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    33 Ways To Make Your Junk Car Look So Much Better

    You more less live in there, so you might as well zhuzh it up a bit.

    1. Create a more efficient system for your car meals with a steering-wheel table so you can catch crumbs where they start and avoid grease stains on your lap.

    tray that cilps onto steering wheel with enough room for a fast food meal

    2. And keep your sauces upright instead of tipping over onto your seats with a double-dipping clip (in a good way!) that'll hang onto your car vent.

    holder with two dips in it attached to a car vent

    3. Clean up seat-ruining messes with an upholstery cleaner that'll undo whatever it is your kids are doing to your backseats

    A customer review before and after picture of their car seat

    4. Stretch a sling-like purse holder between your front two seats to keep all your essentials within reach and upright, even when traffic forces you to brake in a split second.

    5. Tackle odors (smoke or otherwise) with a bamboo charcoal air purifier you can toss in your car and forget about it.

    gray bags

    6. But if you have an olfactory disaster on your hands (like say, a dead mouse?!), spray some air sanitizer even funeral directors recommend.

    spray bottle

    7. Revive your ghosted-over headlights with a headlight restoration kit so you won't have to shell out $100 at the local shop to pass inspection.

    8. Corral the jingling change in your car door pocket into a spring-loaded coin holder that'll fit nicely into a cup holder and help you make speedier money moves in the drive-thru.

    change holder with spring-loaded slots for different sized coins

    9. FINALLY get all the pet hair off your back seat and floors with this ugly but effective tool you'll wonder how you lived without up until now.

    10. And keep a pet protector made to fit over your backseat in your trunk so you won't have to go hunting for it in your garage next time Fido rides with you for errands.

    11. Ward off lost phones, french fries, change, and more with some low-key seat gap fillers you may have eyed on Shark Tank and wished you'd invented them yourself.

    12. Tap unexpected space with a car vent organizer that comes equipped with a charging port to safely hold onto the essentials so you aren't digging in the floorboard for a charging cord.

    pocketed pouch-like organizer hanging from a car vent

    13. Bring some order to your glove box with a straightforward organizer that'll put your important documents front and center in the event of an emergency and someone who's not you needs to get to your deets.

    car document book

    14. Attach some universal purse-holder hooks to your head rests in case you rarely travel with just one bag or often find yourself putting your groceries in the back seat.

    sturdy hooks attached to car headrest with a purse hanging from them

    15. Cover up a worn-looking steering wheel with a cute cover will add a little something to your car *and* keep your steering wheel from getting too hot in the sun!

    steering wheel with black cover on it that has a constellation

    16. Install an adorable phone holder with an embrace wide enough to fit most phones because nothing looks as bad as unsafe driving [insert guilt-inducing mom stare].

    17. Detail vents and other hard-to-clean areas of your car with some gooey cleaning compound that feels like a child's plaything but WOW does it work.

    goo used to get dust out a car vent

    18. And give your vents special attention with some smol blind dusters with washable cloths to really get in there.

    mini duster with three tines on it

    19. Add a super cute (and comfy) element with a toasty neck pillow that can hang for your next road trip.

    cartoon toast looking neck pillow attached to a car seat headrest

    20. Tidy up your vehicle without displaying its contents to the world thank to a lidded trunk organizer you'll be able to put SO MUCH into.

    open SUV trunk with this lidded organizer in it, matching the car interior

    21. Throw smaller miscellaneous stuff into a handy seat organizer you can easily move from seat to floor to backseat to backseat floor — it's going to be as well-traveled as you!

    the car organizer on a seat

    22. Or opt for a cup holder-sized organizer in case you need to invent some storage space out of thin air.

    23. And if you're a smoker (or drive around a smoker), this cup holder ashtray will look so much nicer than stray butts or repurposed soda cans.

    person putting a smoking butt in a cup-sized lit ash tray

    24. Freshen up your car surfaces with some UV protectant spray ready to give your 11-year-old model a facelift.

    25. Maintain your floor with some trim-able floor mats built to stand up to the elements because you're not going to wipe off your drenched shoes before you duck into your car during a downpour.

    26. And guard the back of your seats with protective kick mats because no matter how many times you say "Stop kicking!" your kids keep on doing it like it's their job.

    reviewer's car with the kicking protector on the back of the car seat

    27. But if your kids are old enough to need all their essentials back there with them, storing stuff like toys and snacks in some storage-filled seat guards can do the trick.

    seat back kick guard with tons of mesh storage pockets

    28. Train everyone in your crew to use this great new waterproof trash can instead of the floor for containing the mess.

    lunch box-sized black car trash can with liner bags

    29. Throw a dedicated wet/dry vacuum (that plugs into the cigarette lighter!) in your trunk because who has the time to go by the car wash and feed quarters into the vacuum?!

    30. Clean off the road dust (and so much more) with a powerful tire cleaner that'll work on all sorts of wheels.

    dirty rims and then clean rims thanks to the spray

    31. Create a streak-free shine with a foaming glass cleaner because the windshield is the window to your car's soul. But really.

    spraying the cleanser on a windshield

    32. Wipe down your car with some gentle microfiber cloths whether you're doing an at-home wash or never seem to get a thorough dry in a drive-thru wash.

    33. If all else fails, give your car interior a decent wipe down with some auto wipes because they'll make a surprising difference for such a low level of effort.

    three containers of wipes

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