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Originally Posted by Tcoat
Ya, really. I have well over a hundred thousand miles and untold hours spent in the car and all my trim is still like new.
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When I wash the car(every 1 to 2 weeks), I always wipe all the plastics/rubber down when doing the insides with protectant. If it was an oil based product it might be doing
damage by softening the silver but I use 303 Aerospace and it's not every silver part but only the drivers side being affected.
I just looked to see exactly where damage is prevalent and it's all really bad on the driverside door pull thing, a little on the shifter trim is mainly on the driver side but still slightly on passenger side.
The rest of the silver, A/C rings and knee pad trim are ok so parts that aren't touched are good. The difference in door handles is huge, passenger side is still new.
Could be just from touching it though or maybe a combination with the heavy cleaning I do inside. Maybe my sweat is higher pH and does more damage to stuff I touch?
Either way, it doesn't look like less than 4 years/19k miles of inside wear and more like 20 years worth and it bothers me every time I sit in the car now.