CAR HORROR (parental advisory) PS: happy ending!!!

[Truls]

This is my town, 1 week since i washed the car, had 1 tripp to Oslo (capital) witch took about 1 hour, and here are the result:


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http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/truhaa/IMG_2355.jpg

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http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/truhaa/IMG_2352.jpg

Yeah! thats bad, but just got to kope with it during the winter.

The fun part is as follows, WASHING the car......

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Cover it in soap att the washing bay, then high presure it off....

Doing the wheels first...

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The wheel brush is one of my favorite washing gear, easy to use and gets inside the rims and spokes

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/truhaa/S2010013.jpg

Over to the real deal, the car wash

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NXT gen wash (superb), Gritt Guard bucket (must have)
Mothers wool washing mit.This one soaks upp "half" a bucket each time, and is good to use, glides easy over the car, but when my car is that dirty, it does not have the cutting power as a MF mit. So i also used Megs MF mit on the lower panels and in the door jams. ill use the mothers mit at summer when its just dust, not concret to remove

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/truhaa/S2010016.jpg

Yes, it is a Mothers inside

Then hose of the car, and watch your previous effords come to life (MG #21)

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/truhaa/S2010032.jpg

Pretty steamy inside tha hall after HighP washing, but it wasnt much water on the car.

Water magnet fro Megs (while i wait for some ww towels from AG)

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/truhaa/S2010040.jpg

These towels i find rather nice, they suck up water good, and have been washed in the washing machin many times, and still do a good job, but after reading at the AG forum i just bought the WW

OK, after drying

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/truhaa/S2010043.jpg

Dark in the hall, and i used a shi##y camera, but its c-l-e-a-n

And we find this

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/truhaa/S2010057.jpg

Good to know that the XMT 3 is on its way from AG

Started to apply the P21s Carnauba wax (my first buy from AG) but forgott that its automaticly closing at 2300 (11 at night) so i had to drive home with 70% off the car done with P21s, and i had to hose off the side panels at home, to apply the wax on the doors, Pictures of that also???????


you bet, coming soon.

Here they are: MG #21 with a P21s carnauba wax topping....

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/truhaa/IMG_2407.jpg


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Next time i post a car here at AG forum, i promise it will be a different car....

Practice, practice, practice

[White95DodgeRam]

poor poor evo thankfully ill never have to deal with road salt or any of that junk around here...ah to live in a desert

[Adde]

i didnt think they used salt anymore in norway? i am swedish but currently live in IL, and I know they dont in sweden, so I just assumed (yes we all know what that does) that they didnt either. oh well learn something new everyday. unfortunelly here in IL they salt the roads like crazy :'(

[White95DodgeRam]

im not sure either it was just an assumtion looking at the pics....

[Surfer]

I am so glad I live where it doesn't snow:D, we have a couple trucks, that would be a pain to constantly clean nevermind the other cars lol. If I were you though I would have ordered something like Collinite 845 or 915 especially for your winter, IMO s100/p21 are nothing special in looks and have zilch durability compared to other waxes.

So how do you dry the inside of the garage, at least that's what it looks like you washed in? Do you just leave the water sit?

[Truls]

First, No its not salt, just dust that the spikes (?????) in the tires, that much upp all the dirt and dust that stick to your car like glue (give me a desert anytime)

I wash near a gas station where you can wash yourself.

I have orderd Duragloss 101 and 105, signature II and the XMT series from AG, im buying the Collinite next time. Know that the P21s doesnt give much protection, but its what i had, and it stays on the car until i get the DG home

[ScottB]

for times in which you want to clean up rims like that, and dont wanna get wet or use a brush, try the Poorboys Spray/Rinse. Follow directions exactly, and you will have a new friend.

Cool Wheels, Wet Wheels, Spray Liberally, two minutes and heavy stream of water. It amazing stuff for neglected wheels.

[ltoman]

Looks superb!! Truls, let me know how the hood comes with xmt 3. That is how mine is too right now!!
Lauren :-)

[supercharged]

I really like this picture -

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l284/truhaa/IMG_2449.jpg

[ryandamartini]

First, No its not salt, just dust that the spikes (?????) in the tires, that much upp all the dirt and dust that stick to your car like glue (give me a desert anytime)

I wash near a gas station where you can wash yourself.

I have orderd Duragloss 101 and 105, signature II and the XMT series from AG, im buying the Collinite next time. Know that the P21s doesnt give much protection, but its what i had, and it stays on the car until i get the DG home

Sexy combo of products for the evo :D

Pics of that! :D

[Truls]

for times in which you want to clean up rims like that, and dont wanna get wet or use a brush, try the Poorboys Spray/Rinse. Follow directions exactly, and you will have a new friend.

Cool Wheels, Wet Wheels, Spray Liberally, two minutes and heavy stream of water. It amazing stuff for neglected wheels.

First I soap the wheels, then HP wash, then i wash with the megs wheel cleaner and brush and HP wash again. dont just spray on the gritt and brush;)

But poorboys sound good, I will try that when im buying from AG next time. I am Waiting delivery some of these days on many AG products, the XMT, DG, shmitt mit, MF, WW lots more.

[P1et]

I love write-ups like these! It really shows in both pictures and words the entire process that someone follows to clean their car from filthy to shiny. LOVE IT!

As a fellow European now living in the USA, I can say that it's definitely a lot easier to keep your car looking clean during the week! In Europe it rains so damn much that the second you are finished washing it, it's already dirty again.

[AL417]

Nice transition from really dirty to bright and shiny. Thanks for the pics they tell more than you could write about it.

[Truls]

poor poor evo thankfully ill never have to deal with road salt or any of that junk around here...ah to live in a desert

Maybe i should send the car on "winter camp" in the US, so you guys/girls could take care of it for me untill the summer commes to Norway.

Think about it "the Palm Beach winter resort for neglected cars"

[Reddwarf]

Truls,

Great job! Sure looks clean and shiny after that bath. Are there indoor wash bays there? That would sure make sense.

I saw a documentary about Saab and Volvo and they showed the muddy roads that caused the engineers to develop the first washers for headlights.