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6supersport7
06-19-2012, 09:43 PM
Took some time to clean my engine bay up. It wasn't to bad to begin with.
Products used:
Megs APC
Megs Hyper Dressing 3:1
Various brushes/Microfiber rags
Pressure washer
Opti Clean for around painted areas
Before
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/millsfamx1/001-1.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/millsfamx1/002.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/millsfamx1/005-3.jpg
After
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/millsfamx1/007-1.jpg
http://i192.photobucket.com/albums/z165/millsfamx1/011-2.jpg
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phantom
06-20-2012, 06:42 AM
As an owner of a 1991 300ZX TT I was interested in your process. Can you share with us what brushes you used. Also, how did you apply the Hyper Dressing - wipe it on, spray it on? Did you turn the engine on and let it kind of bake on? Thanks for your reply!
6supersport7
06-20-2012, 03:38 PM
As an owner of a 1991 300ZX TT I was interested in your process. Can you share with us what brushes you used. Also, how did you apply the Hyper Dressing - wipe it on, spray it on? Did you turn the engine on and let it kind of bake on? Thanks for your reply!
Sure thing, I guess I left a lot out on the original post. The brushes I used were just various sizes of detailing brushes much like what swissvaz and raceglaze offers. Because this is my actual car I did not cover any of the electronics and just made sure I did not soak anything with a bunch of water. The main area to watch out for on these vq mototrs is top of the valve covers where the coil packs sit along with the spark plug tubes where water could get into. I liberally sprayed my apc over the engine and let it sit and dwell for a few minutes. I went around with the brushes and tried to agiatate any dirty areas with them. I then pressure washed the dirt and apc off being careful of the above mentioned areas. I never started the engine during any of this. After wash, I used clean microfibers to dry and remove any remaining dirt. I dressed all of the black plastic and hoses by spraying them with the dressing and then going back over them with a towell. After this I went over the painted areas with opti cleen to remove any dressings that may have gotten in those areas. I hope this helps and feel free to ask anymore questions.