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    engine bay cleaning...

    Know of any place that will clean your engine bay etc.. for cheap?? I just looked at my hood today because my battery died from lack of driving and my engine bay is filthy.

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    simple and cannot take more than three minutes.
    Get a bottle of engine brite from autozone or cheaper places. Your engine is running and from 6" away spray away at the whole engine, except that you will need to use aluminum foil, like for baking to cover the following: distributor cap, alternator, battery end uncovered, and the most obvious fuse box if in engine bay compartment. Then go to any self-car wash and turn the knob to engine cleaning, then spray that shite evenly from like 10" away, then turn the knob to soap, then rinse and do all of this while your engine is running.

    Perfect, clean engine after that. No brainer.

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    I know that, but i'd rather have someone who has had experience with it.

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    honestly, you are going to pay for a job YOU can do yourself, but then again, it is your money. Good luck.

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    ya... seriously, its better if you do it yourself, we did it on my friend's civic b18c and it looked really nice from the pos it was to begin with. just make sure you get all that chit out...
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    come over i'll show you how its done laddy!

    my engine bay is the cleanest part of my car
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    hey dude, are you going to the chicagolandpreludeclub.com meeting in august or is there another one coming up b4 then???

    let me know, i need some recommendations and see what i can do to my new purchase, check signature

    later.

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    this is after a DIY cleaning by me...it's way cheaper too...

    Greased Lightning degreaser and cover all your vital parts...other than that, you should be golden.

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    my dad was talking about that the other day..he does his in like 10 mins and it sounded really easy.. I'll ask him how he does it.

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    Anyone want to help me out then in doing it?

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    Originally posted by JabroninWARRIOR
    come over i'll show you how its done laddy!

    my engine bay is the cleanest part of my car
    Genxist that is one pretty engine bay
    "All these idiots doing wheelies in rush hour traffic and riding around in sandals and tank-tops are an embarrassment. But hey, they look cool... Hope they have good life insurance and don't hurt innocent people" - zerotta

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    Where you live by?

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    old orchard mall
    "All these idiots doing wheelies in rush hour traffic and riding around in sandals and tank-tops are an embarrassment. But hey, they look cool... Hope they have good life insurance and don't hurt innocent people" - zerotta

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    i live on 355, i'll help too, and study your car...
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    Originally posted by flip240
    i live on 355, i'll help too, and study your car...
    You won't learn much except that it hardly ever gets driven and should be kept up more I guess.

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    Originally posted by flip240
    i live on 355, i'll help too, and study your car...
    you won't beat him, your car sucks too much with that GAY24de or watever

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    Originally posted by IdleSnake
    I know that, but i'd rather have someone who has had experience with it.
    i feel ya ... i thought about it many times over, but i pussed out

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    Originally posted by IdleSnake


    You won't learn much except that it hardly ever gets driven and should be kept up more I guess.
    its okay, i like looking

    Originally posted by SilverGS-t

    you won't beat him, your car sucks too much with that GAY24de or watever
    you're not supposed to tell him you dirty whore! stop making fun, you know you can't get enough of this mid range beast
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    heres a link to what I did. http://www.nsxhelp.com/amnsxlit/Engi...ngineTrick.htm (I was to scared to try it on my IS300 or Supra, so I tried it on my GrandCherokee). It came out great and shiny..Try it, it works awesome..Good luck..Peace

    BTW-I plan on doing this to my other cars next

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