Rear bumper removal

BMC Air filter clean

Engine steam clean



Around 10K miles on the filter.

Quick shake on the white board, filters are filthy

good time to do some engine steam cleaning







After Steam clean

 

New to me 2012 Carrera this week.

1. Installed Sprint Booster
2. Treated interior with leather cleaner and conditioner
3. Deodorized with Ozone Machine and Lysol into air vents
4. Put lots of air in tires
5. Ordered air guide for engine
6. Cleaned frunk

 

Congrats! I'm glad this car worked out for you!

 

what is an air guide?

 

Nice shot, looks good!!!!
I think I heard your car screaming "yellow belts", just sayin....

 

I need to do this bad! Is it hard to take off the bumper?

 

There's a few tutorials out there but this is the one I used the first time I did it.

 

Here are two videos on how to do it.

Video 1: Video 2:
~D

 

New center radiator 🙄

Pulled the front bumper to add the black Rennline grills I bought (finally). Planned to straighten and clean my radiators but the center was just hashed. Bunch of bent fins and tons of sand and small rock. Must be a gift from the first owner who lived in the Palm Springs area? Don't think that came from Seattle!

Anyway, I opted to replace instead of deal with it. My car will thank me 😊. Can't wait to get my grills on!!

 

looks like an aerokit vert, welcome to the club! Love yellow!

 

Funny thing is, That is MY car.. Previous owner made the video..

 

If you dont mind - What machine did you use to steam clean it?

Thanks

 

Nothing special, this cheap one from amazon

 

Thanks --

hmm - i have a similar one - did you pre-spray with some chemical ?

although I would think it would take a long time to clean everything ---

 

I did not spray anything, Just patiently used steam. and I wasn't trying to clean it as good as a painted surface, just wanted it generally cleaned. I am sure I will have to do this yearly, its one of those "while I have the bumper off" things


Next on the roster is removing wheels and ceramic coating them (and brake/suspension components) and Spark plugs (looks like removing wheels makes that job a lot easier)