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Old 08-11-2010, 06:18 AM
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I am wondering what other people do for maintaining their vinyl tops? (sun protection etc) Armor All is the big advertiser but I have heard it actually dries them out faster?
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Guess the first thing is to make sure it's really clean. Ragtop makes a cleaner that's pretty decent, but I recently tried the vinyl cleaner from Griot's Garage and I gotta tell ya, that stuff really worked.

For conditioning, I have the Ragtop vinyl condiitoner, but haven't used it yet. Since the Charger is a "sunday" driver, I really haven't worried about it.

Not sure I like the looks of the Armor-all finsih.

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i just make sure it is clean
since my car is garaged, the waeather never beats on the vinyl roof, so it will be less prone to wear
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mine is out in the sun a lot (every day) so i put armor all on it. i like the way it makes it look, too.
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Mine isn't in the sun all the time but when I am at car shows or out in for the weekend I feel like I can see it drying out. It is also really old and I want to keep it as long as possible without redoing it.

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I got dart that was garaged for 30 years. Got it about 10 years ago and used armor all on it. Just last year i noticed what a few years of armor all will do to those old tops. Maybe the new vinyl top material is a little more tolerant to it but I wouldn't recommend for a vinyl top that is forty years old. Mine started to dry out and shrink causing stress cracks all over the top.
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