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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 10:15 AM
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Is Armor All the best thing to use on interior plastics?

What's the best thing to use on interior plastic peices to make them look new?

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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 10:21 AM
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armor all is the WORSE.


read this:
https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...=natural+shine




Meguairs Natural Shine is the best in my opinion...
Old Mar 26, 2004 | 10:40 AM
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Anything that protects from UV rays.......That is what you want. Armor All is VERY bad to your interior (especially the BIG **** DASH PAD). Heats up very quickly and then cracks your stuff. I use Mothers Preserves or STP Son of a Beotch



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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 10:44 AM
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Meguairs or mothers they are simply the best
Old Mar 26, 2004 | 11:51 AM
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STP Son of a Gun is great stuff. Not as good as the Meguairs but a very good alternative.
Old Mar 26, 2004 | 12:16 PM
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Meguires has two... Natural Shine and Gold Class Leather Conditioner. Anyone have a side by side comparison? The natural shine seems to have a bit of glossiness to it.
Old Mar 26, 2004 | 03:44 PM
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Everybody already said it, but Armor all sucks! It has silicon in it, that dries out your rubber and plastic pieces.
Old Mar 26, 2004 | 03:56 PM
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Meguires has two... Natural Shine and Gold Class Leather Conditioner. Anyone have a side by side comparison? The natural shine seems to have a bit of glossiness to it.
Arent they totally different things? .. I dunno if leather conditioner is good for you plastic pieces. I use Natural shine on my plastics and Lexol Leather conditioner on my seats. Lexol makes some plastic protectant too.. but Lexol stuff is like atleast twice as much as everything else and theres sooo much plastic on our cars to put it on..
Old Mar 26, 2004 | 03:59 PM
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I already have the leather conditioner, it says to not use it on plastics
Old Mar 26, 2004 | 04:18 PM
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Originally posted by grngryoutmyway
Arent they totally different things? .. I dunno if leather conditioner is good for you plastic pieces. I use Natural shine on my plastics and Lexol Leather conditioner on my seats. Lexol makes some plastic protectant too.. but Lexol stuff is like atleast twice as much as everything else and theres sooo much plastic on our cars to put it on..


lexol is THE stuff for leather.... i love the stuff......



but their plastic stuff isnt as good as natural shine... atleast IMO.


i really like the clean, new plastic look natrual shine does.... without making it overly glossy... (unless you want it glossy, then just do two coats)




also, natural shine dries..... so its not slippery and doesnt attract dust.
you CAN use it on your steering wheel, pedals, shifter, ect.... just let it dry before you drive (about 5mins)
Old Mar 26, 2004 | 04:30 PM
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Originally posted by LO3Jeff
Meguairs or mothers they are simply the best
I find that to be correct based on my experiences, however Mother's does contain silicon, too (I was sad to learn so). Armor All isn't like spreading dog feces on your dash or anything, there's just better products out there. I believe Meguiar's may not contain silicon, but I'd have to double check that.
Old Mar 26, 2004 | 07:32 PM
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Thanks for clearing up the Meguires stuff. This is a great thread.
Old Mar 27, 2004 | 12:10 AM
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On top of that, Armor All makes everything REALLY SLIPPERY! I did my whole interior in it and couldnt hold on to the steering wheel and it was a pita just to stay in the seat in the turns
Old Mar 27, 2004 | 11:10 PM
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Ther used to be a product called "SOMETHING BETTER".made by the same Co. that sold "no touch tire".It worked great on the int plastic.Although i think its not produced anymore...
Old Mar 28, 2004 | 10:22 AM
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Originally posted by IROCtheRoad
On top of that, Armor All makes everything REALLY SLIPPERY! I did my whole interior in it and couldnt hold on to the steering wheel and it was a pita just to stay in the seat in the turns
Lol... it says not to do that on the bottle.
Old Mar 28, 2004 | 11:16 AM
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