Vehicle upkeep and cleaning
1)
Neutral soap solution: maximum of two tablespoons in 1 l of water.
Headlights / Tail lights
●
Dirt: Soft sponge with neutral soap solution
1)
.
Sensors / Camera lenses
●
Dirt:
–
Sensors: soft cloth with a solvent-free
cleaning product.
–
Camera lenses: soft cloth with an alcohol-
free cleaning product.
●
Snow/ice: Hand brush/Solvent-free anti-
freeze spray
Wheels
●
Antifreeze salt: Water.
●
Brake abrasion dust: Special acid-free clean-
ing product.
End exhausts
●
Antifreeze salt: Water, if a ne steel clean-
ing product is required, or a non-abrasive and
non-corrosive cleaning product.
●
Dirt on painted exhaust pipes: Clean with a
soft cloth dampened with water or a non-abra-
sive, non-corrosive cleaning product.
Covers / Trims
●
Dirt: Neutral soap solution
1)
, if a ne steel
cleaning product is required.
Paint
●
Paint aws: Check the paint's colour code at
an authorised service and restore with a touch-
up pencil.
●
Spilled fuel: Immediately rinse with water.
●
Tank with environmental rust: Apply rust re-
mover and then apply hard wax. Go you your
specialised workshop if you have any queries.
●
Corrosion: Have your specialised workshop
take care of this.
●
Water does not form droplets on the clean
paint: Maintain with hard wax (at least twice a
year).
●
No shine despitemaintenance/unattractive
paint: Treat with suitable wax and apply paint
preservative afterwards if the wax used does
not contain preservative ingredients.
●
Tanks, e.g. insect remains, bird droppings,
tree sap, road salt: Immediately soak with water
and remove with a microbre cloth.
●
Grease-based dirt, e.g. cosmetic products or
sunscreen: Remove immediately with a neutral
soap solution
1)
and a soft cloth.
Carbon bre parts
●
Dirt: Clean in the same way as painted parts
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Decoration slides
●
Dirt: Soft sponge with neutral soap solution
1)
.
Interior cleaning
Below can be found some recommendations
on the cleaning and upkeep of individual vehi-
cle components.
Go to your specialised workshop if you have
special questions or parts that are not listed.
Take the general considerations into account
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Windows
●
Dirt: Apply windscreen cleaner and then dry
with a cloth.
Covers / Trims
●
Dirt: Neutral soap solution
1)
.
Plastic parts
●
Dirt: Damp cloth.
●
Encrusted dirt: Neutral soap solution
1)
, if pos-
sible a solvent-free plastic cleaning product.
Displays/instrument panel
●
Dirt: Soft cloth with a liquid crystal display
cleaner.