New Car Smell

tstrenuous10 · 04-11-2005, 07:51 PM

im pretty sure this has been asked before. someone was sayin it was a chemical they spray in it all the time and the only reason it goes away is cuz you buy the car and they dont put it in anymore. does anyone know how to get this smell or where to buy it or something? i really want to klean the fizzuck out of my trizzuck (i admit that was gay) this weekend and next weekend (doubleup) and make it all nice and clean and new like i use to before semester started. anyone that can tell me how to get that new car smell it would be awesome. also anythign about how to get all the smells out of a car. i have tried a couple "smell removers" and "deoderizers" and those just seem to put in a funky smell that stinks even more when its warm out.

Dave1814 · 04-11-2005, 08:53 PM

awww i wish my truck still smelt like it was brand new, i havent smelt that smell in about 130,000 miles! lol

tstrenuous10 · 04-11-2005, 09:35 PM

yeah. im trying to find someone who can get ahold of it maybe in a bottle. also a GOOD way to CLEAN the carpet out. im going to maybe take the seats out and adjust my buckles since i cut it into a bench and slapped some covers on there.

bassguy354 · 04-12-2005, 09:47 AM

I worked at a carwash back in the day and we had a bottle of new car fragrance we could spray in for people. There are also new car air freshners you can buy at places like Wal*Mart. As for getting smells OUT, I'd suggest using a power sprayer from a carwash on the mats, then a handheld steam carpet cleaner on the seats / floor. They sell the cleaners at Wal*Mart, and there might be a small enough Rug Doctor you could just rent. Repeatedly clean the carpet / seats until the water sucked out of them is clean. Park it someplace like under a carport with all the windows open for a few days and it should be pretty smell-neutral. Then pop a few new car air freshners and hide them under the seats. And DON'T SMOKE or SPILL BEER in your truck anymore. Also, using Armor-All on your interior plastic leaves a new car like smell in your truck. Just be sure to keep it off the windows and clear plastic.

tstrenuous10 · 04-12-2005, 06:38 PM

armor all cracks your dash, there are a lot better things to use on it and i just painted mine so im hesitant to **** it up.
the NEW CAR freshners always smell like ass. i found some good ones at walmart. about the size of a cup holder and tear drop shaped. only like 3 bucks. they are with the glade plug ins and stuff. i should take a pic and post it.
i was just wondering if anyone sells that new car smell or any way to get it. i MIGHT be able to garage it after i steam clean it. never thought about that one.

dansellbuddy · 04-13-2005, 06:01 PM

It's been rumored that protectants cause your dash to crack. THIS IS NOT TRUE. Protectants can keep surfaces looking good and protected from the elements that cause fading and cracking. Surfaces can't become "addicted" to protectants, and damage is a result of neglect, not use. Using a protectant regularly - especially one with UV protection - can keep your dash looking great for years.

that comes directly from armor all's website. although they're not going to say it'll crack dashes (obviously), what they might recommend is frequent applications. but since they don't do this i can only assume they're right. i've used armor all cleaning spray before and haven't used it for probably 4 monthes. not sure if it "causes" the same problems or not.

lowdowndirtys10 · 04-15-2005, 12:09 AM

Once the new car smell is gone, it's gone for good. The smell is from all the new plastic interior pieces, adhesives and sealers giving of a small amount of gas. The only way to really get it back, is to buy a new ride.

tstrenuous10 · 04-15-2005, 04:16 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by lowdowndirtys10

Once the new car smell is gone, it's gone for good. The smell is from all the new plastic interior pieces, adhesives and sealers giving of a small amount of gas. The only way to really get it back, is to buy a new ride.

what about the people who test drive it? wouldnt all those people take the smell out?

even the cars that sit there in the lot for a while and get driven still have the smell.

afterS10 · 04-15-2005, 05:46 PM

That is because they are being used on a daily basis...every test drive isn't going to last more than 4 miles or so, plus they aren't gonna spill beer or smoke in the ride at all!

Dallas@2020Kustoms · 04-15-2005, 07:35 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by lowdowndirtys10

Once the new car smell is gone, it's gone for good. The smell is from all the new plastic interior pieces, adhesives and sealers giving of a small amount of gas. The only way to really get it back, is to buy a new ride.

Although there's plenty of scented products out there that are supposed to mimic this but I don't think it's possible to truly replicate.

A good place to put ugly air freshners is under the seats. That way you don't have to look at them.

CHEVY01XTREME · 04-15-2005, 07:37 PM

my truck still has the nice smell. i dont smoke and no one has ever smoked in my truck and they never will no matter what

Waynestowels · 04-15-2005, 08:03 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by lowdowndirtys10

Once the new car smell is gone, it's gone for good. The smell is from all the new plastic interior pieces, adhesives and sealers giving of a small amount of gas. The only way to really get it back, is to buy a new ride.

