What do you guys use for cleaning the plastic leather-look interior panels in these cars. I'm having more success cleaning the actual leather!

 

Hi. Are you talking about the dash and the door panel areas?

I use Meguiar's Gold Class Rich Leather Conditioner and Meguiar's Natural Shine Protectant for the interior of my 1996 XJR after using Meguiar's Quick Interior Detailer to wipe down, or the Mirror Glaze Vinyl/Rubber Cleaner/Conditioner depending on how stubborn the panels are. I never have to use the heavy duty cleaner at all for my Jag. They are all spray bottles though. The Natural Shine can be used on any rubber/plastic/vinyl surfaces for interior surface protection and a long lasting shine, which I use on the dash, and matching pieces around the wood trim on each door. However, I do use the Gold Class Leather on just about everything else in my Jag.

As a professional automobile detailer those are the only 3 consumer spray products I use by Meguiar's because they are great products!

Hope this helps!

 

I like vinylex or 303.

 

I use armor all orange wipes. They clean the dash/plastics great and do not leave that high gloss shine like other armor all products.

 

Autoglym vinyl and rubber cleaner....does an awesome job
As its water based it doesn't leave everything sticky and NO reflective shine either. The big plus is the gorgeous aroma it leaves behind scenting the car too...all good!

 

For plastic/vinyl and non leather materials I like using either Meguiar's APC + diluted 10:1 or depending on which brand of vehicle, I like using Einszett Cockpit Premium Interior Plastic Cleaner. Neither of these products leave a synthetic shine or sheen.

 

I just used the ArmorAll natural finish and it worked well with no oily look. I clean all the gaskets around the door/trunk/hood as well since these will crack and degrade over time.