Cabriolet hood tidy up

[OrangeBob55]

I have recently got a Porsche 996 Cabriolet. The hood, whilst in very good order, is starting to look a little 'worn' - nothing excessive, just what you would expect for a 5-year-old car (fold marks, very slight fading).

Are there any good products that could help bring the hood back to it's best?

I also notice when I wash the car (I only use clean water on the roof at the moment), that not all the water runs-off, rather some 'soaks in' to the top layer, leaving it 'wet' even after I have finished washing the car. Is this normal??

I have not had the car out in the rain yet, but assume this would happen if I did have it out in the rain also, and this worries me, incase the hood is no longer fully waterproof.

I have done a bit of searching, and have found the following:

http://www.renovointernational.com/index.html

Any thoughts?

P.S. The hood is Blue.

[Rollin]

I've used Renovo on an Elise hood and it made it look brand new again. The stuff I used was the soft top reviver.

This was on a black top though.

[Sam Gamgee]

Buy it -good stuff. Grt the cleaner as well, results are excellent but follow them to the word for best results.

Dave.

[Chessers]

Used renovo on my old Z3 hood. Brought it up like new great product.

[OrangeBob55]

Thanks guys, sounds like a 'thumbs up' for Renovo. I'll give it a go!

[RumbleBee]

Have a search on the Chimaera forum, there are hundreds of posta about using the various Renovo products. Will help you to decide which ones you need and what to do - also a few stories of what not to do.

[juice]

I did my Megane a month or so ago with Renovo Blue, used their "A" kit - which was basically to clean, restore and protect the roof again. As we get loads of sun, the roof was also grey due to sun bleaching...

Here's a couple of pics of the afters (Shame it couldn;t do anything about the wear marks in the roof itself, but hey - it is 7 years old now !)

Edited by juice on Friday 21st September 15:47

[OrangeBob55]

Thanks for the comments above. Having done some digging on past posts, looks like the Renovo 'restorer' has had mixed reviews. And their 'sealer' might be a little 'awkward' to apply.

I might go for the Renovo 'cleaner' (as this seems to get nothing but good reviews) and then finish off with Fabsil.

[hutchingsp]

I'm in a similar position though my car is only a year old so it's more a case of dirt removal at the moment.

The Autoglym kits are half-decent, I had one when I had my Saab and the amount of dirt the cleaner shifts when used with the scrubby sponge thing they give you is scary.

The other kits that may be worth a look are the 303 Aerospace kits, the Wolfgang kits, Renovo as mentioned, and also don't dismiss whatever Porsche sell as the odds are it's made by one of the big names (I'd be interested to know who makes Porsche's cabrio-care as I'm also in need of a kit for my Porsche).