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Hi,
Does anyone have any advice on how to care for a vinyl roof(black colour on HQ Monaro). Is Amourall the go or something else.
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Kiwi Boot polish, in a colour to suit your roof. The best thing that i have used.
Armourall only lasts for about 3 weeks, and is expensive when used frequently over that big area.
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eerrhh??
I would like to know?? why?? why do they have vinyl rooves?
is it simply a style iconic thing,,or a way of keeping the roof underneath warm and cosy at night?
jest wondering.
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Yes basket. i think on some cars. like brougham,landau,ect. and other USA cars it sets it off. can be real "class". it has to be done the right way to. looks like crap on a base model type car. goes well with chrome. no good on modern type cars.
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I use Johnsons Baby Oil on my HQ Statesman, looks great, never dries out, but is a magnet to dust. However - a quick hose off and its like new again.
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I use Johnsons Baby Oil on my HQ Statesman, looks great, never dries out, but is a magnet to dust. However - a quick hose off and it's like new again.
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I think maccaq, if it's good quality vinyl all that is needed, is good old soap and water, maybe that mothers brand cleaner will bring a shine to it. even the soft type vinyl. that's all i did to my dads 1972 LTD and it came up looking good. if it's the
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I think maccaq, if its good quality vinyl all that is needed, is good old soap and water, maybe that mothers brand cleaner will bring a shine to it. even the soft type vinyl. thats all i did to my dads 1972 LTD and it came up looking good. if its the ori
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i wonder if you can get ferrari red.?? colour vinyl??
would look good on my roof rack, pop top, on my camper??
which is really the " ferrari of the camper,s",
be interested to know where i could get good quality vinyl. for it?
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KIWI SHOE POLISH - NEUTRAL....works for me.
By using NEUTRAL it does not matter what colour the vinyl is. I use one full tin on the Premier. Sounds like a lot but seems to go into the vinyl, makes it waterproof and after 3 yrs, and regular topups (pro
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Thanks for the advice. The roof is black on an Orchid Metallic HQ 4 door GTS. It would have been originally fitted by the dealer. It looks OK, just needs a bit of TLC.
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i did the kiwi boot polish thing also on my old 200B. it worked good. and not being in the know at the time... Armourall killed the dash and other bits i used to do with it.
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i freshened up the black vinyl roof on my eh about 14 years ago with 2tins of vinyl spray paint from big w since then ive just used baby oil and it still looks good
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Vinyl roof was a prestige thing, it makes the car lok like a convertable with its roof up.
The last Holden that I saw with one was a VC Commodore, not sure if it was factory though.
Looks, well thats an opinion, some like them others do not, some ca
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i think they suit the HJ-Z statesman really well.
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Well I got my roof vinyl for the roof rack/pop top/floor on the camper,
and it is amazing, i liked the colour marinaro red, and the vinyl colour, of the material is so close, I cant tell the difference?
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