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Old 10-13-10, 03:57 PM
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Default Best air freshner method

So I'm a big clean freak when it comes to my interior.. I vacuum and shampoo stripe the floor mats, detail and restore the dashboard and all of the plastics, deep clean and then condition the leather, deodorize the carpets, etc etc. I've gone through many different ways to make the air smell a little nicer in the car.. but I think I have finally landed the best method:

Cover all of the vents underneath the seats with laundry fabric softners. The air will push through them and create clouds of fresh laundry smells. The more you use air conditioning in your car the better your car will smell.
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I just buy the tree air fresheners every other week or so. Everyone has something good to say when they sit inside and smell it
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Originally Posted by funcrusher
I just buy the tree air fresheners every other week or so. Everyone has something good to say when they sit inside and smell it
With the tree airfreshener, which one is your favorite? I bought the vanilla once and it was intensely strong so that was a no-go.
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Originally Posted by Agent0024
With the tree airfreshener, which one is your favorite? I bought the vanilla once and it was intensely strong so that was a no-go.
Uh i aint a big fan of vanilla on girls or my car i like the peach....coconut is good to...strawberry. They all have that fruity smell...no homo
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Lol good to know... I love rootbeer. Now if anyone finds a rootbeer air freshner.. HIT ME UP!!!
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Air spencer squash.
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Haven't heard of the Fabric Softener sheets before. Good Idea.

My car doesn't really have a bad odor, but I really like "Yankee Candle" brand air fresheners and "Wonder Wafers"
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Originally Posted by Megafast13
Haven't heard of the Fabric Softener sheets before. Good Idea.

My car doesn't really have a bad odor, but I really like "Yankee Candle" brand air fresheners and "Wonder Wafers"
I usually throw a couple under the car seats with my old car and it helps a lot especially after Chipotle for lunch.
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Originally Posted by Agent0024
I usually throw a couple under the car seats with my old car and it helps a lot especially after Chipotle for lunch.
Chipotle for the win.

Black ice is the best smelling tree btw.
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once before putting in a new cabin filter on my GS i drizzled some Gain Island fresh laundry detergent onto the new filter lightly all around and let it dry into the filter before installing it, had a few months of awesome smelling car!

i've also put a fabric softner on my cabin filter before, worked well..

the laundry detergent lasted a looong time though.



isn't it funny how good smells fade away and bad smells seem to stay forever or get worse?


i mean you can pour concentrated air freshner in a big bowl and leave it in your car it will eventually fade away, but if you left some food in a doggy bag in your car it would just get worse and worse..
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Originally Posted by aka paco
once before putting in a new cabin filter on my GS i drizzled some Gain Island fresh laundry detergent onto the new filter lightly all around and let it dry into the filter before installing it, had a few months of awesome smelling car!

i've also put a fabric softner on my cabin filter before, worked well..

the laundry detergent lasted a looong time though.



isn't it funny how good smells fade away and bad smells seem to stay forever or get worse?


i mean you can pour concentrated air freshner in a big bowl and leave it in your car it will eventually fade away, but if you left some food in a doggy bag in your car it would just get worse and worse..

Yea I hear ya. Think I'm going to give that cabin filter idea a shot. So far the fabric softeners wrapped around the underseat vents are making my car smell AWESOME.
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Originally Posted by 1UZ-GS
Air spencer squash.
+1 for the Air Spencer squash.
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whats air spencer squash?
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Originally Posted by funcrusher
whats air spencer squash?
Only one of the best smells known to man.
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Mmmmmmmmm......Blossom....


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