anyone here really get into cleaning up their engine bay... im trying to figure out a way to make the engine bay spotless... by this i mean not being able to any wiring/vaccum hoses, etc... i want nothing visible... anyone have any tips/tricks to do with the harness... where i can route it? any wires i can get rid of? i have no a/c, no p/s, and no window washer fluid...... and too many wires!!!! anyone have pics of really clean engine bays

 

Lots of wire loom is all I can say.

 

Go out to some place like Target or Home Depot and get yourself a one-gallon of concentrated Simple Green. You then mix this up with 50 percent water. It'll be enough for your lifetime unless you use it to clean other stuff, which I do. Well, just spray it into your engine bay and let it soak and sit for about 10 minutes, then bust out the toothbrush and start cleaning the hard to reach spots. After that get a cloth/towel and start wiping down other parts of the engine. It'll take a while to do. Try to avoid electrical areas especially the distributor. And if your engine is in really bad shape/oily/dirty, you might want to rinse with simple green and water and then apply more to wipe off dirty areas. Good luck!

 

thanks for the advice... but i meant more so in cleaning up the wiring... theres no motor in my car now... and i just painted the whole engine bay... so it basically like new... i have a pic of what im tryin to do... i just want no wires around... and im figuring out where to stick them

 

I talked to a friend a few days ago and he told me he ran all his wires threw the wheel well. He had to sodier every single wire then use heat shrink. he told me it took him about 4hrs to complete all of this. It may look clean, but I dont like the way it looks.

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buy a 3.2CL Type S - so fresh and so clean under the hood.


sorry to beat that to death

 

hmmmm cleaning your engine bay? FI!!!!!!! a clean engine bay is a fast engine bay!!!

 

ya a fast and furous engine bay

 

it has to be faster w/ less dirt on it!! aerodynamics or something!

 

i hear if u clean it enuff you can gain up 2 tenths in the 1/4 mie


[Modified by Y2kGsR, 4:10 AM 6/25/2001]

 

the way i clean my car ya! i am crazy w/ that once evry 6 months or so....its sad really

 

the other day i washed my car and i was like something is missing...the james bond smoke screen i had w/ all the dirt that would fly off the back. It made me sad for a bit

 

how about getting dust off my dash board anyone know any high performance ways of getting rid of it?

 

well dont use that armor something clean it w/.... a moist towel then use some sort of low gloss thing on it. dont apply a polish right away and just hope ya get all the dust off on the rag or sponge

 

which brands would you recomed??

 

good question
first use H2O....you can buy it at any 7-11 they sell it in bottles of 8oz. all the way to 2 gallons.

and then use ... well they this stuff http://www.armorall.com/index1.html

or goto pepboys or autobarn and get something. i am sure you can get a sales person to help you. they are nice there,and very smart

 

i use the hyper link provied by 4drgsrat werk but i heard amorr all leaves a sticky slimey residue is there anything else you can suggest for me to make my dash board as slick as the day i got my car?


[Modified by Y2kGsR, 4:42 AM 6/25/2001]

 

i heard pamolive werks pretty good as well as turtle wax and black magic tire cleaner......aything else you can recomend?

 

LIKE I SAID THE KIND PEOPLE AT PEPBOYS OR AUTOBARN OR AID AUTOSTORE CAN HELP YOU W? OTHER BRANDS!


[Modified by 4dGSR at work, 1:51 AM 6/25/2001]

 

are you getting loud with me? all i asked was as simple qwestion and now you have to give me an attitude! i am getting reall sick of your bullshit

 

no !!!! i dont want to fight sir i just said go there.

i just want to help...just let me help and all will be fine...jerkoff!!!

 

OH NO YOU DID NOT JUST CALL ME JERK OFF I CANT STAND THAT.........THATS IT ME AND YOU ARE LINING UP AT ENGLISHTOWN AND WHEN I GET DOWN TO THE END OF THE TRACK I AM GOING TO GET OUT OF MY CAR AND WAIT 10 MINTUES FOR YOU TO FINSIH AND THEN BEAT THE EVER LOVING **** OUT YOU! THATS IT......ITS ON NOW PARTNER

 

ok champ! well i am not cleaning my ride till after english town so you will not even see the end of the track ! AND!!! what makes you think you can beat me anyway!!! you and you NA COOL TWODOOR GRAPE!

 

now you are riffin on my ride i cant belive you punk! you are going down in a hard way......all i wanted was an alternitive to usiing your moms panties to wipe down my dash board and now yer starting poop with me?

 

why do you even bother asking about cleaning your dash? you should ask me how to clean the $hit stains from your tighty-whiteys!!!!!!!!!