What do you use to clean your X3/X7?

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What do you use to clean your X3/X5?

I was just curious as to what you guys use to clean your X3/X5. I use nothing but Eagle One products to clean my X3.

Also, have you taken your X3/X5 to a car wash? I refuse to take mine to a car wash. I've heard too many horror stories.

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I think you mean X5?

If you take it to a car wash where you use the pressure hose and everything - nothing bad can really happen and definitely shouldn't. For wax, I always use meguiars products. I know a lot of people use the expensive stuff around here - talk to mr. elussive...
 
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Sorry for the confusion with the X5 (X7). I've made the correction. Thanks guys!!!

I've used Meguiars products but for some reason I always end up going to Eagle One.
 
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BigO1120 said:
Does anyone know what to use to clean the dash board of the X3? I find that the rubbery material makes it very hard to clean up.

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This may not be the right answer, but when I had my 530i, it has the same material. I just used, swiffers and or hot water on a wash cloth.
 
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I noticed that when I use a rag with hot water, or an actual dash cleaner, I can never keep a good grip on the towel, rag, swiffer, whatever cloth is used because of the rubbery material that the dashboard consists of.
 
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I have one of the mini California dusters (bought at Target) and it does a great job removing dust from my dash and every place else. I just keep it under my seat and use it whenever. 303 Aerospace protectant applied to the interior vinyl when I clean my interior keeps everything looking great.

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I don't have my X3 yet but I just take my Freelander to Water Works or The Hub. If you don't have any of these places in your town you're missing out. For $10-$15 you get the exterior of the car hand-cleaned and the inside dusted and it takes about 15min. Of course they have more expensive packages where they will Armor All the interior and and exterior plastics, they can wax it, put tire shine....all that good stuff. I've asked the peolpe at The Hub and they use Meguiars products so I know it's good stuff.

Call me lazy but don't knock it 'till you try it. I've taken my cars there for the past 6 years and never had an incident of them scratching or denting them. The Hub even has a restaurant where you can hang out and eat a nice meal while your car gets washed.

For about $25 you get a nice meal and a sparkly new car all in about 30min!
 
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Rob V said:
I don't have my X3 yet but I just take my Freelander to Water Works or The Hub. If you don't have any of these places in your town you're missing out. For $10-$15 you get the exterior of the car hand-cleaned and the inside dusted and it takes about 15min. Of course they have more expensive packages where they will Armor All the interior and and exterior plastics, they can wax it, put tire shine....all that good stuff. I've asked the peolpe at The Hub and they use Meguiars products so I know it's good stuff.

Call me lazy but don't knock it 'till you try it. I've taken my cars there for the past 6 years and never had an incident of them scratching or denting them. The Hub even has a restaurant where you can hang out and eat a nice meal while your car gets washed.

For about $25 you get a nice meal and a sparkly new car all in about 30min!
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Rob V, do they have a website that i can check out?
 
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Does anyone know of a real good product to clean the rims of the X3. Unfortunately, due to the nasty winter in the East Coast, alot of the brake dust seemed to fuse with my rims. Just yesterday I finally had the opportunity to clean and detail my X3 that I could not get all the brake dust off the rims.

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BigO1120 said:
Does anyone know of a real good product to clean the rims of the X3. Unfortunately, due to the nasty winter in the East Coast, alot of the brake dust seemed to fuse with my rims. Just yesterday I finally had the opportunity to clean and detail my X3 that I could not get all the brake dust off the rims.

HELP! [:(!]
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Griots Garage sells an excellent wheel cleaner. P21S works great too--try the gel if you have a lot of buildup.

Please don't buy any of that junk that you can supposedly spray on and wash off that your local Wal Mart ot auto parts store sells--way too harsh.

Also, read some of the posts in the detailing section on the board.

www.griotsgarage.com
www.autogeek.net

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