# Convertible top dirt

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/convertible-top-dirt/21882>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 9, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/convertible-top-dirt/21882 "2008-11-09T20:16:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tombocuba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@tombocuba](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tombocuba)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/convertible-top-dirt/21882/1 "2008-11-09T20:16:56Z")

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How to clean the brown top on a 1999 BMW Z3.there are black streaks from the top being down…

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/convertible-top-dirt/21882/2 "2008-11-09T20:26:39Z")

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The owner’s manual should have information about cleaning the top.

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 8:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/convertible-top-dirt/21882/3 "2008-11-09T20:34:14Z")

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Everyone I know who owns a convertible uses Lemon Pledge to clean their tops. The foaming action lifts the dirt from the top so it can be wiped away, and the lemon oil left behind prevents the top from drying out.

Tester