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Originally Posted by BimmerM3inGA
140K. I think it'll be okay after some remedial maintenance and TLC. The interior is nearly as filthy as the exterior. Can you recommend a good cleaning product for the leather? I'm good at the mechanical and electronic stuff, but not so much at detailing. I don't want to damage the leather when trying to clean it.
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It comes with all the products I use, I recommended this kit because he includes a brush attachment and the 3" griots random orbital, which you will need to use on those seats, and the carpet for the most part.
the 1Z Deep Plastic Cleaner is what you need to use to clean the grime off the seats, and it will clean up the dash panels, dashboard etc. Once the seats are cleaned up use the Lederpledge for conditioning the leather, its not greasy or shiny and just leaves them looking supple and new.
After you wipe down all the interior plastics with the 1Z Deep Plastic Cleaner, use the 1Z Cockpit Premium on all interior surfaces for protection and to show a clean matte finish.
http://www.detailersdomain.com/1Z-ei...mium_p_70.html
Or, if you're like me and are ballin' on a budget (and don't need the Griots machine since its out of stock now that I looked on the website), just get the Lederpledge separately (its 15 bucks), and get this Interior Basics kit (the white towels work great, but i'm warning you you will need to let the cleaner sit on that leather for a couple minutes and really use some elbow grease to get that grime off before applying Lederpledge!):
http://www.detailersdomain.com/1Z-ei...Kit_p_656.html
And get some carpet cleaner while you're at it, and also use some soft but stiff bristled brushes on the interior carpets (and don't forget to use some on the headliner, i'm sure there are stains!):
http://www.detailersdomain.com/Adams...aner_p_94.html
Basically you need to get about 70 bucks worth of products (use code BMW for 10% discount), and a few hours of cleaning in the driveway and the interior could look close to new again. I'm sure the A/C smells musty as well, get a new cabin filter, but while you're switching it out, vacuum all the leaves and sticks near the filter housing, and turn the A/C on full blast with the filter out of the car, and spray some Lysol directly into the cabin filter housing to disinfect the A/C system (old detailers trick)
Once you sprayed a decent amount of Lysol, close up all the windows, let it run for a minute, then put in the new filter, close up the housing, and press recirculate to really clean out those vents!