So I was at the wrecker last week and grabbed some door panels, unfortunately the trim broke while I was removing it (pretty dried out and brittle....and maybe a poor technique on my part), anyways had it sitting in the garbage and saw my shelf of products and thought which product am I going to use to clean up my interior, well here are the results from the garbage piece. From left to right is original trim before treatment, then spray nine (general purpose cleaner I use just about on everything), then armour all, then mothers, followed by turtle wax plastics restorer, and lastly a mcquires leather cleaner I hate using on the leather in my other vehicles but always noticed it left dark spots on trim when I over sprayed the seats. So in my opinion mcquires leather left the trim the darkest but also the greasiest (which is why I hate it on my laether), second best is mothers (which I hate cause it leaves your car smelling like a urinal), so that left turtle wax in third for darkest and no oil residue. I still prob will give the mcquires a shot because it looks so good! Maybe it's bad to put leather conditioner on the trim but I guess I will figure that one out also. That's it, no real purpose to my post just killed some time last night.

 

I don't know how to post a new thread so I am cutting in. My drivers door rattles on rough roads. The hinge pins are tight? What could it be.

 

Go back to auto detailing and appearance page and start at the top of the screen, scroll down until u see the 2nd blue bar across the screen. On the.ft side right above it you clearly will see a "new thread" icon, click it and make your post...you will get better results about door rattle from that than from a detailing thread, or better yet go back 2 pages and post under the "interior" section rather than the detailing section.

 

Mine were so faded I just ended up spraying them black again with interior dye. Yours turned out really nice though!

 

Good to know, I've been looking for something decent as well.

FWIW, the best way to remove the upper trim is to apply slight pressure from underneath (typically the door panel) and bump, or smack the trim piece inward. There are little clips that momentarily release when you bump it, while the pressure from underneath keeps it loose as you go along from one end to the other.

 

Good to know, my old panels have been of several times but the top rail was always cracked that must have made my method work so well, I did look at the three clips after I broke the first one but still wasn't sure of the best technique. Now that I have 2 nice top rails I really don't want to break them

 

FWIW, I've been going to junk yards for years and it's common to find these cracked about six inches from the front. I'm not sure the reason for it though. Good to know you have a couple of good ones.