A couple months ago I discovered this site while shopping for my car. Very informative and helped me a great deal when shopping. Thanks. However, while I was reading all the threads, I came across one where someone described and even posted pictures of their winter project...cleaning the wheel wells and suspension components. I thought to myself, OK, I'm pretty obsessive/compulsive about things, but thats a little nuts. As the thread grew, people chimed in with stories, advice, and products they've used to accomplish the same task. Clearly, I decided, everyone here is nuts.
Forward to today. My car is white with white wheels. Its bothered me since day one that as clean as I get the outsides of the wheels, the insides of those giant barrels are still black, so I decide to take them off and wash and wax them, inside and out. Well I start the project first thing this morning and as soon as I get the front wheels off, I see the black grime all over everything under there. My wife bought me some engine detailer that I really didn't need, so I start spraying it all over the fenderwell and suspension. After the first rinse, I discover that the A-arms are a nice silver aluminum and the shocks are orange. Hmmm, a second coat and some scrubbing and now things are starting to look pretty good. Hey look, there's some zerk fittings here too! Get out the grease gun and go to town. So the front is all shiny and pretty when I put the wheels back on but you can't see any of my hard work. Did that stop me from doing the same thing in the back? Of course not. A trip to the auto parts store for some more engine detailer and did the same to the back. You can't see that either. Does that make me feel any worse? Heck no, I know how good it looks down there and that's all that matters.
After a good wash on the outside and another coat of Zaino, the car looks great. Total time of the project? 8 hours, and worth every minute.
Now I'm going to take a shower and head over to the emergency room, I cut my finger pretty bad and once I washed all the grease off, I realized I need stitches...OUCH! It was still worth it though.
So anyway, what I realized here is that you guys are still crazy, but now I feel like one of the crowd.
Gotta go,
Jeff
Forward to today. My car is white with white wheels. Its bothered me since day one that as clean as I get the outsides of the wheels, the insides of those giant barrels are still black, so I decide to take them off and wash and wax them, inside and out. Well I start the project first thing this morning and as soon as I get the front wheels off, I see the black grime all over everything under there. My wife bought me some engine detailer that I really didn't need, so I start spraying it all over the fenderwell and suspension. After the first rinse, I discover that the A-arms are a nice silver aluminum and the shocks are orange. Hmmm, a second coat and some scrubbing and now things are starting to look pretty good. Hey look, there's some zerk fittings here too! Get out the grease gun and go to town. So the front is all shiny and pretty when I put the wheels back on but you can't see any of my hard work. Did that stop me from doing the same thing in the back? Of course not. A trip to the auto parts store for some more engine detailer and did the same to the back. You can't see that either. Does that make me feel any worse? Heck no, I know how good it looks down there and that's all that matters.
After a good wash on the outside and another coat of Zaino, the car looks great. Total time of the project? 8 hours, and worth every minute.
Now I'm going to take a shower and head over to the emergency room, I cut my finger pretty bad and once I washed all the grease off, I realized I need stitches...OUCH! It was still worth it though.
So anyway, what I realized here is that you guys are still crazy, but now I feel like one of the crowd.
Gotta go,
Jeff
