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Interior plastics turning oily?

Reply #15
door panels on my mark 7 did that. Now the new ones i got are starting to a little. I think it has to do with heat. My car is in the sun 24/7 so it only makes sense.
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07

Interior plastics turning oily?

Reply #16
You have sunlight 24 hours a day?!
93 Festiva L, 193k miles, BP+T/G25MR swap, T3 50trim .48/.42, SRT FMIC, Capri electronics/Rocketchip, 2.5" exhaust
bests: ET 12.86, MPH 110.25, 1.92 short
02 Subaru Impreza WRX, 129k miles
97 Subaru Impreza Outback Sport, 236k miles

Interior plastics turning oily?

Reply #17
I do because I have a sun light on my car the whole night and then during the day the sun light goes off because the sun turns on :-p :-p :-p lol
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Interior plastics turning oily?

Reply #18
Quote from: daboss351;174600
door panels on my mark 7 did that. Now the new ones i got are starting to a little. I think it has to do with heat. My car is in the sun 24/7 so it only makes sense.

Crack the windows open so it'll drop the temperature a good 10-20 degrees. Or vent the moonroof if you have one: it takes a monsoon to get the moonroof to leak when vented.

I am unsure about what I'll do on the Tbird since it basically lives in storage...if the roof leaks there I won't find out about it for months. But I'm venting my moonroofs all the time from now on. It seems to work nicely on my Cougar and the Mark VIII.

Thanks everyone.
pro-five-oh

88 Cougar XR-7...5.0HO, T-56, and much more                             
85 Thunderbird 30th...#2471, 29k, all original and might actually stay that way

Interior plastics turning oily?

Reply #19
vent the moon roof?? My window on drivers door doesn't work, and with my luck id forget the windows open.
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07

Interior plastics turning oily?

Reply #20
Quote from: Crusher;174609
I do because I have a sun light on my car the whole night and then during the day the sun light goes off because the sun turns on :-p :-p :-p lol



whaaat?
1988 Thunderbird sport
2004 Ford F150 Lariat
2008  Chevrolet Cobalt Sport
2007 Suzuki DR-Z400S dual sport/Supermoto
1988 Thunderbird LX - sold
1988 Mercury Cougar XR-7 with GST kit - gone

Interior plastics turning oily?

Reply #21
Quote from: daboss351;174727
vent the moon roof?? My window on drivers door doesn't work, and with my luck id forget the windows open.


If you have a moonroof, it can be tilted up to vent the car.
pro-five-oh

88 Cougar XR-7...5.0HO, T-56, and much more                             
85 Thunderbird 30th...#2471, 29k, all original and might actually stay that way

Interior plastics turning oily?

Reply #22
I figured thats what you ment. Water wont get it?? The car sits outside all the time in the open in my yard so i dont want  getting in.
RIP 1988 and 1990 Lincoln Mark VII LSC
I welcomed the dark side and currently am driving a 2000 Dodge Durango SLT plus, with a 5.9, Code named project "Night Runner"
Shes black on black, fully loaded, with headers, 180 tstat, e fan, straight exhaust into a cherry bomb vortex ler, full tune up, ported intake and T/B, MSD coil, and round aircleaner.
Mods to come: Fully rebuilt and heavily modded 46RE, and a richmond rachet locker.
my $300 beater ;)
R.I.P Kayleigh Raposa 12/18/90 - 2/24/07

Interior plastics turning oily?

Reply #23
All of the plastic in my 73 nova is like that.. all of it.  Sticky goo everywhere.
One 88

Interior plastics turning oily?

Reply #24
Quote from: daboss351;174799
I figured thats what you ment. Water wont get it?? The car sits outside all the time in the open in my yard so i dont want  getting in.


Water has a very hard time getting inside the car with the moonroof tilted. It has to be monsoon bad outside before I had water leak from the moonroof channels.
pro-five-oh

88 Cougar XR-7...5.0HO, T-56, and much more                             
85 Thunderbird 30th...#2471, 29k, all original and might actually stay that way