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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 05:40 PM
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POST UP LETS SEE THEM SPRING READY RIDES!!!!!
post up pics and stuff of your 2007 spring clean on your vehicles!!!!

alright guys, im getting spring fever, so today i relocated my interior to my living room and gave it a good cleaning. today was the interior and tomorrow is the exterior, more pics tomorrow of that its too ******* windy today for me to be standing out there fighting a hose. i conditioned the leather, soaked all the small plastic parts, scrubbed the console, shampooed the floor mats. while the interior was out of the car, i shampooed the carpets and picked up the beer bottle tops from where the seats were. steam cleaned the carpets, vaccumed etc......... i know my floor mats are about shot, i need some new ones, here are some pictures, i reluctantly took a before and after, i debated on it because i was too embarassed.......so anyways,



anyone want to tell me how to make that wear less noticable on the side bolster? i scrubbed and scrubbed. i think im just going to tuff it out untill my white leather seats come.











and here is the before and after, drivers side is done, passengers side is not its embarassing.



heres some of the **** i used to clean it with, that dirt devil hand vac is ****.......















alright guys thats it for today, tomorrow will have some exterior wash/wax pictures provided it dont rain.

POST UP LETS SEE THEM SPRING READY RIDES!!!!!

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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 05:44 PM
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Looks great man. I need to wash my ride
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 07:56 PM
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wow. u took spring cleaning to a whole new level. looks good
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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i moved the furniature, doesnt everyone move their furniature every spring?

thanks for the kind words fellas. i started at noon and got it all back together at 6pm.

hurry up someone else post pics, i dont want to look like an idiot for starting this thread.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 08:00 PM
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I just vacuum it then dust and wipe everything with warm soapy water every week so it's usually spotless. I also condition the seats every other week with Lexol two step process. I am a fanatic about keeping it clean And of course wash it every other week in the winter in my garage and every week in the summer.
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Old Mar 2, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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lol, Im kinda embarrased about half assing my clean up! I went thru the car, cleaned everything up FAIRLY well, but did most this evening with only the console light and my garage light, ill get some pics up tomorrow for sure. BWW, nice job for sure!, mine was only make shift til all the salt is off the roads come april!
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 01:26 AM
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ttt..........
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 02:04 AM
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ur a freak man. i seriously think you might have OCD. lol JK looks good. Im getting ready to do the same to my car.
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Wish i could but the 2 feet of snow we just got is currently preventing me from getting my car out of storage!
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Originally Posted by unSStoppable
Wish i could but the 2 feet of snow we just got is currently preventing me from getting my car out of storage!


i know how you feel, my car wont get a full cleaning until the snow is gone...
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SpaZMaN
i know how you feel, my car wont get a full cleaning until the snow is gone...
Yeah same here, its covered in salt right now
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Still waitin on that perfect day to get my baby out also. I still have to cut all the down limbs from the ice storm a few weeks ago.
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Originally Posted by bww3588
hurry up someone else post pics, i dont want to look like an idiot for starting this thread.
don't worry, i'd be all over detailling and posting pics if it wasn't 30* again today hopefully sometime this week.

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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 03:05 PM
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Still Crappy Here. It Might Be June Till Our Weather Breaks.
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Well mine stays pretty clean but here are some pics from last week's clean up and coat of polish...



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Few of my shots from last weekend.


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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 03:21 PM
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i knew this thread would take off at the right time......
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 03:45 PM
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This is what my spring cleaning will look like (minus the construction boarding)







My season usually starts in mid April. Stay tuned....
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