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Old May 6, 2020 | 10:59 PM
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WTF is this s*** (trim bubbling)




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Old May 6, 2020 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Cali4niadriver


of course I’m out of warranty, this is pretty crappy from a quality perspective. Like I’d imagine this might happen in 10 years, not 4-5.
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Old May 7, 2020 | 07:35 AM
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Have you been cleaning it with a product?, this happens usually if people clean the interior with a assortment of cleaners.
Warm water and dampen a cloth is the best.
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Old May 7, 2020 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by prktkljokr
Have you been cleaning it with a product?, this happens usually if people clean the interior with a assortment of cleaners.
Warm water and dampen a cloth is the best.
I’ve used griots interior for the black top part of the dash and doors but I ran out of it like 3-4 months ago. Lately it’s just been a damp microfiber cloth as needed I hardly drive. I usually stay away from the silver trim part too because it shows the dried water spots. So it’s literally just been a dry towel or nothing since it happened.
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Old May 7, 2020 | 12:13 PM
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Luckily a replacement is pretty reasonable.

eBay - 2015-2018 MERCEDES W205 C550 C63 C43 DASH INSTRUMENT PANEL LEFT MOLDING TRIM OEM

eBay - 2015-2018 MERCEDES W205 C450 C43 RIGHT DASH INSTRUMENT PANEL MOLDING TRIM OEM

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Old May 7, 2020 | 12:29 PM
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It’s defective. I opened the glove compartment and noticed it’s sticky underneath it like the adhesive melted, also near the bubbles there’s like a square of sunken in spot. It’s just really weird how it happened. Although it has been hot for this time of year (90s) I kind of like want to wrap it with matching wood but I don’t think I’ve there’s a match for the gray open pore wood.
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Old May 7, 2020 | 06:38 PM
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Here have a read of what your cleaner contains
https://www.griotsgarage.com/text/ri...-rtk.11104.pdf

There's your problem, the cleaners contain acids etc
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Old May 7, 2020 | 07:15 PM
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Are you original owner? If not that might be your problem.
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Old May 7, 2020 | 08:03 PM
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Mine in bubbling as well, I've never used a cleaner in the 3.5 years I've owned it. I just dust it with a microfiber cloth or a dust mop type duster.



And the black on my steering wheel is peeling:


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Old May 7, 2020 | 08:28 PM
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And the black on my steering wheel is peeling:

My steering wheel also looks like this. Poor decision to use a coating on such a heavy use area.
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Old May 7, 2020 | 09:02 PM
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Wow yikes mine isn’t even close to that bad. Steering wheel and armrest are fine. It’s just the dash trim piece. Everything has been pristine until this week, months after I stopped using the interior products, might be time to go back lol. Although the leather on top of my steering wheel is wearing off, I miss having a wood steering wheel.
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Old May 7, 2020 | 09:21 PM
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I found a stainless looking trim piece on eBay to cover the steering wheel, I’ve thought about ordering it, it’s only like $20. Not sure what to do with the silver trim. My car is a CPO with a warranty until September, I may bring it in to see if they’ll cover it.
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Old May 7, 2020 | 09:50 PM
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Been using NEXTZETT's Cockpit Premium for cleaning my interior. Haven't had any issues with bubbling in like 2.5 years. And it smells nice.
https://idnvelar.is/wp-content/uploa...B-17072017.pdf

Like mikec35's car, my silver trim on the center console was also bubbling. But it was like that already before buying my car. I took it apart, peeled off the bubble by hand, sanded it, put some extra vinyl I had laying around on top, heated it up with a heat gun & called it a day for reinstall. A new piece costs $80+ (205-680-38-11) so, save yourself some money. Gonna re-wrap without the inlay "design" this weekend along with cleaning my dusty interior :

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Center

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So the aluminum trim is not real? Wasn't this real in the 204? I know it was in the 203.
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Originally Posted by LILBENZ230
So the aluminum trim is not real? Wasn't this real in the 204? I know it was in the 203.
Probably some hybrid aluminum product. They cut so many corners who knows what this stuff really is. I don't.
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Old Oct 18, 2021 | 06:42 AM
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Only had my C class for a couple of weeks and noticed the same thing yesterday! The silver bit around the console has bubbled up. No idea how this has happened. I havent used or dusted the car at all since I got it.

The whole interior seems to be a massive scratch magnet with small scratches really visible. Mine is spotless inside out so I notice it more.

I'm guessing I either live with this sort of thing, or is there a way to suppress these bubbles without using any chemicals?
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holy ****... hope mine will never get this
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