cobalt9123
03-24-2011, 08:18 PM
So, as some of you may know, I've been extremely busy with college lately :bash:
This hasn't left me with much time to detail my own car as most of the time I'm detailing it's other people's rides.
Also, I've decided to sell my prized 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS. There is nothing wrong with the car, I've just decided that I'd rather sell it and have ~20 grand in my pocket :cheers:
I figure with $27,000 total after selling the car I can start contributing to a Roth IRA or other retirement account and retire a few years early and also have enough for a down payment on a house as I already have a 2007 Cobalt LT I drive daily.
However, Wendy White SS will be surely missed.
Due to work and college, I have to do the complete detail before I sell it in multiple parts depending on what days I'm off and free so there will be several parts to this escapade (at the moment I'm thinking four-Undercarriage, wheels/tires/wheel wells, interior, and then paint decontamination (rail dust) and correction.)
Today I decided to do the undercarriage.
I wasn't expecting to get perfect results and decided that whatever APC+ and SD wouldn't get rid of accompanied by some scrubbing I would leave on there as the next owner probably won't care as much as I do anyways.
But I wanted to add something to my 'For Sale' Advertisement that others might not have--a clean undercarriage Im the MAN
Enough jabber, on to the pictures!
--Befores--
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/9869/dscn1638.jpg
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/980/dscn1639.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4645/dscn1640a.jpg
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/2193/dscn1641.jpg
http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/720/dscn1643.jpg
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/3730/dscn1645.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9608/dscn1646h.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3830/dscn1647e.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3429/dscn1648kp.jpg
--Chemicals Used--
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6046/dscn1650q.jpg
--Tools Used--
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/5581/dscn1651o.jpg
--Results--
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/7487/dscn1652.jpg
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/593/dscn1653.jpg
http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/484/dscn1654x.jpg
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2600/dscn1655x.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5118/dscn1656r.jpg
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8877/dscn1658y.jpg
--Before & After Comparisons--
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3890/beforeafter2p.jpg
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/3499/beforeafter3.jpg
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3194/beforeafter1.png
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1659/beforeafter5.jpg
I also did the exhaust while I was down there :laughing:
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3424/beforeafter4.jpg
As you can see, the results aren't perfect. There were a few areas that I couldn't get to and will have to do when I take the wheels and tires off for part 2. But overall, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
Thanks for looking!
This hasn't left me with much time to detail my own car as most of the time I'm detailing it's other people's rides.
Also, I've decided to sell my prized 2009 Chevrolet Cobalt SS. There is nothing wrong with the car, I've just decided that I'd rather sell it and have ~20 grand in my pocket :cheers:
I figure with $27,000 total after selling the car I can start contributing to a Roth IRA or other retirement account and retire a few years early and also have enough for a down payment on a house as I already have a 2007 Cobalt LT I drive daily.
However, Wendy White SS will be surely missed.
Due to work and college, I have to do the complete detail before I sell it in multiple parts depending on what days I'm off and free so there will be several parts to this escapade (at the moment I'm thinking four-Undercarriage, wheels/tires/wheel wells, interior, and then paint decontamination (rail dust) and correction.)
Today I decided to do the undercarriage.
I wasn't expecting to get perfect results and decided that whatever APC+ and SD wouldn't get rid of accompanied by some scrubbing I would leave on there as the next owner probably won't care as much as I do anyways.
But I wanted to add something to my 'For Sale' Advertisement that others might not have--a clean undercarriage Im the MAN
Enough jabber, on to the pictures!
--Befores--
http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/9869/dscn1638.jpg
http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/980/dscn1639.jpg
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/4645/dscn1640a.jpg
http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/2193/dscn1641.jpg
http://img852.imageshack.us/img852/720/dscn1643.jpg
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/3730/dscn1645.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9608/dscn1646h.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/3830/dscn1647e.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/3429/dscn1648kp.jpg
--Chemicals Used--
http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/6046/dscn1650q.jpg
--Tools Used--
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/5581/dscn1651o.jpg
--Results--
http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/7487/dscn1652.jpg
http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/593/dscn1653.jpg
http://img808.imageshack.us/img808/484/dscn1654x.jpg
http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/2600/dscn1655x.jpg
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/5118/dscn1656r.jpg
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/8877/dscn1658y.jpg
--Before & After Comparisons--
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3890/beforeafter2p.jpg
http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/3499/beforeafter3.jpg
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/3194/beforeafter1.png
http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/1659/beforeafter5.jpg
I also did the exhaust while I was down there :laughing:
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/3424/beforeafter4.jpg
As you can see, the results aren't perfect. There were a few areas that I couldn't get to and will have to do when I take the wheels and tires off for part 2. But overall, I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
Thanks for looking!