It is strange that people like the "new car smell" when it is, like you said, off gassing of the chimicals, dyes, glues, plastics, etc, etc from new material.
I did a little research a while back and it was not so much the "fragrance" as it was the "association" of the fragrance to a new car.

One thing to think about..., "if" it was really the "new car smell" everyone liked, one of the air fresheners for the home would have a scent for the home..., instead, it is the smell that we think of a new car having- plastics, glues, chemicals, etc, etc...

Just something to "ponder", LOL!!

Wrkn prgs · 04-15-2005, 09:28 PM

I had a small aresol spray can of "that new car smell".. Smelled pretty good too

dropped1 · 04-15-2005, 11:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by CHEVY01XTREME

my truck still has the nice smell. i dont smoke and no one has ever smoked in my truck and they never will no matter what

haha I don't even let people use my cig lighter.

NO one smokes, eats or drinks ANYTHING in my truck.

tstrenuous10 · 04-16-2005, 03:37 AM

i just need to get it smelling good again. i had it all cleaned out but in the past year i just havent EVER had time to fully clean it. i need to get a shampoo job in there. ive thought if redoing the ENTIRE interior black (dark graphite) and possible getting the new smell but thats not cost efficent. i might ask a friend who works at the dealership what they got, if anything.

Waynestowels · 04-16-2005, 11:41 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by tstrenuous10

i just need to get it smelling good again. i had it all cleaned out but in the past year i just havent EVER had time to fully clean it. i need to get a shampoo job in there. ive thought if redoing the ENTIRE interior black (dark graphite) and possible getting the new smell but thats not cost efficent. i might ask a friend who works at the dealership what they got, if anything.

There are several company's that do make a scent that does resemble the smell.
You can PM me and I will try to find the link.

One option is to look for a "leather" air freshener

Dallas@2020Kustoms · 04-16-2005, 02:27 PM

If you really like the smell check out Ebay it's great for things like this that you might not be able to find in stores.

Here's a link: $3 including shipping for some new car smell oil... LOL for $3 you can't go wrong.:thumbup:

http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41272&item=8185414 816&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

s10blaza · 04-16-2005, 02:35 PM

another option is Febreezing the hell out of the truck and leaving it with the doors or windows open all night. That'll remove any kind of smell in there and now just re-stink it with the stink of your choice

EDubs · 04-16-2005, 02:41 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by s10blaza

another option is Febreezing the hell out of the truck and leaving it with the doors or windows open all night. That'll remove any kind of smell in there and now just re-stink it with the stink of your choice

thats probably the best thing to do... they make febreeze for cars now.. go to wal-mart

BobOnAir · 04-16-2005, 02:44 PM

That new car smell goes away faster when you eat in your car, like fast food,,, get your carpets wet and clean the interior all the time.

tstrenuous10 · 04-18-2005, 04:27 PM

this weekend i febreezed it (normally do it right after i smoke or food is in there) and vacuumed it. didnt have time to do a carpet scrub but i had some meguiers stuff to get stains out. if i could neutralize it that would be smokin deal for me. i got a wicked cool air freshner from wally world.

lowxpectationz20 · 04-18-2005, 05:45 PM

i once heard it was embalming fluid they they perserve bodies with that made the new car smell. my ex girlfriends step dad was a mortician, it smells idenical so i have reason to belive it.....

4.3Xtreme · 04-18-2005, 06:12 PM

haha i really dont think you can buy well unless you jsut buy a new car

comics22 · 04-18-2005, 06:20 PM

ok tats kinda creepy, but anyways dont ever EVER buy that $0.96 bottle of spray stuff at walmart, it smells like a cross between vannila and "new car scent" as they call it. but if u spray it and it gets hot inside ur truck it reeks bad, and my bottle leaked and got everywhere! it also gets sticky after a while.

