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Old 09 May 2008, 03:45 PM
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Talking gave my car a good old scrub today . loads of pics before and after :)

seeing that the weather is so good at the mo i thought id give my car a good old wash , polish , hoover and detail . it was a right state before but now its gleaming once again

before wheel


car before



thought id steam clean the engine bay and bonnet aswell while i was at it had to cover a few things first though !





then i found some of this

underbonnet gunked and clean

bonnet after gunk and steam

mid clean and the heavens opened (sods law)

clean wheels

mid polish photo
polished pipe

cleaning the sills

after 5 hours its done











now i need a beer
Old 09 May 2008, 04:13 PM
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Well done mags but 5 hours!!!!!

You should try my way of cleaning! 15 Min's tops
Old 09 May 2008, 04:26 PM
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Looks good.

If you think 5 hours is bad, trying cleaning for over a week!
Old 09 May 2008, 04:28 PM
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Pah! Five hours is just a warm up!
You didn't even take the wheels off

The question is, will it still be clean on sunday?
Old 09 May 2008, 04:43 PM
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nice one mags
my wheels are still in the garage all clean and ready for sunday
just got the car to do

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Old 09 May 2008, 09:46 PM
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Good effort mags
Old 09 May 2008, 09:48 PM
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Nice job. Fancy doing mine? Not cleaned in or out for around 6 months I reckon
Old 09 May 2008, 09:53 PM
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Great effort Mags dear boy.

Looking good. How comes you removed the rear plate to clean it though?

Steve
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Originally Posted by Stevesbluewrx
Great effort Mags dear boy.

Looking good. How comes you removed the rear plate to clean it though?

Steve
lol its on velcro ... for those sticky situations
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monkey - it is clean as i will not be driving it till sun lol even though it did rain after i cleaned it but will just need a rub with cloth me thinks

budgie - its a lovly day so get cleaning lol . (both of them )

400- 15 mins . are u bionic
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Nice and shiny, looks great
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Looks good , what size rims are they ? It's got the look and stance I'm after for mine.
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Originally Posted by poo2y
Looks good , what size rims are they ? It's got the look and stance I'm after for mine.
they are 18s mate
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Top job mate
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cheers guys
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