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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: yellowgti on 04 December 2005, 12:22

Title: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: yellowgti on 04 December 2005, 12:22: what is the best stuff to use to clean the interior in my yellow colour concept as at the moment it looks shabby, and i cant afford the Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£1300 they want to have it re-trimmed, ive tried everything you can think of like bleach, fairy liquid, daz liquid, leather feeders, leather cleaners, is their anything else i can use to clean it up?

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/yellow_gti/scatterrally002.jpg)

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/yellow_gti/catsngolf006.jpg)

(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/yellow_gti/catsngolf007.jpg)

i just want to get it looking nice for the shows next summer
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: Bazzer on 04 December 2005, 12:56: The Autoglym leather cleaner is pretty good imho - used it on my blue cc interior. But there is rumoured to be some better stuff, the name escapes me now, but the chap with the ferrari recommended it. And I forget his name too!!!! LOL not much help really!
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: Cra1g on 04 December 2005, 13:48: Thats a really really nice interior.

Do only some certain MK3 Golfs have them?

Cra1g
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: Bazzer on 04 December 2005, 14:33: Quote from: Cra1g on 04 December 2005, 13:48
Do only some certain MK3 Golfs have them?

Aye... Colour Concepts. They exist in 5 colours, Red, Blue (like mine), Green, Yellow (like this one) and Black...
There was also a similar (but not the same) interior in the VR6 Highline, available in Black or Aubergine.
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: Cra1g on 04 December 2005, 14:41: How easy are the to find?

As it's something I'd really like, when I get my new MK3.

However due to my new job starting in Jan 06, I might get a MK4, better all round me thinks.

Cra1g
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: Neaty on 04 December 2005, 18:54: thats the standard interior?! thats mint! :cool:
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: bampotman on 04 December 2005, 19:26: Try Zymol leather conditioner and the cleaner as well. Its good stuff
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: symonpll on 05 December 2005, 01:24: the colour concep interior is cracking!!

it just looks like its not been cleaned for ages and the dirt has stained.

maybe cause the yellow is lighter you can notice it more than on the other colours.

mines is red and its fine, does anybody else with a yellow coloue concept have a similar problem?

Symon
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: Bazzer on 05 December 2005, 08:08: Quote from: bampotman on 04 December 2005, 19:26
Try Zymol leather conditioner and the cleaner as well. Its good stuff

That's the stuff! and it's S11EPS who I couldn't remember in my last post! :wink:
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: Overseer on 05 December 2005, 14:29: mines not a colour concept.. but the seats/trim etc is identical just in all black leather.. i know that some non colour concept cars also came with all tan leather as a guy I work with has a mk3 cabrio with that interior
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: mr wong on 08 December 2005, 05:15: Bleach :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

No, no, no ,no, no, never ever use bleach on leather that will just take the colour right out of it and make it worse.

Sadly the leather will never come up like new because its ingrained now. Short of getting it renewed your Concept will just have to have that lived in look.

Another tip is to keep Johnstones Baby Wipes in your car as these are superb at cleaning leather and also nurish the leather.
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: wag,en,volks on 16 December 2005, 19:45: I have got a small hand held steam cleaner (cost about Ãƒâ€šÃ‚£25) and if your carefull with it then it cleans leather quite good ,
also the concept interior is a recaro but the highline etc isnt!
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: Organisys on 16 December 2005, 20:35: yeah, i was gonna say steam cleaner too, just don't over do it.
Title: Re: cleaning colour concept interior
Post by: colourcongti on 20 December 2005, 14:26: i have a yellow colour conecpt and mine is the same i have tried just about everything to get it clean but never had any joy