Peter, I had the car ceramically coated and the detailer told me that if you even so much as breathe on the gloss black trim it will mark.
He was saying he doesn't know why manufacturers still use gloss black, even though it looks cool.
Even from new the car had fine swirl marks on the gloss back bits, and were polished out with a single stage detail using a machined rotor pad and polishing compound, and then coated with the ceramic to protect it from future swirl marks when washing.
The best thing he told me was to get them wrapped in a vinyl wrap if it bothered me that much, as the gloss black ascents are really soft.
I would suggest a normal car polish to try and buff it out.
DO NOT USE T-CUT AS IT HAS A CUTTING AGENT AND WILL DEEPLY SCORE THE ASCENTS EVEN MORE.
Am not sure if it's just a coating but more likely the black is added to the plastic and through it, otherwise you would see the different coloured underlayer when scratched.
I bought the side strip protectors which are white on the rear but gloss black on the outskirts which seem to be a lot more durabile and resistant compared to the ascents. I presume the ascents are also coated with a layer of lacquer or polish, but a very thin layer at that as so easily marked, but I may be wrong.
I remember from the workshop photos that all the gloss black trims had blue sticky tape all over them to protect them from scratches
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