Cleaning/Restoring Your Recaros

[ekcoupe]

Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!


Aim: Cleaning your Seats;)

Required: Water - 1-2 Buckets - Lots Of Cloths(Terry Cotton Towel or Microfiber Towels) - Spray Bottle - 'Softly Wool Wash' as a Substitute for 'Woolite' in the US also you need Patience.

Step 1: Remove the Seats from your Car, as it is very difficult to clean them inside an can also smell if you clean inside.
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Step 2: Place the Seats/Rails on something soft like a towel, an give them a good Vacuuming.
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Step 3: Mix Together Your Soap an Some Water in a Spray Bottle, I filled about a 1/4 of the bottle with warm water an added 2 capfuls of 'Softly' an added more water till it was full.
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Step 4: Now Completely Drench the seats either use a Wash Mitt/Cloth or use a hose if you have lots of patience, I used the Wash mitt an wetted down the seats, also remember to change the water often as it can get very dirty.
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Step 5: Now Get your Spray bottle an spray section at a time, Spray a fair amount on those soiled areas.
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Then gently massage the soap in with your hand, do this for a little while then wipe it off with a damp microfiber or cotton towel
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Step 6: Let Them Dry Overnight.
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Step 7: Give Them Another Vacuum an Bolt them Back In The Car.



Before:
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb474/tim9099/Picture0i032.jpg

After:
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb474/tim9099/Picture033.jpg

Couldn't Get the same setting, but the seats are spotless an look Great.

More After Pics:
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb474/tim9099/Picture087.jpg
http://i1207.photobucket.com/albums/bb474/tim9099/Picture082.jpg
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[beeza]

WOW!!

They turned out so good!

Really well done mate!!

[wynode]

Nice work. Pics are pretty misleading though!

[ekcoupe]

Thanks Wyn:) Uploaded a few more after pics:thumbsup:

[beeza]

Damn,can't wait to sit in em'! :)

[m3ntAL_l2]

Nice work. Pics are pretty misleading though!

before and after pics taken by different camera? or on different settings?

[ekcoupe]

before and after pics taken by different camera? or on different settings?

Same Camera, an i tried all the settings but they were coming out bad quality an since it was about to rain i bolted them back in the car, so i couldn't get anymore pics.

[Alexplicit]

Looks fantastic good job defo gonna do this to mine now ;)

[jks24]

come and do mine for me...

[ekcoupe]

Aye Josh, whats been going on???

lol you can do it yourself;)

[jks24]

Aye Josh, whats been going on???

lol you can do it yourself;)

nm man nm getting back into it a bit I spose hey, hows your eg
yeah I will do it myself once I get some time..the black is pretty good though it doesnt the dirt but I know they could do with a clean..

[ekcoupe]

Yep it's going great just needs a bit more tlc an should be the perfect daily...

true true:)

[beeza]

Best car eva.

[ekcoupe]

haha thanks beez:thumbsup:

[RJL]

Might try this next weekend. Cheers

[lemmm]

would you get the same result steam cleaning it? or will steam cleaning it make the seats fade?

[ekcoupe]

would you get the same result steam cleaning it? or will steam cleaning it make the seats fade?

Im not too sure on that, ive seen a few steam cleaned n they have the same result, this way is just cheaper

[Uproar]

i steam cleaned mine. it didnt fade.
but it wasnt as effective as i would like because previous owner never cleaned it.

what i did was;
- used foam upholstery cleaner (instead of woolite).
- then followed the usual steps
- then steamed cleaned
- vacuumed.

voila! good as new.