04-11-2005, 07:51 PM	#1
tstrenuous10 planning and saving Age: 25 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,400 Location: Reno User is: OffLine	New Car Smell im pretty sure this has been asked before. someone was sayin it was a chemical they spray in it all the time and the only reason it goes away is cuz you buy the car and they dont put it in anymore. does anyone know how to get this smell or where to buy it or something? i really want to klean the fizzuck out of my trizzuck (i admit that was gay) this weekend and next weekend (doubleup) and make it all nice and clean and new like i use to before semester started. anyone that can tell me how to get that new car smell it would be awesome. also anythign about how to get all the smells out of a car. i have tried a couple "smell removers" and "deoderizers" and those just seem to put in a funky smell that stinks even more when its warm out.
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04-11-2005, 08:53 PM	#2
Dave1814 Dave Age: 21 Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 107 Location: South Kingstown, RI User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell awww i wish my truck still smelt like it was brand new, i havent smelt that smell in about 130,000 miles! lol
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04-11-2005, 09:35 PM	#3
tstrenuous10 planning and saving Age: 25 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,400 Location: Reno User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell yeah. im trying to find someone who can get ahold of it maybe in a bottle. also a GOOD way to CLEAN the carpet out. im going to maybe take the seats out and adjust my buckles since i cut it into a bench and slapped some covers on there.
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04-12-2005, 09:47 AM	#4
bassguy354 Lifted 2.2 2WD Age: 28 Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 348 Location: South Bend, IN User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell I worked at a carwash back in the day and we had a bottle of new car fragrance we could spray in for people. There are also new car air freshners you can buy at places like WalMart. As for getting smells OUT, I'd suggest using a power sprayer from a carwash on the mats, then a handheld steam carpet cleaner on the seats / floor. They sell the cleaners at WalMart, and there might be a small enough Rug Doctor you could just rent. Repeatedly clean the carpet / seats until the water sucked out of them is clean. Park it someplace like under a carport with all the windows open for a few days and it should be pretty smell-neutral. Then pop a few new car air freshners and hide them under the seats. And DON'T SMOKE or SPILL BEER in your truck anymore. Also, using Armor-All on your interior plastic leaves a new car like smell in your truck. Just be sure to keep it off the windows and clear plastic.
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04-12-2005, 06:38 PM	#5
tstrenuous10 planning and saving Age: 25 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,400 Location: Reno User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell armor all cracks your dash, there are a lot better things to use on it and i just painted mine so im hesitant to **** it up. the NEW CAR freshners always smell like ass. i found some good ones at walmart. about the size of a cup holder and tear drop shaped. only like 3 bucks. they are with the glade plug ins and stuff. i should take a pic and post it. i was just wondering if anyone sells that new car smell or any way to get it. i MIGHT be able to garage it after i steam clean it. never thought about that one.
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04-13-2005, 06:01 PM	#6
dansellbuddy Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 6,055 Location: dayton oh User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell It's been rumored that protectants cause your dash to crack. THIS IS NOT TRUE. Protectants can keep surfaces looking good and protected from the elements that cause fading and cracking. Surfaces can't become "addicted" to protectants, and damage is a result of neglect, not use. Using a protectant regularly - especially one with UV protection - can keep your dash looking great for years. that comes directly from armor all's website. although they're not going to say it'll crack dashes (obviously), what they might recommend is frequent applications. but since they don't do this i can only assume they're right. i've used armor all cleaning spray before and haven't used it for probably 4 monthes. not sure if it "causes" the same problems or not.
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04-15-2005, 12:09 AM	#7
lowdowndirtys10 smells like welding Age: 27 Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 243 Location: Vancouver, BC User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell Once the new car smell is gone, it's gone for good. The smell is from all the new plastic interior pieces, adhesives and sealers giving of a small amount of gas. The only way to really get it back, is to buy a new ride.
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04-15-2005, 04:16 PM	#8
tstrenuous10 planning and saving Age: 25 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,400 Location: Reno User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell Quote: Originally Posted by lowdowndirtys10 Once the new car smell is gone, it's gone for good. The smell is from all the new plastic interior pieces, adhesives and sealers giving of a small amount of gas. The only way to really get it back, is to buy a new ride. what about the people who test drive it? wouldnt all those people take the smell out? even the cars that sit there in the lot for a while and get driven still have the smell.
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04-15-2005, 05:46 PM	#9
afterS10 IT DONT STOP BITCHES! Age: 30 Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,172 Location: Earlimart, CA User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell That is because they are being used on a daily basis...every test drive isn't going to last more than 4 miles or so, plus they aren't gonna spill beer or smoke in the ride at all!
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04-15-2005, 07:35 PM	#10
Dallas@2020Kustoms Registered User Age: 32 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 965 Location: Deep South Ontario User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell Quote: Originally Posted by lowdowndirtys10 Once the new car smell is gone, it's gone for good. The smell is from all the new plastic interior pieces, adhesives and sealers giving of a small amount of gas. The only way to really get it back, is to buy a new ride. Although there's plenty of scented products out there that are supposed to mimic this but I don't think it's possible to truly replicate. A good place to put ugly air freshners is under the seats. That way you don't have to look at them.
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04-15-2005, 07:37 PM	#11
CHEVY01XTREME Original Gangsta Age: 31 Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 2,326 Location: s-10owners.com User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell my truck still has the nice smell. i dont smoke and no one has ever smoked in my truck and they never will no matter what
