best way to clean wheels, windshield (was: couple of questions)
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Slow dooooooooooooown, and read previous post twice,breathe deeply. Just kidding-your clutch is probably fine. What I meant was if they needed to make major efforts to get at your throw out bearing (or whatever may be causing a noise) and they FOUND AT THAT TIME the clutch friction surfaces were well worn you'd save money doing everything just once. I also keep trying to say there is a way good chance NOTHING IS WRONG. Just relax. You provided so little info on the car and mileage and history that all that can be said are very broad generalizations.think about the suggestion to drop into the dealer, ok?
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my car is brand new . 2000 miles on it. but it was also a show room car, which seems to be giving here and there problems. and i also just learned how to perfect driving stick on it. it is also a 2007 STI. =l yep yep. thanks for helping
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I detailed cars for 2 years prior to joining the navy and we used paint brushes and rags. Depending on the type of rim we would use a more abbrasive cleaning agent and let it sit for a little to get it off. that or pressure washer
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any suggestions of wat type of cleaning agents? and washing techniques i could use?? cause it takes me about 3 hours to clean my car completely. with wax and such. i dotn have a pressure washer either =l i think that is beyond my budget of a toothbrush O.o
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I usually use meguires products for my car. I dont have access to the good stuff anymore because I am not sure where the sell it.
outside, inside, windows is the order I worked in. for me to do my whole car myself it takes about 2-3 hours also.
outside, inside, windows is the order I worked in. for me to do my whole car myself it takes about 2-3 hours also.
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newspaper works really good because it absorbs all the oils. Just test it first to make sure its not one that will bleed the ink all over. that could get messy.
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I don't like newspaper because if you rub it against the plastic pieces on the inside (A pillar if doing the windshield) it gets them dirty. On the outside it works great, I just use something different on the inside.
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http://www.topoftheline.com/wheel-cleaner-safe.html
i use this stuff on my rims. it is amazing. it also leaves like a wax coat or something. after you use it you just hose down your rims after a week and majority of the brake dust come right off.
i use this stuff on my rims. it is amazing. it also leaves like a wax coat or something. after you use it you just hose down your rims after a week and majority of the brake dust come right off.
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i recently started to use armor-all rim cleaner.. thats the best so far. you can spray majority of the brake dust off also. the brake dust starts to look like shiny gel . till the next time you actually clean the rims again . it comes right off . it cut my rim cleaning time from 1 hour something to 20 minutes. that is my update on rim clenaing
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