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Old 1st June 2014, 01:48 PM
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Too wet today to clean the seats, so had a look under the bonnet. A couple of hours or so later, this is the result:
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Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!).

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Old 1st June 2014, 04:39 PM
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Very smart
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Old 1st June 2014, 05:10 PM
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All shiny ready for the meet
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Old 1st June 2014, 05:13 PM
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Nice..... And bo11ocks, as mines is, and will remain for the meet, a mess
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Old 2nd June 2014, 06:43 AM
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I think I'll keep my bonnet shut.
That's to much engine OCD cleaning for me. lol
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Old 2nd June 2014, 11:06 AM
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How do you clean all the nook and crannies?


Whats your process? it looks well shiny what product did you use?
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Old 2nd June 2014, 11:45 AM
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Methodology:

Spray everywhere with 'Gunk'
Snow foam
(make a cup of coffee and leave it a while)
Pressure rinse
Remove as many 'vanity panels' as possible
Old towels and elbow grease
Black trim spray dressing
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Old 3rd June 2014, 09:28 AM
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That is clean, I don't think I can compete with that at all
Looks like a brand new engine bay.

OCD? Noooo, this is perfectly normal in an@l world
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Old 5th June 2014, 07:21 PM
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Too wet today to clean the seats, so had a look under the bonnet. A couple of hours or so later, this is the result:
Haven't given it a clean in a month but still clean for almost 13 year old OCD im assuming means o clean details again

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