I spent all day today detailing my beloved and went the extra mile and cleaned "the hiding places for dirt". It is generally an annual event this proceedure but for those who have never removed the tail lights etc to clean behind, this is only after a year of build up so probably worth a few hours of your time, after all, this is how rust starts. I think the tail light are a biggy as the water off your rear window travels around the boot and and loose material like leaves, twigs etc go straight under the tops of the tail lights, and they take about 2 minutes to completely remove Check out the pics - only 1 year of buildup remember. In between lettering on badgework, inside the fuel cap, door jambs and all those places a simple shiners wash dont get to, all these little areas cleaned up will ad that little bit of extra detail.
Good ideal spots there! Also another spot is underneath boot seal and on top of fuel tank! (just use high pressure air/water for above tank) That 10th pic of the leave guard bellow the windscreen did you clean under there or just the top of it? That could be a good spot to clean up. You could run the hose in there is little plastic mesh things either end for drainage but sometimes they gunk up. :thumbsup:
Never thought of getting under the 'windscreen gaurd' but did the spot where the bonnet hinge is, great crud collector. Where the top of the tail light is when fitted I have made a strip of rubber to fit so all the runoff water etc travels around where it is meant to, instead of going under that piece of plastic at the top of the tail light. I took off the red plastic strip between the tail lights too and there was a lot of gunk under there too. I think the overall job made a huge difference. My fav shot is the rear boot/tail light once removed-ahh, nice and shiney.
lol yeah. she does look nice. I might steal your idea about the bit of rubber for the water guide around the tail lights...that's a good brain wave. :thumbsup:
Insted of a rubber strip you could remove the tail light and run a bead of silicon along the plastic edge of the tail light, let it dry and then refit. You will get a good seal (doesn't really need to 'seal' just stop the strays) no fiddley refitting of a rubber seal and clear too. Benifit would also be the the silicon would be easily removed too. Wouldn't probably advise refitting it before silicon set though for obvious reasons.
Thanks mate, admittedly the whole front end has just been rebuilt and had a respray so it looks a lot cleaner, but I am a strong believer that if you look after your, it'll look after you. Love the colour on your avatar too man, sweet.
Look after your car and it'll look after you... true most of the time. Other times it throws a fuel pump in your face
haha, to true lol Actually last night my alternator had enough and caved in, the bearing just suddenly went and the noise and vibration was rediculous no warning or nothing! couldnt even drive it up the road! & to make matters worse repco/autobarn want$350 for a new bosch unit (autobarn actually wanted $400) whereas super cheap could do it for $280,but had none in stock! Anyway i scored one from the wreckers for $65 with warranty and i also got a really good sepentine belt and 3 of the belt bearing pullys for $20! wich im stoked about as my belt and bearings where stuffed!
haha..sometimes i just don't bother ..my VS is white and i know that after 50km of driving the back bumper and boot is just going to be covered with a layer of black dust and then the next day it rains :bang:
black dust? from burnouts? lol I don't wash my car anymore seriously! Only because I'm giving it another lick of paint end of year lol.
I am just about to start a new job tomorrow and the new drive to work has about 10km of new roadworks, looks like ill have my work cut out for the next 2 months if I want to keep it this clean, best keep my eye out for a carwash enroute lol.... I might follow your idea though as im going to give mine a respray in a couple of months when these roadwaorks are complete. Good Call.
