Review: Meguiar's New Car Scent Protectant

[The Guz]

Here is my review on the new car scent protectant. This is one of Meguiar's 2015 products.

All photos taken with my iphone.

I purchased the bottle

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This was applied on my 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix. The dash is textured.

I started off by removing the remaining Natural Shine that was on the dash. I taped off and area to give a 50/50 of the appearance of New Car Scent Protectant. I applied the protectant using a foam applicator.

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50/50 shots. As you can see this does darken the dash and has more gloss than Natural Shine.

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Some after shots on various surfaces. I lightly buffed all surfaces after it sat for a few minutes.

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Doh the finger got in the way.

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Smooth and textured plastic

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On vinyl

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Now it does have the new car scent when I was spraying it onto the foam applicator. So you get that new car scent nostalgia. It's not a strong scent. At times the scent came off a little too much like a chemical scent. It reminded me of the scent of Mothers VLR's chemical scent at times but not as strong. After I applied it, I did not notice the scent any longer. To me the new car scent protectant does not resemble the scent that the new car scent air refresher odor eliminator has. I will post up how long it lasts as I will be leaving it as is with no wipe downs to get an accurate idea. I will also post up any glare issues. Although with the textured dash that has never been an issue even with Ultimate Protectant.

After sitting over night, I sat in the car but there was no lingering scent of new car scent. But it does look good after sitting over night.

[Marc08EX]

Thanks for the review The Guz. Where did you get it from?

[The Guz]

I picked it up from a local detailing shop. It is available through Autogeeek as well.

Meguiars New Car Scent Protectant Spray (http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-new-car-scent-protectant-spray.html)