Did you even find a part number, though?
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Just-in-time (JIT) supply chain management is a model that involves ordering and receiving goods when they are needed, rather than keeping large inventories in storage. Toyota pioneered JIT manufacturing in the 1960s, and it has been used by many automakers for decades. JIT can help lower inventory costs, boost service, and align vehicle availability with market demand. However, recent years have exposed some shortcomings of the JIT strategy.
You were an example.
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Nope. And I called everyone under the sun about it too. Multiple times
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Allowing a person to order a part when it's not in stock and you don't know when Surplus parts will be in stock. Does not make sense.
Or allowing a part to be ordered and then having customer wait 3 months. Is more headaches than it's worth. You may be willing to wait 3 months, but you'd have that customer on the phone every other day bitching about where his part is.
Expanding on this a little further the Maverick was a very successful vehicle. Especially the hybrid model.
Ford underestimated the fact that the hybrid model would be the sales leader. Ford figured more people would roll over their hybrid to an EcoBoost..
Sales of the hybrid model shock them so much that they changed their price structure for model year 24 adding a premium to the hybrid model and making the EcoBoost standard
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I think we’re missing the point here. There isn’t even a part number available to order for this on lower trims regardless. I am sure there are many other parts that you’d think are an uncommon need, but at the very least have a part number to reference and availability to order, regardless of the time it takes to arrive.
just my $.02 as a consumer
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Was there a part # on your lens?
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Interestingly, no! There was a sticker with a PN on the lariat one I ordered, but nothing like that on my cluster. I even looked up any embossed part numbers from the cluster that I could find, and they all pointed to the full instrument cluster assembly.
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I'm going to get the cluster PPF'd tomorrow to avoid further scratching or etching. This would be a good practice to do before you end up scratching or etching it accidentally. If I knew the plastic was so soft on these clusters, I would've done it right off the lot.
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"it was overspray of the cleaner that caused it"
That's what I read.
That's what I read.
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Yep. Overspray. I'm accepting the issue is my issue and not exactly a fault of the vehicle"it was overspray of the cleaner that caused it"
That's what I read.
It still etched the plastic. Most vehicles won't have this issue, but our cluster lenses are so soft they scratch with a brand new microfiber. Something to look out for. If you get it PPF'd preemptively, you won't have etching even if you leave a cleaner on it or clean it with window cleaner and a microfiber. Evidently, other cleaners are less aggressive, so your mileage may vary.
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I don't recall the cleaner anymore, but I cleaned my dash with something and over-spray left spots all over the small, radio screen. I've never removed it and I don't like it.
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Oh man, it etched your radio screen? Enter the LUWU Tempered Glass Screen protector.
https://www.amazon.com/Maverick-Glass-Screen-Protector-Infotainment/dp/B09FSZRG9Y/
You might be able to use PlastX on that first, the link for that is below this as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Meguiars-PlastX-Plastic-Cleaner-Polish/dp/B0000AY3SR/
Just make sure to work a very small dab into the screen with a new, clean microfiber. make sure to have a separate microfiber to buff the result off, and make sure to mask off the rest of the dash surround with painters tape beforehand. YMMV, start with a small area in case it messes it up more. I have not tested this on the radio screen.
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OEM's are starting to use anti-glare coating on screen lenses, which are (often) highly susceptible to ammonia, isopropyl and degreasers. Is it possible (looking at your matte before and and glossy after photos) that 303 etched the anti-glare coating on the lens, rather than the plastic itself. Your subsequent buffing just removed the coating, making the surface uniformly glossy?
I ruined a CX-5 LCD screen with Windex and had to buff it uniform--but glossy.
I ruined a CX-5 LCD screen with Windex and had to buff it uniform--but glossy.
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I don't think these are expensive enough lenses for them to be coated in anti-glare.
The rest of the cluster, despite the etching in the before photos, was glossy as well. It's also worth mentioning that I don't see any difference between driving it now (corrected) rather than when I first bought the truck. I also don't have the most amazing seeing eyes, so your proposal is quite possible.
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