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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 07:39 PM
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What is that gook on the climate control???

A while back I purchased my G35 at an auction. I noticed when I got the car that there appeared to be a smudge or two on the climate control plastic window. I figured, "easy enough, I'll just use some windex, clean it up, and make it streak free." Not quite so. Apparently there is a film, or something to that effect, on the plastic that makes everything smudge. Now I have more smudges than when I started. My question is this, what type of cleaner or method should I use to clean this damn climate control window. Its so silly but nothing seems to work.
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 08:32 PM
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Maybe a vietcong soldier will scare that gook off of your climate control.

 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 09:30 PM
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^^ yea i got the same problem and want this info as well!
 
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Old Apr 16, 2007 | 10:18 PM
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I have the same problem....not the VC, but smudge.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 07:45 AM
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i've tried everything to get it off....I've yelled at it...I've tried punching it....I've even looked at it funny. Nothing seems to work. Help!
 
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 07:48 AM
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Maybe a vietcong soldier will scare that gook off of your climate control.

really lmao
 
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 09:19 AM
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Originally Posted by badtziscool
Maybe a vietcong soldier will scare that gook off of your climate control.

hahahhahahaha
 
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 10:56 AM
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Gook

Originally Posted by dmac7
A while back I purchased my G35 at an auction. I noticed when I got the car that there appeared to be a smudge or two on the climate control plastic window. I figured, "easy enough, I'll just use some windex, clean it up, and make it streak free." Not quite so. Apparently there is a film, or something to that effect, on the plastic that makes everything smudge. Now I have more smudges than when I started. My question is this, what type of cleaner or method should I use to clean this damn climate control window. Its so silly but nothing seems to work.

This is gonna sound really strange, but I bought one of those pre-soaked Armor-All pads at a self serve carwash and got some on the Climate Control screen by accident and all my gook is gone...

Now I don't know why or how, but my climate control screen looks brand new. If I try to clean it with Windex, etc, it looks like crap again. I put a new coating of the Armor-All on and it is gorgeous again. Another thing that MAY work is spraying a little Pledge furniture polish on a cotton swab, although I have not tried that yet...Remember, Pledge is essentially wax and may fill in any imperfections or scratches on plastic. My buddy's and I used to detail our crotch rockets with Pledge all the time, it is quite amazing actually!
 

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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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Please don't tell me you're using Armor-All for your interior ...
 
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 03:27 PM
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You might want to try lens cleaner with a microfiber cloth. that stuff is safe enough to use on the coatings of eye glasses, it should be good enough to use on the interior. I just used it to clean some sneeze marks off my insturment cluster and the results were impressive (no swirl marks left, etc).
 
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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Gook? I want this racist banned!!!! hahaha, just kidding.
 
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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by badtziscool
Maybe a vietcong soldier will scare that gook off of your climate control.

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!
 
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by badtziscool
Maybe a vietcong soldier will scare that gook off of your climate control.





BAHAHAHAHAHHAHAH!!!!

that comment made my day... whew... man thats funny
 
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 11:10 AM
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Originally Posted by LightningRod
Please don't tell me you're using Armor-All for your interior ...
No not on the leather...LOL
 
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Old Apr 18, 2007 | 12:11 PM
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I had great results using a chrome polish (I believe it was Mothers)... made it look brand new.

Oh, and if anyone ever point to it and touches it to ask whats that, I hit the eject button on their seat.
 
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