Hello, I recently purchased a used LC500 about six months ago. The previous owner smoked cigars, but the dealer masked it with a nearly insufferable cologne smell. Albeit the smell has has gotten better, I haven’t been able to get rid of it. I’ve tried (in order):
- steam cleaning/interior detail
- two car bombs
- wiping surfaces with white vinegar
- dryer sheets
- AC drain plug cleaning
- AC intake cleaning (in interior vents and exterior intake vents)
- spraying lysol thru AC intake
- spraying ozium thru AC intake
- Ozone treatment
Notably the interior is full of suede, specifically on the seats and headliner. The only thing(s) I haven’t tried yet are a bowl of charcoal or white vinegar. Is there anything else I should try?
Keep windows open during the cold of the winter. That usually kills strong odors.
i actually recommend you go the other way, smoke one up inside the car and enjoy it the way it is.
your car is a lounge on wheels, it’s the cigar type of car for the cigar type of people, wood paneled studies, fine scotch, cigar to smoke, lc500 to drive.
fine scotch
Yes, hard liquor and operating a motor vehicle - my favorite combination also.
The biggest shame is: if the person was more responsible, there would be zero (or little) smell. I’ve smoked both cigarettes and cigars in many new (leased) and used cars. Open windows before you smoke. When you finish smoking, drive around with windows open until your destination. Leave windows cracked overnight. Never had somebody notice it was “a smoker’s car”.
When you ozoned it, did you leave the ac running on recirculate? I had an issue with my car and did this and it worked fine
Buy a few of those charcoal odor absorber and leave them in the car
Ozone generator