Fit CareDiscuss Tips on how to Keep your Fit or Jazz looking like new
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I bought some of the Meguiar's NXT for interior but I haven't tried it out yet. Looks like it would work well on this car though. It has UVA/UVB protection in it which is a plus.
Caution with armor all products; they need to be checked. Armoral has alcohol. It dries stuff out badly.... It even discolors most items... It should never be used for many things. In contrast Mcguires makes a rubber and vinyl conditioner that is water based so, it will not dry up stuff and in addition to that it has sun screen rated at 40. Any cleaner/conditoner products with alcohol regardless of maker should be used with caution.
I told this to my neighbor who had an early 70s desirable sport blue dodge with a white vinyl top. She used armorall faithfully for years on her top and suddenly what I had been telling her happend. One day she came to me to show me her top had shrinked and seperated from the ancore points. The top was mint except for that one detail.
Meguier's products have a lot of fans. I planned to pick up their vinyl conditioner for the dash, but wondered if it would get trapped in the textured surface. My car pool buddy showed me Meguier's cleaner/wax for the plastic headlights, which I haven't found yet.
You DON'T want a shiney dash. If the dash were shiney, under certain lighting conditions the glare from the shiney dash reflected in the windshield will blind you and you will wreck your car. The dash needs to have a flat non-reflective finish.
I use pledge! New Toyota's come with a label that says to use pledge and not armour all. My fit didn't come with any labels on dash cleaning.
I like the pledge, its not to glossy.
I just use a damp, lint-free towel. Keep flipping it to a new side until it's clean. If you just use water, you won't leave any residue. For really nasty or greasy tuff, I use Simple Green (20 to 1 ratio, I water it down).
I recently heard that armor all actually dries out the surfaces you use it on, and that it actually will damage materials in the long run. Is this true? If so, what can we use as an alternative?
I recently heard that armor all actually dries out the surfaces you use it on, and that it actually will damage materials in the long run. Is this true? If so, what can we use as an alternative?
That's true, it dries things out in the end because of the alcohol content. I use and recommend Meguiar's Gold Class Vinyl/Rubber protectant. I put it all over the dash components on the interior right when I got the Fit home.
It looks and smells a bit greasy for the first few days, but it settles in nicely with a deep shine. What I like about it too is that it has a component in it that is SPF 30, like sunblock for your car!
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