Underhood and underbody cleaning

trackpilot · Post by **trackpilot** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:43 pm

How do you guys clean the underhood and underneath the car?
I'm assuming pressure washer. But what exactly do you use with it? And what settings? I'm jealous of all the clean underbodies that i see.

vinchez78 · Post by **vinchez78** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 10:58 pm

Ring ring...

Track: Hello?
OCD: Hello Brain
Track: sup dawg?
OCD: Oh chillin, was just noticing ur Cobras' underbody is looking a lil on the dirty dirt side brotha
Track:

Damn are u freakin serious?!!?
OCD: Ya dude, if I were u I'd give it a good warshing, know what I mean Vern?
Track: Damnit, alright man, thanks for calling my head.
OCD: No prob man, I'm here for ya.. oh and tell DB, Vin and Noslo I'm gonna pay them a visit here in a lil while, peace out yo!

dbrennancobra · Post by **dbrennancobra** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:07 pm

vinchez78 wrote:Ring ring...

Track: Hello?
OCD: Hello Brain
Track: sup dawg?
OCD: Oh chillin, was just noticing ur Cobras' underbody is looking a lil on the dirty dirt side brotha
Track: Damn are u freakin serious?!!?
OCD: Ya dude, if I were u I'd give it a good warshing, know what I mean Vern?
Track: Damnit, alright man, thanks for calling my head.
OCD: No prob man, I'm here for ya.. oh and tell DB, Vin and Noslo I'm gonna pay them a visit here in a lil while, peace out yo!

ahh shit whats going on in my head.....

ha! nice vin.

anyways Track, what i do i get a used rag, jack up the car, get some jack stands, creeper, all purpose cleaner and go to town... while its jacket up, do the struts as well. good luck to ya, its fun man.

trackpilot · Post by **trackpilot** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:27 pm

vinchez78 wrote:Ring ring...

Track: Hello?
OCD: Hello Brain
Track: sup dawg?
OCD: Oh chillin, was just noticing ur Cobras' underbody is looking a lil on the dirty dirt side brotha
Track: Damn are u freakin serious?!!?
OCD: Ya dude, if I were u I'd give it a good warshing, know what I mean Vern?
Track: Damnit, alright man, thanks for calling my head.
OCD: No prob man, I'm here for ya.. oh and tell DB, Vin and Noslo I'm gonna pay them a visit here in a lil while, peace out yo!

ahahahahahahahaha

trackpilot · Post by **trackpilot** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:31 pm

dbrennancobra wrote:
anyways Track, what i do i get a used rag, jack up the car, get some jack stands, creeper, all purpose cleaner and go to town... while its jacket up, do the struts as well. good luck to ya, its fun man.

ahh ok that might take awhile... lol
Same with the underhood i'm assuming?
What do you use? Simple Green?

I went to Home Depot today and was eyeing the pressure washers since i need to do my driveway. But i was wondering if that was what you guys used to clean the rest of your car. Hence the question.

dbrennancobra · Post by **dbrennancobra** » Tue Nov 27, 2012 11:33 pm

i stay away from pressure washers, ever since i did my nissan maxima like 8 years ago, hit a TINY pin hole in the paint and it blew out a paint chip larger than a quarter... ever since then, i stay away from pressure washers on my cars... and just use for my siding/windows on my house.

93 Cobra R · Post by **93 Cobra R** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:04 am

You washed the underside of a datsun???

...j/k, I'm about as OCD as it gets when it comes to my cars.

plumcrazysrt · Post by **plumcrazysrt** » Wed Nov 28, 2012 8:46 am

You all are making me feel really bad about my cars.....LOL.

trackpilot · Post by **trackpilot** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:16 pm

Anyone else with tips? I really want to do this soon. I've got 5 days off in a row to kill.
DB- Do you recommend Simple Green? I was at BJ's yesterday and saw they sell a gallon of it with a spray bottle for $10. Just not sure if that stuff leaves a sticky residue or what?

jstanley55 · Post by **jstanley55** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:31 pm

trackpilot wrote:Anyone else with tips? I really want to do this soon. I've got 5 days off in a row to kill.
DB- Do you recommend Simple Green? I was at BJ's yesterday and saw they sell a gallon of it with a spray bottle for $10. Just not sure if that stuff leaves a sticky residue or what?

Simple Green shouldn't leave any residue. I use it to clean just about everything from shoes, to boat interior and my kids toys. That stuff is great and it hasn't damaged anything I've ever used it on.

trackpilot · Post by **trackpilot** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:33 pm

jstanley55 wrote:
trackpilot wrote:Anyone else with tips? I really want to do this soon. I've got 5 days off in a row to kill.
DB- Do you recommend Simple Green? I was at BJ's yesterday and saw they sell a gallon of it with a spray bottle for $10. Just not sure if that stuff leaves a sticky residue or what?
Simple Green shouldn't leave any residue. I use it to clean just about everything from shoes, to boat interior and my kids toys. That stuff is great and it hasn't damaged anything I've ever used it on.

Thanks Jason!

jstanley55 · Post by **jstanley55** » Wed Dec 05, 2012 11:44 pm

trackpilot wrote:
jstanley55 wrote:
trackpilot wrote:Anyone else with tips? I really want to do this soon. I've got 5 days off in a row to kill.
DB- Do you recommend Simple Green? I was at BJ's yesterday and saw they sell a gallon of it with a spray bottle for $10. Just not sure if that stuff leaves a sticky residue or what?
Simple Green shouldn't leave any residue. I use it to clean just about everything from shoes, to boat interior and my kids toys. That stuff is great and it hasn't damaged anything I've ever used it on.
Thanks Jason!

Under the hood it should be fine but I don't know if its got the power to work for heavy road grime. It might, I just never used it on anything really greasy or caked with crap.

trackpilot · Post by **trackpilot** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 9:55 am

jstanley55 wrote:
trackpilot wrote:
jstanley55 wrote: Simple Green shouldn't leave any residue. I use it to clean just about everything from shoes, to boat interior and my kids toys. That stuff is great and it hasn't damaged anything I've ever used it on.
Thanks Jason!
Under the hood it should be fine but I don't know if its got the power to work for heavy road grime. It might, I just never used it on anything really greasy or caked with crap.

Well my car isn't really that dirty. It was actually pretty spotless when i bought it. But i've gotten caught in a few rainshowers so it's a lil dirty now.

buddha · Post by **buddha** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:52 pm

I use this stufrf:

http://www.amazon.com/SUPER-CLEAN-DEGRE ... B000CCM63K

Love the stuff and you can dilute it to your liking.

Of course looking for the link I see it may have been discontinued? Nooooooooooooooo!

dbrennancobra · Post by **dbrennancobra** » Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:29 pm

trackpilot wrote:Anyone else with tips? I really want to do this soon. I've got 5 days off in a row to kill.
DB- Do you recommend Simple Green? I was at BJ's yesterday and saw they sell a gallon of it with a spray bottle for $10. Just not sure if that stuff leaves a sticky residue or what?

yeah i dont see a problem with that.. do it up. take before/after pics

just do me a favor and be CAREFUL using a power washer, avoid using the right jet stream... it can blow out a paint chip smaller than a pen dot...