Someone hit my car this morning

[navane]

Man, that sucks.

I feel your pain. I used to have some kids living across the street who would play ball right in the street in front of my car. I came home one day to see one of the boys throwing a baseball straight up into the air and trying to catch it. He was doing this just a couple of feet from my car. I came out several minutes later to find that the kids were now in their house....and there was a baseball-sized dent on the hood of my car. Another time, one of the kids was skateboarding and I watched him try and flip a trick next to my car. He lost control, the board flew up and hit my driver door. At that time, I lived on a street which dead-ended into a canyon. They had about 100 feet of empty street in which to mess about; but no, they just HAD to play right in front of my car. Punk kids.

Plus, in Long Beach, we had street sweeping. This meant that everyone had to park on one side of the street two nights a week. People would try to cram their behemoth SUVs into a space the size of a Golf. The painted bumpers on my sister's brand new Jetta are all jacked up now and my license plate is smashed up due to the yahoos who don't know how to parallel park.

I'm glad you were able to find a paint kit....I hope you're able to fix that dent too. You have a nice car and it's a shame it got damaged.

.....Kelly

[winnieb]

Was at dinner tonight, looked up at the TV and there was an ad for a dent removal "system" called the Pop -n- Dent. It was one of those cheesy commercials with an 800-#---- maybe you can google it.

[cashmoney]

Update.....


My door is fixed, but does anyone know how to get Redbull out of leather seats if you spilt some on them? Miss teenie bopper spilt a Redbull last night in a drunken stoop. My car smells just like it, too.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by cashmoney
Update.....


My door is fixed, but does anyone know how to get Redbull out of leather seats if you spilt some on them? Miss teenie bopper spilt a Redbull last night in a drunken stoop. My car smells just like it, too.

Are they stained or does it just smell bad?

You might be able to use stain remover, but make sure you check the label and that it says you can use it on leather. I'm not entirely sure that would work, it could damage the leather, so double check. You could also try a good leather cleaner.
If those don't work, you'll probably have to take it to get it professionally cleaned.

[cashmoney]

Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
Are they stained or does it just smell bad?

You might be able to use stain remover, but make sure you check the label and that it says you can use it on leather. I'm not entirely sure that would work, it could damage the leather, so double check. You could also try a good leather cleaner.
If those don't work, you'll probably have to take it to get it professionally cleaned.

If it's stained you can't really tell. The seats are black and I keep them well conditioned. But I know they're stained because my car smells like a Redbull factory.

Any suggestions on a brand of cleaner?

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by cashmoney
If it's stained you can't really tell. The seats are black and I keep them well conditioned. But I know they're stained because my car smells like a Redbull factory.

Any suggestions on a brand of cleaner?

I'm not really sure. You can find fabric cleaner at your local grocery store, but not sure if those will work on leather. You could try going into a dealership, I'm sure they would carry some sort of leather cleaner.

Also, a little febreeze would help get rid of the smell.

[AOIIBrandi]

You can get leather cleaner at any furniture store or car dealership for about $4-5. I used to use the same stuff for my leather couches and my mercedes' leather seats.

[cashmoney]

Originally posted by AOIIBrandi
You can get leather cleaner at any furniture store or car dealership for about $4-5. I used to use the same stuff for my leather couches and my mercedes' leather seats.

4-5$ seems pretty cheap to be using on real leather....are you sure?

[FAB*SpiceySpice]

Originally posted by cashmoney
Update.....


My door is fixed, but does anyone know how to get Redbull out of leather seats if you spilt some on them? Miss teenie bopper spilt a Redbull last night in a drunken stoop. My car smells just like it, too.

I spilt a tiny bottle of perfume on the seat of my brand new car like a month after I got it , but I put a cup of bleach in there that night and it absorbed a lot of the smell. Vinegar I believe works as well. Just do it like right before you go to bed at night so you know you won't like be using your car for several hours.

Also some of the odor neutralizer sprays they make might work as well. Just be careful with spraying stuff b/c I have dark grey leather in my car and I sprayed Febreze in there (not directly on the seats) once, and it worked but it left little spots on the leather that had to be cleaned off which was annoying.

Good luck.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by cashmoney
4-5$ seems pretty cheap to be using on real leather....are you sure?

I don't know what kind of car you drive, but go into that manufacturer's dealership and purchase some leather cleaner from them. I highly doubt they'll sell you stuff that will ruin your seats.

[cashmoney]

Originally posted by Lady Pi Phi
I don't know what kind of car you drive, but go into that manufacturer's dealership and purchase some leather cleaner from them. I highly doubt they'll sell you stuff that will ruin your seats.

It's on page one of the thread.

[AOIIBrandi]

Originally posted by cashmoney
4-5$ seems pretty cheap to be using on real leather....are you sure?

That's what I've paid in the past, but then my furniture place would give it to you free for life if you bought leather furniture from them... Although, if you buy it from Mercedes they will probably charge a lot more for it (past experience speaking from there too). Just make sure whatever you buy says that it is leather cleaner.

[cashmoney]

Originally posted by AOIIBrandi
That's what I've paid in the past, but then my furniture place would give it to you free for life if you bought leather furniture from them... Although, if you buy it from Mercedes they will probably charge a lot more for it (past experience speaking from there too). Just make sure whatever you buy says that it is leather cleaner.

Conditioner wont work?

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by cashmoney
Conditioner wont work?

Nice car.

If you're worried about ruing the seats/interior, whatever...it's best to get something good. The best place to find what you need would be at a Mercedes dealership. If they don't have what you need, they'll tell you where to get it.

If you don't really care what happens, then it's okay to use whatever.

And for future reference, you shouldn't have people eat or drink in your car.

edited because of typo

[AOIIBrandi]

Originally posted by cashmoney
Conditioner wont work?

Might, but can't be sure. You might call up a company that specializes in interiors and ask them what may be best. They will usually point you in the right direction.