john981

Hi,

I have a problem with the interior of my 2014 boxster. I think the former owners or detailers have used some aggressive material to detail the interior and everything looks completely messed up. Whether the door panels, the steering wheel or the seats, every where there are several different tones of black and it looks like I have dry oily stain strips all over the place. I thought with black interior this kind of problems would not exist but I didnt know that there so many different tones of black!! Is there a chance to get a material which can bring everything back to a consistent black tone? I had the car already at a detail shop and they couldn't do anything. I have heard about this material back to black, but that is usually only for exterior. Was wondering if anyone has any experience with that and has a tip to solve the issue.

thank you in advance

Marine Blue

john981

Please see attached, in real life it looks even worse. I will try to shoot some pictures in daylight. I have tried couple of products and none of them has helped. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks so much in advance.

john981

Marine Blue

john981

Black Magic Pro Shine Protectant
Mothers VLR (Vinyl, Leather, Rubber)

As mentioned before, I gave it to a professional detailer. Was actually the guy my dealer recommended me, he is detailing all their CPOs. He couldn't do anything and I have the feeling they even made it worse. Steering Wheel is so bad, that I am thinking to just get a new one but hope to find a decent solution for the doors. The seats have similar stains but not as bad and are not my primary concern

Marine Blue

assyrianme

On my Isuzu, I have a black dash, steering wheel, and exterior trim. It faded in the sun and one a year or two I use Forever Black.


Looks new after I put in.

john981

Thank you both. I will try the least 'invasive' suggestion first and try the others if no success. Thank you again and Merry Christmas!

algiorda

That looks like Armour All damage to me. I would NEVER EVER use Armour all inside my vehicles.

I use Leather cleaner/conditioner on everything; even vinyl. I feel it is safe to use.

Archimedes

john981

No, the car is otherwise in an excellent condition, problem zones are doors, steering wheel and some areas of the seats. Exterior, dash and all the other areas look like new. As I bought it, I really didn't see all these issues. If I remember well, they had just detailed the car and I was waiting the stuff to suck in and dry, but it never happened.

GregWormald

Can you ask the person who messed-up what they used? That should help finding a cleaner that is safe for the leather and vinyl.
I'm sort of surprised that it would be so difficult to remove unless it was a totally inappropriate product.

I agree with Marine Blue on the use of 303 aerospace products--maybe one of their cleaners as well as the protectant afterwards.

PiB993

If it were me, assuming this is plastic or rubber - you cannot just start putting more product on old product. I would use isopropyl alcohol 70% with a little distilled added (not sure about how aggressive you want to go) because you want to strip everything off then 303 or similar would work. I presume it's not some kind of wax product they mistakenly put on and that is why it's whitish. Of course if you are spraying anything you may want to tape off the areas you don't want to work on. I would whip on the 303 let it sit for 24 hours and see how it looks. Then even do another coat. Let it sit. Finally, whip it again removing any residual product.

I am open to alternatives and criticism. That's just how I would handle it.

john981

Is kind of difficult. The car had 3 owners before me and in the mean time several dealership who had the car in their possession have apparently tried all kind of cocktails to "detail" the car. So retrospectively not possible to know who's fault this is. Couple lessons I have learned out of this:

- Never buy again a non CPO used car. If the car would have been CPO, I could have brought it back and have them fixed it. For my last CPO the customer service was superb, they fixed every single issue I found in the first couple of weeks. E.g. a stone chip I had overseen as I took over the car, they have tried to repair and as it was not possible they just replaced the windshield.
- Better check every corner of the car. I was so excited buying the car, that I forgot to pay attention to all these details. Again, it was somehow shiny, I thought it was freshly detailed and will dry and look all clean soon, but apparently it didn't.