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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 10:41 PM
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i have a white 98 camaro. the engine bay, also white, looks like ***. rusty, dirty, doesnt help it being white. i sanded down the rusty spots on the front cross member and spray painted it the whole thing with rustolemum high gloss black. turned out ok, not great, any other options before i start on other areas??

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Old Aug 28, 2006 | 10:43 PM
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got any pics of it?
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 11:20 AM
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looks great from a distance, but up close it's a little rough
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Old Aug 29, 2006 | 03:45 PM
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mine is black and was really gross too, but to my suprise armor all wipes cleaned it up pretty good, and its still shiny a month later!
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Heres my white car when I got it.


and here it is now


Just a lot of elbow greese and simple green.

Heres my product line I used every bit of it
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thats crazy, your engine bay looks sooo much better than mine. unfortunatley mine is so rusty i need alot of bump n grind

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