mine missed a piece of similar film on a refrigerator shelf. After a couple of years the film just crumbles where it comes off at all. The adhesive looks as if it has crystalized and is impossible to remove without solvent. I just keep a nice microfiber cloth in the console and periodically wipe off the screen. __________________ '74 Stingray coupe, heavily modified, as seen in August 2011 VETTE magazine, 2014 Stingray Z51 #196, ordered 02/11/13, built 08/29/13, Museum Delivery 10/04/13, driven daily!

08-14-2014, 09:27 AM	#6
Glen e Retired from Car mfrs.... Drives: 2LT RS/HR-V Join Date: May 2013 Location: /Fort Lauderdale Posts: 10,044	it's a car, not the hope diamond.......take it off, carry a microfiber and clean it to your hearts content.... it's "new car syndrome" same thing exists on apple phone sites where they won't take off the plastic on the phone.... __________________ Glen CLICK HERE for detailing a new car: detailing for non detailers CLICK HERE for how to rinseless CLICK HERE for EASY wheel sealant

08-14-2014, 06:38 AM	#4
I-VETTE Drives: 2014 Stingray Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Homestead, FL Posts: 25	It won't melt. The storage this cars with all that plastic on for months. A couple more of weeks won't hurt anyone.... even though I removed mine too. Screen is more sensitive to touch without it

08-14-2014, 10:57 AM	#7
Dada Drives: Z51 White on Black Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: South Brunswick, NJ Posts: 175	Agree thanks everyone for putting up with my nonsense

08-14-2014, 11:34 AM	#8
RottenII Drives: 2014 C7 1LT Z51 Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: WNY Posts: 53	I was pulling the plastic off mine as the dealer was trying to explain all the features to me. Think I annoyed him lol!