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I'll hunt up the febreeze and the baking soda sounds an easy one to try. I don't know where to get white spirits from as I usually get them in a glass at a bar :)

I didn't have any plan viengar so I put a glass full of white vinegar and balsamic vinegar in the front and back cup holders and left them overnight. I think it helped as I can't smell the smoke but I can really smell the vinegar! I assume it'll fade. I haven't gotten the steam clean yet and it's already heaps better.

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white spirits is pretty harmless to trim

great for gettin grubby fingerprints out of things including rooflinings.

instead of a rag try and use a sponge as it spoaks up the crap into the sponge rather than spread it

on fabric trim i have literally flushed the fabric and kept wiping till it is clean but suaked - it will dry

on leather it is best to treat it afterwards as the leather may become dry over time - but you should be feeding your leather regularly anyway

we literally went nuts with white spirits to clean cars after 3 grubby trimmers have been working in them with metal fab fingerprints everywhere

also removes contact adhesive to beware of what you apply it to

and white spirits not clear spirits LOL

Edited by 910trx
  • 5 months later...

wow.. reading this i feel some what better. I imported a car from japan recently and it jus stunk of smoke,hell i even found buts in the hidden ashtray. I'll try some of ur suggestions

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I had the same problem and tried everything,the last thing i tried was autoglym Air-Con Sanitizer.It goes through the whole car and it works great(it takes a couple of days to get the Sanitizer smell out but its a shit load better than smoke)no more filthy smokers smell in my car.:no::Dhttp://www.autoglym.com/enGB/product-proddetail.asp?v06VQ=FFLH&Range=1

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I remember talking to a guy a few years ago that works for a company that deals with BAD smells. They have some machine that sucks out the ozone and replaces it. They mainly did houses and cars where dead people are found but also did burnt cars and smoke smell cars.

I thought he was pulling my leg until he showed me the machines in his ute, never heard of that before.

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Meh- ozone smohzone. There are tonnes of little ozone air purifiers around.

BTW Borbby epic thread revival. Props to you. Oh, and pics of said "Iran" car of GTFOspank.gif

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BUMP



I thought this would help a lot of people on here



PMC clean filter (for air conditioner)


Part Number: PC-205C


(B = Advanced Type C = activated carbon entering deodorization type)



[Car model conformity list]


Nissan


Avenir W11


Gloria Y33 (95.06 ~ 98.09)


Safari Y61


Skyline R33 (96.01 ~ 98.11)


Stagea WC34 (97.08 ~ 01.10)


Cedric Y33 (95.06 ~ 98.09)


Cefiro wagon WA32


Terrano R50


Primera P11


Primera Wagon WP11


Blue Bird U14


Liberty M12


Regulus JR50


Leppard JY33 (96.03 ~ 98.09)

easiest way to get your car to start to smell nice, go purchase some fabric sofner that's in the little soft plasic, put a few under your seats they last a few months, when they stop working buy new ones and give them to your misses

other thing I've find, (purchased the autech a smoker) is pulling the dash apart and clearning / vac all under the dash cluster etc, as the smoke (ash) just piles up! I found it all under the dash / dash cluster etc! only 6 or so screws

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BUMP

I thought this would help a lot of people on here

PMC clean filter (for air conditioner)

Part Number: PC-205C

(B = Advanced Type C = activated carbon entering deodorization type)

[Car model conformity list]

Nissan

Avenir W11

Gloria Y33 (95.06 ~ 98.09)

Safari Y61

Skyline R33 (96.01 ~ 98.11)

Stagea WC34 (97.08 ~ 01.10)

Cedric Y33 (95.06 ~ 98.09)

Cefiro wagon WA32

Terrano R50

Primera P11

Primera Wagon WP11

Blue Bird U14

Liberty M12

Regulus JR50

Leppard JY33 (96.03 ~ 98.09)

Ah well that seems to be a definitive answer that a 96 stagea never had a filter.

On the topic though, a wet vacuum is a very handy tool.

That way you can really saturate the carpets and roof in deodorising cleaners then rinse it off with the wet vac.

I did that on the carpets and roof and it even lightened the roof liner.

Keep in mind the smell gets everywhere, mine even had cigarette ash under the auto shifter console. To do a thorough job you really need to take the seats out and some of the trim off to reach all the carpet.

i've heard of putting coffee grounds in a tin and that absorbs the smell

never tried it tho as it never smelt

my new (to me) floor mats on the other hand smell when they get wet, even after two trips though the washing machine

might dump some baking soda on them and see if that helps

Nothing really will get rid of it.

But I have done everything, and I mean just about everything.

My car now smells fine. I get the occasional smell of something, but it doesn't smell like cig smoke any more. Biggest thing IMO is first get rid of the interior filter. Second, pop the console and vacuum all around. There will be ash everywhere. Machine wash the mats. I used baking soda on the seats, and vacced it off. Coffee proved unsuccessful. I did stick an ozone generator in it for a few days. Seemed ok. Dunno how much it did. But it is possible to get it to the stage it doesn't bother you. But there will always be a little smell.

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