kamrani786

This post is for all you Maintenance Gurus:

What are the must-have products to maintain both the exterior and interior (leather)?

Your's truly,
Nevershoppedforcarstuff

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Satin Silver
1997 Acura 3.0 CL
Even though the Moon is so far away,
It always seems to Light my Way.
AIM SN: kamrani786

MikeS 18

in no particular order:
1) windex
2) lexol
3) DOW foamy bathroom cleaner (scrubbing bubbles for kickpanel plastic)(interior)
4) good car wash - I like bubbly kind
5) wax
6) paint cleaner for before wax
7) tire cleaner (I use amorall one step stuff)
8) chrome polish for exhaust tips
9) cotton towels, paper towels, bucket, wash glove, "absorber" for drying off the car

I think that's all (at least all I can think of)

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CL-S #22,299 Black/Parchment/Nav, spoiler, door & fender guards, wood trim, PIAA 19169 & 9005, V1 w/remote, trunk & winter mats, Road Salt Finish by Mass DOT, only 1 scratched rim

kamrani786

Thanks a lot!!!

Specifically, what about for the leather and for the wood trim (i'm assuming furniture polish)</p>

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Satin Silver
1997 Acura 3.0 CL
Even though the Moon is so far away,
It always seems to Light my Way.
AIM SN: kamrani786

MikeS 18

Hate to break it to you...the wood is plastic - don't need furniture polish

The lexol is for the leather. Probably a good idea to get both cleaner and conditioner.

Oh, maybe some green stuff for the wheels

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CL-S #22,299 Black/Parchment/Nav, spoiler, door & fender guards, wood trim, PIAA 19169 & 9005, V1 w/remote, trunk & winter mats, Road Salt Finish by Mass DOT, only 1 scratched rim

kamrani786

Wood is plastic??? The horror!!!!
All the same, thanks for shopping list!

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Satin Silver
1997 Acura 3.0 CL
<A HREF="http://userpages.umbc.edu/~kahmad2" TARGET=_blank>Even though the Moon is so far away,
It always seems to Light my Way.</A>
AIM SN: kamrani786

UDMechE

In leiu of the windex i would go with an ammonia-free window cleaner, like turtlewax's ClearVue or armorall's glass cleaner. I've used ClearVue and it works pretty good.

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'99 2.3CL 5-spd. Black w/ spoiler, fogs, Wheel Locks, Mudguards, CD & Cass, and a CoPilot Digital Compass.

CLpower

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55 Chevy Suburban (chopped, dropped, tubbed and FLAME RETARDENT!!)

58 Eldorado Biarritz

kamrani786

I figured out that CLPower uses blank messages to raise his posts number. Good idea bud

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Satin Silver
1997 Acura 3.0 CL
<A HREF="http://userpages.umbc.edu/~kahmad2" TARGET=_blank>Even though the Moon is so far away,
It always seems to Light my Way.</A>
AIM SN: kamrani786

volsfan0911

adding to list:

-girlfriend in very skimpy bikini which will (hopefully) fall off at least once.

-Loud music source!

now, for the serious stuff:
5 gallon plastic bucket, Z7 for car wash, Griot's Boar's hair brushes (1 for car, 1 for wheels), Z6, Absorber to dry off, Cali Water Blade, towels (100% cotton, white, terrycloth, edges cut off & resewn w/ cotton thread), Z2, Lexol, Vinylex, Windex w/o ammonia, Zaino application pads, lots of water, sunglasses, paper towels for interior, clean rags (old white t-shirts in my case), sunscreen, hat

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when you're ready to succeed!

Technique

Hey, MikeS, what do the door & fender guards look like??? PICTURES!!!

Thanks

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Silver CL-S w/ Navi, Spoiler, Wheel Locks, Trunk Tray, 19169, 9005
Toyo 235/45ZR17-97W* T1-S Proxes on Stock 17" CL-S wheels

MikeS 18

They look like standard door guard stuff but they glue to the inside edge of the door instead of just slipping onto the edge like the ones you buy in a parts store. The fender guards are the same concept and really look the same. I have a black car so it blends completely.

No pictures - no camera - no money! I want a Kodak digicam!



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CL-S #22,299 Black/Parchment/Nav, spoiler, door & fender guards, wood trim, PIAA 19169 & 9005, V1 w/remote, trunk & winter mats, no headers, no sway bars, no springs, no money!

Technique

Did you get them from your Acura dealer? If so, how much?



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Silver CL-S w/ Navi, Spoiler, Wheel Locks, Trunk Tray, 19169, 9005
Toyo 235/45ZR17-97W* T1-S Proxes on Stock 17" CL-S wheels

MikeS 18

I paid $320 at Springfield (NJ) Acura for: 1) body side molding ($195), 2) fender guards,($75) 3) Door Edge Guards ($50).

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CL-S #22,299 Black/Parchment/Nav, spoiler, door & fender guards, wood trim, PIAA 19169 & 9005, V1 w/remote, trunk & winter mats, no headers, no sway bars, no springs, no money!