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Rear screen - cleaning

Gary Bullen

Gary Bullen

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[FONT=Trebuchet MS"]Louises Boxster S looks great in Lapis Blue now that Zymol Concours Wax has been applied. However the flexible rear screen is nigh on impossible to get at and we also wondered what others have found to be the best product(s) to clean it.

So advice pls -

Easiest way to get at the screen
and
Best product to use on flexible screen[FONT=verdana,geneva"]
 
Gary,

Glad the car is pleasing[:)]

I use the Porsche polyscreen cleaner about once a year (but don't get it on the hood fabric - it will stain!) It is not the easiest stuff to use, but it deep cleans really well.

In between I use something called Novus I got from a Harley dealer (it is a plastic cleaner that is a dream to use)

The easiest way to get at it? If you find out please let me know - I used to squeeze myself in behind the folded forward and slid forward sports seats, and sit on the centre console lid. But now I have the GT3 seats this is impossible!
What I need is one of those small children we used to send up chimneys a hundred years ago...


Edit:
Gah! Helen beat me to the small children comment! There were no replies when I started typing[:D]
 
Not only at cleaning the rear screen, but if you have a KN, then the top is quite high. Sending a child up with sponge and water is ideal. I suppose it's the modern equivalent of sending them up the chimney.


But to bring back the topic before getting reprimanded!

I use the old Porshe screen clean. It makes a superb job. But accessing the screen from the inside can be a little tricky I admit. I find that certain manoeuvres using a monkey approach, hanging by one hand from the roll hoop or the hood frame (horizontal part at rear of hood), and using the other hand stretched across to the other side of the screen tends to work. then repeat the process from the other side of the car.

I'd take photos to demonstrate, but as described one hand is cleaning and the other is saving me from falling face first behind the seats and being stuck for a week.

I imagine from an onlookers point of view it is rather entertaining.
 
If not, Hindsight is fabulous and the screen gets a conditioning too so it folds easier.

If you type it into Google it should point you in the right direction.

It's expensive (about £30.00) and doesn't look like you get a lot but i've used it 4 times now and i've still got lots of it left.

[:D]
 
im small anough to squeeze behind the seats as mark has discribed. but if your not you can pop out the grills in the roll bars. then you can get your arm through the roll bars to help get to all parts of the inside of the rear window.


the porsche cream seems to help the plastic stay flexable and stop it going yellow.
 
Another vote for Hindsight, it's absolutely cracking stuff, restores the screen to like new and is really good for gettign the scratches out.

It's definitely the number one product of choice on another of the Boxster forums.
 
Gary would not fit behind the seats in a Boxster
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Very True!

OK Gary, here's what to do. It's a [sm=spanner1.gif]-rated job!

Get a Torx driver of the correct size (sorry - can't remember! Best to buy a set then...[;)])

Slide seat all the way back.

Slide bolt cover off the slider rails at the front.

Undo torx screw each side.

Slide seat all the way forward.

Undo Torx screw each side.

Cover door sill with carpet/newspaper/something to protect it.

Undo seat power connector (it unlatches by sliding a cover sideways - it took me ages to find out...)
NOTE: Do NOT turn on the ignition with this connector disconnected - the Airbag light will light up and this requires a trip to the OPC to reset!)

Remove seat.

Remove wind deflector & Mesh rollhoop inserts.

Clean away!

Reinstall in reverse order.

The correct torque for the seat retaining torx screws is 60NM

[:D]
 
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