Hardtop Care & Cleaning

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Post Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:10 pm

I've recently bought a very nice OEM Original BMW Hardtop from Z3I on here and was wondering what all other people who have hardtops use to protect it and keep it looking nice and black with good water beading characteristics.


I've been told by Z3I that applying Autoglym tyre dressing after a normal shampoo wash will do the trick and keep it looking black and keep it beading.

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However, last night whilst looking through my cleaning products I found this in the wash-bag:

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The instructions for the bumper and trim gel say it is excellent for restoring/protecting and giving a lustrous shine to black trim and vinyl parts.



Confused as to what to use, don't really want to damage the hardtop by using the wrong products!