Show Us under the Hood

[whiteowl]

How about some under the hood pics and your cleaning procedure.Please list products you like and products you would not use next time.This will save us new to under the hood guys a lot of trial and error. I need to do under the hood on my daily driver. Thanks a lot. :xyxthumbs

 

[White95Max]

ALL by hand:

1. Apply degreaser with a terry cotton towel (some scrubbing may be necessary).

2. Let it sit for a couple minutes.

3. Wipe again with a wet terry towel (rinse).

4. Final wipe with a dry terry towel.

5. Use terry towels and Mothers Mag/aluminum polish on metal parts.



BTW, this should be in the Detailing forum.

 

[EBPcivicsi]

Here is mine. On my own motor, I just wash with car wash and dress with meguiars #40 cut 50/50 with water.

 

[ryanmsom]

i need to change my belts :/

 

[TedS]

Products I use



Simple Green

303 Protectant

Mother's Chrome Polish

Mother's Billet Polish

Adam's DS

 

[Intercooled]

here's mine . Its a garage queen so it usually just some Z6 to wipe it down.

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[jmsc]

http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47132

 

[Pats300zx]

Garage queen as well.



Products used:



Metal Madness Metal Polish

Mothers Billet Metal Polish

Impressive Reflections Polish



Oh yeah..I almost forgot: CD2 Engine Detailer....:xyxthumbs

 

[1 Clean WS6]

Another garage queen here as well...

Meg's Natural Shine

ClearKote's VM

Meg's #34

Lot's of time and patience with a small detail brush

 

[JasonD]

Process:



Westley's Bleche White dilluted 50/50 with water.

Spray down the entire engine (I prefer it when it's cold), and agitate any greasy or oily areas with a wheel well brush. Let sit for 5-10 minutes and spray additional cleaner as needed.



Rinse off with stiff spray of water.



Let dry, and spray the whole thing down with ArmorAll Tire Foam, close hood and let dry at least 30 minutes. Apply more Tire Foam if needed and wipe off excess.

 

[tkr128]

Here's one of our Corolla I did a while back:

- APC+ 1:1

- Engine Kote

and one of my 4Runner. I've just been wiping it down with a damp MF cloth everytime I wash:

 

[nailzer]

My 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT. A bit dusty, but not too bad.

Mostly I use 303 products for cleaning.

 

[imported_Sullybob]

Process:



Westley's Bleche White dilluted 50/50 with water.

Spray down the entire engine (I prefer it when it's cold), and agitate any greasy or oily areas with a wheel well brush. Let sit for 5-10 minutes and spray additional cleaner as needed.



Rinse off with stiff spray of water.



Let dry, and spray the whole thing down with ArmorAll Tire Foam, close hood and let dry at least 30 minutes. Apply more Tire Foam if needed and wipe off excess.

Thats almost exactly my process.

I used Costco APC 5 to 1

Everything else is identical. It is very easy and the results are amazing.