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04-15-2005, 08:03 PM	#12
Waynestowels Registered User Age: 47 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 805 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell Quote: Originally Posted by lowdowndirtys10 Once the new car smell is gone, it's gone for good. The smell is from all the new plastic interior pieces, adhesives and sealers giving of a small amount of gas. The only way to really get it back, is to buy a new ride. It is strange that people like the "new car smell" when it is, like you said, off gassing of the chimicals, dyes, glues, plastics, etc, etc from new material. I did a little research a while back and it was not so much the "fragrance" as it was the "association" of the fragrance to a new car. One thing to think about..., "if" it was really the "new car smell" everyone liked, one of the air fresheners for the home would have a scent for the home..., instead, it is the smell that we think of a new car having- plastics, glues, chemicals, etc, etc... Just something to "ponder", LOL!!
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04-15-2005, 09:28 PM	#13
Wrkn prgs Useless posting member Age: 20 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 8,738 Location: Conover, Oh User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell I had a small aresol spray can of "that new car smell".. Smelled pretty good too
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04-15-2005, 11:53 PM	#14
dropped1 bagged1 Age: 23 Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,214 Location: Yokosuka, Japan User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell Quote: Originally Posted by CHEVY01XTREME my truck still has the nice smell. i dont smoke and no one has ever smoked in my truck and they never will no matter what haha I don't even let people use my cig lighter. NO one smokes, eats or drinks ANYTHING in my truck.
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04-16-2005, 03:37 AM	#15
tstrenuous10 planning and saving Age: 25 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,400 Location: Reno User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell i just need to get it smelling good again. i had it all cleaned out but in the past year i just havent EVER had time to fully clean it. i need to get a shampoo job in there. ive thought if redoing the ENTIRE interior black (dark graphite) and possible getting the new smell but thats not cost efficent. i might ask a friend who works at the dealership what they got, if anything.
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04-16-2005, 11:41 AM	#16
Waynestowels Registered User Age: 47 Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 805 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell Quote: Originally Posted by tstrenuous10 i just need to get it smelling good again. i had it all cleaned out but in the past year i just havent EVER had time to fully clean it. i need to get a shampoo job in there. ive thought if redoing the ENTIRE interior black (dark graphite) and possible getting the new smell but thats not cost efficent. i might ask a friend who works at the dealership what they got, if anything. There are several company's that do make a scent that does resemble the smell. You can PM me and I will try to find the link. One option is to look for a "leather" air freshener
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04-16-2005, 02:27 PM	#17
Dallas@2020Kustoms Registered User Age: 32 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 965 Location: Deep South Ontario User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell If you really like the smell check out Ebay it's great for things like this that you might not be able to find in stores. Here's a link: $3 including shipping for some new car smell oil... LOL for $3 you can't go wrong.:thumbup: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=41272&item=8185414 816&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
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04-16-2005, 02:35 PM	#18
s10blaza CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS Age: 25 Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,347 Location: El Paso, TX User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell another option is Febreezing the hell out of the truck and leaving it with the doors or windows open all night. That'll remove any kind of smell in there and now just re-stink it with the stink of your choice
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04-16-2005, 02:41 PM	#19
EDubs Registered User Age: 24 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 863 Location: The Jersey Shore User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell Quote: Originally Posted by s10blaza another option is Febreezing the hell out of the truck and leaving it with the doors or windows open all night. That'll remove any kind of smell in there and now just re-stink it with the stink of your choice thats probably the best thing to do... they make febreeze for cars now.. go to wal-mart
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04-16-2005, 02:44 PM	#20
BobOnAir The other "body" man Age: 33 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,517 Location: Arnprior, Ontario, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell That new car smell goes away faster when you eat in your car, like fast food,,, get your carpets wet and clean the interior all the time.
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04-18-2005, 04:27 PM	#21
tstrenuous10 planning and saving Age: 25 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,400 Location: Reno User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell this weekend i febreezed it (normally do it right after i smoke or food is in there) and vacuumed it. didnt have time to do a carpet scrub but i had some meguiers stuff to get stains out. if i could neutralize it that would be smokin deal for me. i got a wicked cool air freshner from wally world.
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04-18-2005, 05:45 PM	#22
lowxpectationz20 stuck static Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,427 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell i once heard it was embalming fluid they they perserve bodies with that made the new car smell. my ex girlfriends step dad was a mortician, it smells idenical so i have reason to belive it.....
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04-18-2005, 06:12 PM	#23
4.3Xtreme I'm a huge ass Age: 25 Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 10,798 Location: SE Ohio/ Nashville User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell haha i really dont think you can buy well unless you jsut buy a new car
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04-18-2005, 06:20 PM	#24
comics22 Pac is a hackin! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,124 Location: Middle of freakin IL User is: OffLine	Re: New Car Smell ok tats kinda creepy, but anyways dont ever EVER buy that $0.96 bottle of spray stuff at walmart, it smells like a cross between vannila and "new car scent" as they call it. but if u spray it and it gets hot inside ur truck it reeks bad, and my bottle leaked and got everywhere! it also gets sticky after a while.
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