Bang.. and the dirt is gone!

[AK]

Managed to get up early enough to get started on cleaning the alloys, not had a clean round the back of since i got the car a year ago!

this is how they looked before..

I had read in a few places that Fairy Power Spay was good, but i was a bit naive and thought i would be able to shift the brake dust with just water and a good scrub, oh how wrong i was :rasp:!

i managed to get the easy dust off the front and back but theyre was a lot of ground in brake dust.. So off i popped to the Spar and came back with this..

Gave the wheels a fair spray of Cillit Bang and the brake dust basically fell off (well not really!) gave them all a good scrub and i think they've come up quite well, after 5 hours of labour ...

Car needs some coilovers me thinks, gap between wheel and arch is horrendus!

Didnt get round the cleaning the car as it started raining .. will need to do it first thing tomorrow or later on today, in prep for the meat tomorrow !

Heres some other photos i found in my phone, from when it was snowing..

And a pic of the sidelights i picked up off of ebay

I'm knackered now... but it was worth it!

 

[rctempire]

All wheels done then?

 

[AK]

Yep managed to get all 4 before the rain kicked in !

 

[DrR]

MK3 4x4?

Massive difference! Barry Scott FTW

 

[AK]

MK3 4x4?

Massive difference! Barry Scott FTW

Lol nah it was up on the jack at that point :rasp:

 

[kevo66]

Barry Scott FTW!!

 

[AK]

Barry Scott FTW!!

Who's barry scott :S lol?

 

[kevo66]

Who's barry scott :S lol?

LOL, the cillit bang man

Or did you use the bonjella???

 

[AK]

LOL, the cillit bang man

Or did you use the bonjella???

lol awww !

Just noticed the bonjella HAHA!! :nono:

 

[kevo66]

lol awww !

Just noticed the bonjella HAHA!! :nono:

Works a treat mate, I use it on mine lol!! :rasp:

 

[.GAZ.]

no bad wee yin!

 

[GarethM]

very good

 

[DrR]

Lol at knowing the phrase Bang and the dirt is gone and using cillit bang, but not knowing who Barry is.

 

[AK]

Works a treat mate, I use it on mine lol!! :rasp:

The bonejella or the cillit bang lol

no bad wee yin!

Cheers big yin !

very good

thanks

 

[digsy]

bang.. and your wheel dissolves

 

[BioHzrd]

bah forgot about cleaning mine im to hungover to do it !

 

[NOT! gary l]

Kerb marks were less noticeable with the dirty wheels.

 

[rctempire]

[youtube]KPONH2j4In8[/youtube]

 

[mwn11]

PMSL! My girl knows all the words to that!

 

[Dyewitness]

just cleaned my 197 for first time since september i think!

 

[Beef-Mc]

Good effort that likes, hope you used plenty of water to get the cilit off though.

 

[AK]

Good effort that likes, hope you used plenty of water to get the cilit off though.

Yep washed it with some car shampoo stuff afterwards ..

Just need to get them refurbed now lol!

 

[Tigger]

The wheels came up really good mate
Fair play for letting that stuff loose on them TBH

PMSL! My girl knows all the words to that!

She likes banging then aye? :rasp:

 

[AK]

The wheels came up really good mate
Fair play for letting that stuff loose on them TBH



She likes banging then aye? :rasp:

Ill be getting some new alloys at some point anyways lol just wanted them clean!