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Interior cleaning products to retain "BMW scent"
Anyone else like the smell of BMW interiors?
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12-29-2021, 03:10 PM | #2 |
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Now THERE's a marketing idea out of the blue stitching.
I like the new car smell of leather and plastics, but the closest I have for it, and have had for several years is the consistent use of Griots Leather conditioner spray thoroughly rubbed in after a fine cleaning. Not completely matching new, but enough leather smell and far better than the little hanging cardboard trees from your local. |
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For the longest time I could not decided what to use to clean and protect the inside so I just simply sprayed a high quality microfiber with distilled water to dampen and just wiped down the interior. I still have the "new car smell" and I have a 2018... :-)
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It really does smell like strippers. Trust me.
Also a great alibi for the married guy who likes to watch a little pole dancing once in a while, but doesn't want mama to know about it. Just show her this stuff and let her know you're using it in your car. When you come home from the club at 3am, she won't have any idea whether she's just smelling your car, or an actual stripper, on your clothes. Brilliant!
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Auto glym leather conditioner imo smells very very similar to the stock bmw leather smell - if not identical. Out of the bottle is smells strong, but it fades fast and leaves a bmw scented leather smell imo.
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Seeing this thread reminds me of when I had my E92. I rarely ever had my windows down. Primarily used the A/C and I swear I had that new car smell for nearly 2 yrs in that thing. It was cool while it lasted...
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I am also a Groit’s leather products user. Love the leather smell.
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Dude, it's incredible. If you've ever had a lap dance at a sleazy strip joint near an airport, then you KNOW the scent - they all smell exactly the same. And this stuff captures that scent PERFECTLY. Really adds an air of "class" to your interior.
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The balm leather conditioner.
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Coming from Japanese cars, and specifically a new Lexus (the best new-car smell on the planet IMO), the M2 had such a weird smell. It's pretty faded now, but still smells somewhat.
The smell is really the plastics, glues and dies outgassing, so I don't think you can retain it. |
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I have no idea, maybe it is the way the treat the leather, the way they dye it idk for sure. But the m2 and other bmws never really had that traditional new car smell that comes from the plastics off gassing.
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How BMW does it I wouldn't know, but the bottom level car smells just like the top level car at the dealership (to me). |
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I am pretty sure the smell from bmws come from the leather, it is also not as strong as something like a honda for instance.
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I would guess candy with a very faint hint of BO...
Hopefully there is no glitter in it.
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