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Is it a screen protector or just a piece of plastic on the screen?

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Old 11-12-22, 05:39 AM
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There are some scratches on the screen not sure if I should pill it off.




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If it looks like a plastic film then is a covering that the dealer should have removed when they prepped the car. Pull it off then head to Amazon and get a protector like you probably have on your phone. Ans get used to it always being dusty along with all the other shiny black trim.
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It is a factory protection to be removed once a vehicle is delivered. It is not designed to remain on the screen. Remove it.
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Originally Posted by Randyp1234
If it looks like a plastic film then is a covering that the dealer should have removed when they prepped the car. Pull it off then head to Amazon and get a protector like you probably have on your phone. Ans get used to it always being dusty along with all the other shiny black trim.
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It is a factory protection to be removed once a vehicle is delivered. It is not designed to remain on the screen. Remove it.
Thank you guys, going to remove it and buy a real screen protector from Amazon.
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Originally Posted by SexyNX2022
Thank you guys, going to remove it and buy a real screen protector from Amazon.
When we bought ours (haven't installed it yet) there was one manufacturer that send a couple suction cup things to help you install it. That's the one I bought, thinking I'd need all the help I could get not to screw it up.

This is what I bought.
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Originally Posted by Randyp1234
When we bought ours (haven't installed it yet) there was one manufacturer that send a couple suction cup things to help you install it. That's the one I bought, thinking I'd need all the help I could get not to screw it up.

This is what I bought.
thank you for the info, I will get this one from Amazon.ca
https://a.co/d/hmaVQs2
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Originally Posted by CaptAngry
It is a factory protection to be removed once a vehicle is delivered. It is not designed to remain on the screen. Remove it.
I see no harm in leaving it on until it annoys you from being too scratched up (i.e. it protects the screen, and no point in removing it just to place another screen protector over it if it stays in good condition).

I've left films like this on cell phones for years and it was way more accurately placed than any screen protector I place myself.
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Question why

Thank you guys, going to remove it and buy a real screen protector from Amazon.
Why is a screen protector even needed? Fingers won't scratch the screen, and there's no risk of dropping. I think it will take a very deliberate effort to scratch the glass.
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Originally Posted by blueless
Why is a screen protector even needed? Fingers won't scratch the screen, and there's no risk of dropping. I think it will take a very deliberate effort to scratch the glass.
you have a point!
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Originally Posted by SexyNX2022
Thank you guys, going to remove it and buy a real screen protector from Amazon.
Please don't do that
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Originally Posted by 450hPlus
Please don't do that
Why is that?
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Originally Posted by blueless
Why is a screen protector even needed? Fingers won't scratch the screen, and there's no risk of dropping. I think it will take a very deliberate effort to scratch the glass.
I thought that too. But I've noticed that the screen looks scratched, I assume from my wife frequently wiping the dust off of it - we all know how badly all the shiny black plastic show dust. We don't use the screen for anything else and keep it turned off. I'm questioning that the screen is really glass and not a soft plastic.
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Originally Posted by Randyp1234
I thought that too. But I've noticed that the screen looks scratched, I assume from my wife frequently wiping the dust off of it - we all know how badly all the shiny black plastic show dust. We don't use the screen for anything else and keep it turned off. I'm questioning that the screen is really glass and not a soft plastic.
Hmm . . . if it’s plastic and not glass, then a screen protector would be prudent!
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LOL, no need a screen protector bro
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Originally Posted by Randyp1234
I thought that too. But I've noticed that the screen looks scratched, I assume from my wife frequently wiping the dust off of it - we all know how badly all the shiny black plastic show dust. We don't use the screen for anything else and keep it turned off. I'm questioning that the screen is really glass and not a soft plastic.
He meant you can just remove the protective thing from the screen and just use the glass.


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