cleaned the arches today!

[Pep]

gave the arches a bit of a scrub today, took forever but never been done before and I was bored so...

nothing special, just washed with car wash stuff then dried off a bit, didnt use any special products but it looks a bit better, especially at standard height where you can see all inside the arches!

 

[Renault_Boy01]

much better

 

[Ben.]

much better..planning on doing mine soon!

 

[Pep]

cheers for the comments!
was gonna give the car a quick once over just now but its raining a bit so i might leave it until tomorrow now, annoyed!

 

[ollie]

NICE ONE PEPSI

 

[Giles]

good work!

 

[Rich]

Put some AG Bumper Care Gel on the Arch liners makes them look new and beads water off them.

 

[Pep]

Put some AG Bumper Care Gel on the Arch liners makes them look new and beads water off them.

was going to get some stuff, some new tyre shine and stuff, but bit skint at the minute so it'll do for now!

im hoping to lower it again in the next couple of months so if i do then they will get a complete overhaul as the shocks will be out on the front etc, so i probably will get some proper stuff on them, for now its a lot better though!

just need someone to pc my car now!

 

[Tay]

good work pepsi did you use axle stands ?

you could alays use a bit of WD40 under there to give it a bit of sheen if you got a can tucked away somewhere & your skint ?

 

[Pep]

good work pepsi did you use axle stands ?

you could alays use a bit of WD40 under there to give it a bit of sheen if you got a can tucked away somewhere & your skint ?

yes mate, did the back first then the front, did the wheels aswell, just need to do the outside!

i thought about it, but couldnt be bothered to dig the can out!

 

[AlexS]

Good lad Pepsi,
I was going to do my arches but I feel bad evicting the albanian family from the offside rear!

 

[Pep]

lol, alex!
can tell on the standard suspension, do it for the sale, will look miles better, i find myself checking out the arches on other cars after this!!

 

[Tay]

Nice one, need to get some stands & trolley jack for mine been wanting to do calipers for ages now !

Yeah I only managed to clean wheel fronts & dress tyres today before it pissed down again ! Weathers so fucked lately

 

[Tay]

I see em now ive looked at pics again

Doh !

 

[Pep]

Nice one, need to get some stands & trolley jack for mine been wanting to do calipers for ages now !

Yeah I only managed to clean wheel fronts & dress tyres today before it pissed down again ! Weathers so f**ked lately

when i painted my calipers i just did one at a time on a trolley jack, then went around the car.
i got 2 axles stands, trolley jack, 2 wheel chocks, oil drain tub, oil filter wrench, crawler board and a wheel brace for £45 from machine mart, and its all clarke stuff so more than good enough for what i need, check it out if you have one near you!

 

[kully]

nice one chap , defo looks alot better .

 

[Pep]

nice one chap , defo looks alot better .

cheers mate.

 

[Tay]

yeah think we do il have a look where closest branch is on tinternet.

You happy with quality of bits its not monkey metal shite is it ?

I know people who have brought cheap stuff & it bends when its used
(not from Machine Mart I must add)

 

[Pep]

yeah think we do il have a look where closest branch is on tinternet.

You happy with quality of bits its not monkey metal s**te is it ?

I know people who have brought cheap stuff & it bends when its used
(not from Machine Mart I must add)

its good enough for what i need mate, all seems fairly good quality, obviously nothing special but works fone to jack it up and the axle stands seem nice and heavy and well made, definately no problems with the set at all, if its just for what i use it for, definately recommended mate.

they should have the set on the net so browse the website mate, machine mart i mean.

 

[Tay]

yeah will do cheers mate !

 

[Pep]

no probs mate.

 

[RichRSi]

I did my arches front and rear off side the other day, didn't get a chance to do the other side that will be done some time later.
My neighbour gave me a massive tin of waxoil so I AG SRP'd the painted parts, copper slipped all the bolt threads and then used some of the waxoil on any welds and visible suspension components. I found while doing this if you wipe it on plastics then buff off it gives a really good shine.
Considering my car is nearly 8 years old it's got no visible rust, I was quite amazed really.

Did you poke the two drain holes in the front susupenion (where the spring sits in a cup) while you were under there? mine were blocked with crap so a load of water came out when I unplugged them. You can do this with the wheel on the ground on full lock though.

 

[Pep]

I did my arches front and rear off side the other day, didn't get a chance to do the other side that will be done some time later.
My neighbour gave me a massive tin of waxoil so I AG SRP'd the painted parts, copper slipped all the bolt threads and then used some of the waxoil on any welds and visible suspension components. I found while doing this if you wipe it on plastics then buff off it gives a really good shine.
Considering my car is nearly 8 years old it's got no visible rust, I was quite amazed really.

Did you poke the two drain holes in the front susupenion (where the spring sits in a cup) while you were under there? mine were blocked with crap so a load of water came out when I unplugged them. You can do this with the wheel on the ground on full lock though.

i didnt realise there were drain holes, makes sense though.
however i did put some kitchen roll in the cups to soak up the water that i had splashed in, ill check tomorrow, thanks for the info!

yeah, like i posted earlier i probably will do it properlyu with some decnt products eventually, but today was just a quick once over to kill some time really!