After 6 years owning a 1990 D250 CTD, I decided to pick up a new toy. A couple of weeks ago I picked up a 1997 2500 2WD stocker with 84k on the clock (unfortunately owned by a SMOKER....cough, cough, cough).

The truck is white, with grey under the molding, grey interior, and in almost showroom condigion (other than the SMELL ). I want keep it nice.

Just wondering what you guys recommend as far as:

Floor Mats
Dash Cover (material and color (black or light grey))
Seat Covers
ODER REMOVER

Thanks!!!

-3Sigma

 

Floor Mats - Black
Dash Cover (material and color (black or light grey))
Seat Covers - Black & Gray Katzkin
ODER REMOVER - Check w/ a detail shop. I'd shampoo everything w/ an extractor & mist Odo-ban over everything - carpet, seats, & headliner while they are still damp from the shampooing. Then I'd spray some it through the air vent intake (I think it's on the floor on the tranny hump) & turn cycle through all of the vents a couple times per hour for a while - this will kill any bacteria. If all that doesn't work, most detail shops have a ionizing machine that can neutralize & filter the interior air. It usually takes all day to do it correctly. They may even be able to foam the vents to do some additional cleaning.

 

Sorry. I didn't mean to shampoo the headliner, just the other stuff. You can use Simple Green & mist it on the headliner & wipe over it in straight lines to freshen it up cosmetically.

 

How to Remove Cigarette Odors from a Car

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If you smoke, you're not likely to notice the cigarette odors in your car, but if you're a non-smoker and inherited a car from "two-packs-a-day" Aunt Ginny, the smell might drive you crazy. Here's how to remove it.


Steps:
1. Shampoo the car's interior, including carpets, upholstery and floor mats with an odor eliminating shampoo, available at hardware or home improvement stores.

2. Clean all washable interior surfaces with the same shampoo. Put a small amount directly on a damp sponge, work in and wipe down.

3. Clean all the windows inside with a glass cleaner. Repeat if necessary.

4. Sprinkle baking soda on dry carpet, working it in with your hands. Wait a week and then vacuum.

5. Clean leather upholstery with a commercial leather cleaner/deodorizer, available at your dealership or at home improvement stores.

6. Vacuum ashtrays to remove residual ash. Place a small amount of baking soda or kitty litter into the ashtrays to absorb odors.

Overall Tips:
To freshen the car, keep dryer sheets under the seats, or place a little activated charcoal in a no-spill container (such as a jar with small air holes in the top) and place in car.

Whenever possible, keep windows open when smoking in a car.

You may need to replace the car's headliner (or "ceiling") if you can't remove the smoke odor from it.


Overall Warnings:
Cigarette smoke can be extremely difficult to remove. If you are unsuccessful, consider taking the car to a professional detailer.

Air fresheners may disguise the smell of smoke but they won't remove it.


Tips from eHow Users:
Removing cigarette odors from a Car by eHow Friend
Cigarette odors are hard to remove, but even more so when they are trapped inside of a car (which acts as a giant ashtray). There are certain things that remove almost any odor from your car's interior, and just about anything that has carpeting and upholstery. One of the most effective are lemon cleaning products, such as: lemon scented 409, kitchen surface cleaners, and even mixing lemon juice itself into a carpet shampoo or cleaning product.

 

I've used a steam cleaner wand attachment for the headliner and it works great. Looks like I bought a new one.

 

I highly dislike people driving down the road with their window down 2" just so they can hang their cig out the window.. i wonder what they think they are exhaling?

Then of course they throw it out the window when done


Good luck, i wouldve honestly passed on a cigarrette vehicle.. its a serious pain to get rid of the smoke smell.

 

I use odo-ban at work and that stuff is great. It even kills aids and other diseases.

 

OZIUM works great... a 1 second spray for a couple of days and it will be gone...

 

Cool! Finally something that will get AIDS out of my carpet and seats!

 

Yup I second that
Great stuff but kind of spendy. As far as upholsterd areas go try Fabreeze. It's amazinf what that stuff will do.

 

The best thing is an ozone machine not the stuff in a can or that other crap. Really good detailers should have one it will permanently remove the odors better than anything else period! Have the extract the seats, carpet, and headliner to brighten things up as well. If no detailer local have one check with restoration companies, i.e. when you have a flood, fire, etc. It is what they use to get rid of that smoke smell

Zack

 

Escpecially here in AZ. That is why there is an ASH TRAY in the vehicle.

Note to self, next time I'm covered in non-animal blood find this stuff.

Randy

 

Ohhhh, ! I can't stand Fabreeze but that may just be my opinion. I inherited a Ford Taurus back in the day as a work vehicle from a lady smoker. She tried to cover up the fact that she smoked with perfume. Between the smoke, perfume and futile attempts with fabreeze and professional cleaners, the smells never came down. I never saw the fabreeze do anything (just added perfume smells)....only thing now is that that smell makes me nauseous to this day. I finally had to change jobs....thank goodness.....it's kind of like that Seinfeld issue where Jerry finally had to try to sell his car because he couldn't get the smell out from the valet parking guy.