Jap Burd wrote: ↑Wed Dec 02, 2020 8:44 am
I want to buy a windshield tool to clean it better, I saw them somewhere. I made a silver sunscreen for the car, I always use it in the summer. Has anyone purchased a dash mat for their Q? I was wondering how it would work with the pass side airbag
My Q was “raised” in Arizona...Idk how the previous owners kept it, but looks like a mix of garage and off street parking over the years. But I wouldn’t use tacky Dashboard covers. My dashboard has outlived my previous leather seats and the paint job lol. There’s no discoloration or peeling. In the summer, I use sunshade. I see a lot of cars not use them, but they’re not gimmicky. It makes a huge difference in the amount of heat. It’ll still get hot, but the days I forget to put my sunshade up, it feels 100 degrees hotter
My 97 Maxima is the same. Long as you don’t sit stuff on the dashboard or use something bad for the material, it’ll last forever. Stark contrast to the 2000s vehicles which start peeling and discoloring within 10 years.
As for leather conditioning, I carry wipes that I may use every other week. But I also will once or twice a year use a veggie brush and water mixed with woolite or leather cleaner. You’d be surprised how much gunk gets between the wrinkles of the leather. I do that to any junkyard leather I get.
However, I only do so sparingly and not press too aggressively...Old dirty leather can start to crack after a good deep cleaning. And the seams can also get damaged in the process.