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Old 10 June 2009, 01:50 PM
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Elbow grease

had the car a few weeks now and the previous owner wasnt too bothered with how things looked under the hood, ever since i saw the filth, muck, dust, oil and grease that was all over it i have been meaning to get it cleaned not sure if i have OCD, my wife thinks i has but i am sure its only CDO (its the same but alphabetically correct! )

So spent a morning cleaning the bay and am happy with it, now its time to start modding up properly.



Also couldnt resist getting rid of those minging orange wedges in the lights

Old 10 June 2009, 01:59 PM
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Looks well clean

Must get round to doing mine sometime!!
Old 10 June 2009, 02:33 PM
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looks great mate, what did you use ? and how did you rinse it all off?
really want to get mine done just not had the space until moving to a new house last week
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That's incredibly mint-based! Boodiful.

How long did it take and stuff?
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took three hours or so with the bloody rain, i used meguiars plastic/rubber cleaner:

Meguiar's Direct Gold Class Vinyl/Rubber Protectant

some white spirit on the caked on grease and old oil and about 8 microfibre cloths :-)

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Are you a detailing freak? (like my mate is ).
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i am not sure really, i do enjoy shiny things, i always like to keep on top of it just stop corrosion where i can, keep an eye on any snags if any and some peace and quite from the wife and nipper
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So I assume mate that you just sprayed it on left it a while and rubbed it off with a little elbow grease, did u rinse it off with any water/hose/jetwash etc
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Just sprayed it on and wiped it off, areas that were really bad just left it to soak a little whilst i did other areas and used an old toothbrush on some bad bits, then just wipe off, no rinsing at all :-)

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baz, re your K&N cone...

What bhp is it rated at? What power are you running?
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it snot the K+N mate its the much debated SPT one from Subaru, bought it 2nd hand after reading this:

Flatirons Tuning Project Car: Part 5: INTAKES DON?T WORK! Or do they???

havent had it remapped yet as i am trying to decide which exhaust to fit, any help would be great i am thinking about the scooby world one but dont quite understand which bits to get, bets i phone em up
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