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maxel
06-20-2008, 06:45 AM
I am thinking about buying this Golf Mk4 GTi , with tan leather... the interior is rotten.
The reason I`m interested in it is because it`s so cheap.
Anywho, is there a way recover the leather, carpets, dash?
Google didn`t show anything useful...
Thanks :)
maxel
06-20-2008, 11:24 AM
Bring Up My Post
Evenflow
06-20-2008, 12:43 PM
Don`t know what you mean by rotten, but if there extremely dirty a Mr.Clean Magic Eraser always does the trick for me.
VroomVroom
06-20-2008, 04:52 PM
Can you show some pics? There`s lots of great methods and products, but more info would be really helpful.
maxel
06-20-2008, 08:37 PM
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0697.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0698.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0699.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0700.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0701.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0702.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0703.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0723.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0724.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0725.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0727.jpg
http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb188/maxelmar/GTi%20fyrsta%20sjon/IMG_0728.jpg
It doesnt look so good in pictures but it`s a really good example. Just uber dirty and.... rotten..
Evenflow
06-20-2008, 08:56 PM
Dude..that`s not just rotten. That looks like MOLD to me. Honestly, like I suggested the Mr.Clean Magic Eraser should easily take care of that. That whole car is trashed.
LouisanaJeeper
06-20-2008, 09:01 PM
that is mold, if you cut open the seat wit will be 10x worse in the foam
looks like it was flooded than let sit for a few months.
Only way to recover at this point is to scrap the interior, bleach it then install a new interior. If it was looked at just after flooding, you could have probably steam/extracted the interior and let the seats dry out in the sun for a few days
maxel
06-20-2008, 09:02 PM
Thanks, yeah molded.. meant that.
But believe me, it`s just dirty, paint is perfect only some minor things here and there that need to be fixed.
maxel
06-20-2008, 09:04 PM
that is mold, if you cut open the seat wit will be 10x worse in the foam
looks like it was flooded than let sit for a few months.
Only way to recover at this point is to scrap the interior, bleach it then install a new interior. If it was looked at just after flooding, you could have probably steam/extracted the interior and let the seats dry out in the sun for a few days
Wow nice... it just gets better and better...
jesselyons2002
06-20-2008, 09:29 PM
I say 10:1 bleach on plastic and 20:1 or 30:1 on the interior leather and carpet.
Evenflow
06-20-2008, 10:37 PM
I say just scrap the whole thing. The only way you would get me in a car like that is with a hazmat suit.
If you bleach it...prepare to smell like bleach for the next few years of your life.
Mobilejay
06-20-2008, 11:11 PM
The reason I`m interested in it is because it`s so cheap.
Its so cheap because it is a health hazard. If you haven`t bought it yet I wouldn`t mess with it....If you have bought it already then I would like to see what Leatherique could do with that. True test to one of the best leather rejuvenators out there. Good luck man.
Domas
06-21-2008, 12:36 AM
Jesus, it`s biohazard :shocked
Well, maybe you can clean it by taking whole interior, carpets, seats etc. apart. But I think you might still need to re-dye the leather...
TSC17
06-21-2008, 06:07 AM
If you even get the interior clean, you may have some serious mechanical and electrical problems that show themselves down the road. I`ve personally submarined a car before, and it literally fell apart afterwards!
03SilverDak
06-21-2008, 07:42 AM
that has to be a flood car. if not it has set for a few years. I know my aunts old car she had. sat in the back yard for like 4 years and the interir was molded. I would walk away from this car. if its so cheap then it has to be something wrong with it. do a car fax on it and see what it says. it it brings up any hits. then it damaged goods. but with all that mold its a deffinate hazzard and in the long run is getting a cheap car worth ruining your lungs for life?