On my RS, I just used 1/2 a quart of Febreeze on my seats, carpets, and door panels. Is this the best stuff to use? My t-tops leak, but not badly by any stretch. Neither does it really smell that bad. I know the only real way to get rid of the smell is to get a new carpet, (and re-pad the seats?), but in the meantime, what's the best de-odorizer to use?

Despite the fact I leave towels under the spots it leaks on every time it rains, the damn car still manages to smell a bit

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Jason E

'89 Camaro RS
-Medium Grey Metallic
-2.8, A4, T-tops, 95k miles
-Hypertech chip, Accel 8.8MM wires and coil
-K&Ns with gutted airbox
-Alpine 60x4 with Boston 746s and RX97s

'97 Z28
-30th Anniversary package (white with orange stripes)
-LT1, M6, t-tops, 46k miles
-Xtant 403a 50x4 + 300x1 powering a 10" Eclipse Aluminum in a JL Stealth box, Boston RM6 fronts, Monsoon rears (temporary!!), Eclipse 5341R CD, All Monster's goodies...
Speed Kills...Wanna live forever? Drive a Ford.
Long Live #3...

 

Spraying Febreeze on a wet or leaky interior is like spraying Febreeze on a turd. It's still gonna stink. You gotta get rid of the cause of the odor first, which means fixing any leak, then killing the mold or whatever started growing as a result of the trapped moisture. Only when things are dry and stay dry will the Febreeze or any odor killer work.

 

I agree with Jza,you gotta fix your leaks and start from there.

Brent

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Toys currently owned:
-91 MPFI Firebird
-97 Grand-Am GT
-96 Extreme Sonoma
-91 Suzuki GS500E
-89 Z28 Camaro(under construction)
-89 RS Camaro

 

Well, while the t-top gaskets are not rotted, they are flattened somewhat from age. And of all the shops I have talked to, no one wants to touch the gaskets and GUARANTEE they won't leak afterwards. I've gotten estimates between 5 and 700 to have both sides done, but with no guarantee??? Yeah right...

Does anyone know of a place in the Northeast that does quality t-top gasket repair?

 

If you have any faith in your ability to follow directions, you could order a t-top kit from TACreations for $160, both sides. (It is a GM weatherseal kit as well)

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Take out the seats, get out the hair dryer and start drying. Kill any mold you can find (especially under the carpet). Then shampoo it, Febreeze it and Scotchguard it.

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1991 Firebird Formula
305 TPI,Auto,Custom 3" Mandrel bent I-pipe, Flowmaster 80 series muffler, 3" hi-flo cat,Taylor Spiro Wires,Bosch Platinum Plugs, K&N Filter, Grant GT Steering Wheel, 5% Rear tint, Pontiac Windshield Decal, Fresh paint

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shampooo the carpets, just goto autozone and pick up some sort of spray on rub off carpet shampoo, thats what we did on my friends old T\A and after the third time of cleaning the smell starts to go away.

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- David
88' GTA 5.7L TPI MODS---> air foil, K&N, Shift Kit, 180* therm, TB bypass, Gutted CAT, Flowmaster 80 Series Muffler added to Unkown CatBack, Ported Intake

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