Wheel well cleaning - redux
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Thabks for the tip... now I will have to find if these are available in Canada.
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Looks great and makes want to do this myself using stands. Are you doing this inside or outside the garage, e.g. do you need to use a power washer when you rinse off the cleaning material? The reason for this question is because I want to paint my calipers as well, and I dont want to jack up the car twice, once to clean the wheel wells outside the garage and once to paint the callipers inside the garage.
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Looks great and makes want to do this myself using stands. Are you doing this inside or outside the garage, e.g. do you need to use a power washer when you rinse off the cleaning material? The reason for this question is because I want to paint my calipers as well, and I dont want to jack up the car twice, once to clean the wheel wells outside the garage and once to paint the callipers inside the garage.
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I am just jacking one corner at a time, but I am sure a more lesiurely, successful method would be to get the car on jackstands, then soak and scrub the wheels on a rotation basis.... plus you'd be set to do your calipers 'while you're in there'.
I did mine in the garage with a drain. Nice flat surface to jack from.
Matt
I did mine in the garage with a drain. Nice flat surface to jack from.
Matt
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FWIW, buy a gallon of diesel fuel. Paint it on, leave for 2 hours, then using rags, wipe off. Repeat as necessary... it will be!!
Cover floor with a heavy rubber based ground sheet, have LOTS of kitty litter over the ground sheet. Smells are minimized if finishing with Simple Green.
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Cover floor with a heavy rubber based ground sheet, have LOTS of kitty litter over the ground sheet. Smells are minimized if finishing with Simple Green.
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Playing with new photo software so I thought I'd post these. Guy (briefscape) came by and helped (OK, more like did) the driver's side of my 97. Looks pretty darn good I think. A before/after of the rear and an after of the front.
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If you stay on top of them once cleaned they are so much easier to keep clean for the next time! Stay on top of them! I drive mine a lot and just stay on top of it.
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