Interior Cleaning Tips
 

I used armorall wipes once and hate them. How do you guys go about cleaning the interior, black interior is such a pain in the butt to keep clean looking!

i had used the protectant wipes but it left streaks n stuff.

Review the thread I posted. I think you'll find it informative.

Hello sir... if
I remember correctly you need to use the cleaning wipes.
Then glass cleaner wipes.
The protectant wipes are only for the hard dash surfaces as protection from uv rays fading and cracking your dash n doors.
You can go to walmart and get the armoral pack. It has all of them together
I hope I helped? :)

Im more worried about the suede/leather dash compartment. I dont know what kind of material that is and am afraid to touch it with anything

It's Alcantara, which is a fancy name for synthetic suede. I just did a quick Google search for "cleaning alcantara car seats" and a bunch of matches came up. You might want to do the same. One of the things I came across was something called Autoglym Interior Shampoo. Some guy said he used it in his WRX (which also has alcantara seats) and it worked great.

This looks like a good thread too: Cleaning Alcantara? - Detailing Bliss Forum

You mean the synthetic Mouse fur and the door/soft dash area of synthetic mouse skin? It's plastic not leather or suede.. Damp cloth on the inside and any good Vinyl cleaner/protectant on the out. (Aerospace 303 or Vinylex). Armorall will never touch my car...:tup:

thanks for the help guys. Ya i dont plan on using armorall anymore the streaks that are left behind are ridiculous.

Out of all the detailing stuff I use, I have found only ONE detailer that I swear by and love.
Meguiar's Direct NXT Generation® Tech Protectant

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yuk, armorall sucks.

on the plastic panels i use Prima Nero (dries matte) and Griot's Interior Cleaner for the carpeting and seats if i ever get stains.

you can get prima products through amazon or
www.detailersparadise.com

Griot's products from Car Care, Detail Supplies, Garage Organization, Car Accessories - Griot's Garage 800-345-5789

if you have leather in the car, definitely try their LeatherCare Spray.
thing cleans and dries matte. very nice product. i use it on my G's seats all the time. :)

Modshack, I'm not sure if I understand your answer. I have used 303 Aerospace on vinyl dashes and door panels for years with excellent results. I use Zaino leather treatment on the real leather parts. I have the Touring/Sport Model and understand about the Alcantara on the seats and door panel inserts but I am however afraid to try anything on the dash section door over the cut out where the navigation screen would be if I had nav. I haven't quite figured out what that material is yet. Have you used 303 on that part of the dash with no staining or discoloration or other adverse affects ? Thanks

i would use Prima Clarity for that area along with the LCD. it contains no alcohol and cleans very well.

for the applicator i would use the glass MF towels. :)

It's just a soft touch plastic. 303 is fine..

if you have a Nav dash DO NOT spray the LCD screen. Spray the towel or whatever you are using and then wipe the screen lightly.

I have never had any streaking in my cars with armorall products but hav switched to maguirs only cuz I was told that texas weather is too hot n armorall bakes the dash or something like that and causes cracking. I preferred armorall when I used to drive american cars. The cheaper plastic dashes absorbed it well. But I never really had a streaking problem on foreign or domestic. At least not on my dashes.
What I really didn't care for when I started driving imports is it leaves wayyy to high of a gloss on black parts. So shiny its almost distracting. But never had a streaking problem in domestic or import cars.

I haven't used armorall in 2 years or more. Maybe the formula changed?

i swear by aerospace 303. i have also turned several friends and family members onto this product. i will never use anything other than this on my plastics. they return them to their natural color and shine, just like when it was new. not the overly shiny oily feeling crap you get with armoral type products.

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:iagree: Aerospace 303, cleaner and protectant

Just received my bottle of Aeospace 303 Fabric Guard. I read on the directions that it is not for use on imitation suede. Does that mean I shouldn't use it on my door panels and seat inserts?

Yes thats exactly what it means.

Great...just wasted my money on that stuff. Wish I'd been able to read the directions first. Guess I should try 3M?

Oh well, the Aerospace 303 protectant works great so far!

I've been using the 303 in place of Armor All and it leaves less of a greasy surface, really good stuff for the engine bay too.