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Old Sep 2, 2007 | 11:04 AM
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How do you guys keep your engine bay clean? I purchased my T/A a few months ago after my formula got hurt... and the engine bay IS CLEAN as HELL!!! The strut towers shine, NO RUST. the only rust is the exhaust manifolds. Everything else is silver or black

I want to know, how can I keep it as clean as it is?

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Old Sep 2, 2007 | 11:34 AM
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here are some pics... its kinda getting dirty






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Old Sep 2, 2007 | 01:18 PM
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just keep going in there and simple greening things and using a rubber shiner on all plastic/rubber things.
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Old Sep 2, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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I would just spray it off with water and wipe it down and then use somethin like cd2 engine detailer on it. I wouldnt hit it with simple green unless you need to but it looks clean enough to just wipe it down.
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Old Sep 2, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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You can find an excellent engine bay cleaning "how-to" here...it's from the "Hall of Fame" sticky...written by our Sir Bling-A-Lot.
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yeah, i guess a rag and some water and car soap sounds good. I was just confused on how the hell under the hood was so friggen shiney and clean when i got the car, haha
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Yeh keep her clean looks like a nice car you got there. I love those style of WS6's.
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Yeh keep her clean looks like a nice car you got there. I love those style of WS6's.
Thanks, i love them as well
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