A Experiment....build thread

**Nizmo** · 02-20-2014, 07:16 PM

Subbed. I love those old "bricks" you can`t kill them! Good work so far, definitely wanna see how it turns out!

BTW, love the look on your old MK4. I have a MK5 5 cylinder 5 speed, not quite as cool though, lol.

**Prerunner06** · 02-21-2014, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by Nizmo

Subbed. I love those old "bricks" you can`t kill them! Good work so far, definitely wanna see how it turns out!

BTW, love the look on your old MK4. I have a MK5 5 cylinder 5 speed, not quite as cool though, lol.

Yeah this one had over 330k miles on the original engine and trans. There are times that I miss my mk4 and my b6 audi. But I dont miss the payments. Haha.

So here is the passenger side wheel well "cleaned"

Apprently super clean does not touch dirt.... I am looking to make an order soon but so far I only have dodo ferrous dueller. What type of cleaner should I get for these stubborn wheel wells.

Oh and car will be moved to a buddys shop in a week to get the fab work done!

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**Prerunner06** · 02-21-2014, 02:52 PM

I went ahead and ordered some dodo ferrous dueller and Optimum Power Clean with a fender well brush to clean these stubborn things

**AC in OC** · 02-21-2014, 11:19 PM

I look forward to your progress and the pics that follow. I also have a turbo brick that is a project. It was my DD but has been sitting in my garage for about a year until I can get the funds to get it up and running. I`ve got a long list of things I want to do it, both mechanically and cosmetically. For now, I have to settle for getting it up and running and able to pass smog.

This is my `95 855 T5 when it was working well...

I hope you get yours up and running again soon, so you can get back to enjoying the driving experience.

As far as your current detailing project at hand, I would suggest getting a good assortment of brushes, if you don`t already. A solid performing APC and elbow grease should get those wheel wells looking better.

Brushes: Mothers Tire, Wheel, and Well Brush Kit. & Mothers Detail Brush Set. You may want to pick up a cheap stiff bristle brush from the cleaning aisle at your local store to really get at the old baked on grime for the first pass of cleaning.

A couple of pretty good APC`s are Blackfire and CG All Clean+.

**XxBoostinxX** · 02-24-2014, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by Prerunner06

Yeah this one had over 330k miles on the original engine and trans. There are times that I miss my mk4 and my b6 audi. But I dont miss the payments. Haha.

So here is the passenger side wheel well "cleaned"

Apprently super clean does not touch dirt.... I am looking to make an order soon but so far I only have dodo ferrous dueller. What type of cleaner should I get for these stubborn wheel wells.

Oh and car will be moved to a buddys shop in a week to get the fab work done!

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Optimum Power Clean for the wheel wells. It`s a little more expensive, but you can dilute it to suit your needs. Wheel wells, engine bays, interiors, leather, etc., it literally can do it all. Get ya a decent wheel well brush too. The Mothers brushes are cheaper and just as good as the more expensive ones.

**Prerunner06** · 02-28-2014, 07:37 PM

small quicky update. I got my optimum power clean and my dodo ferrous dueller along with the mothers wheel well brush. Hope to have pictures possibly tonight or tomorrow afternoon.

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**XxBoostinxX** · 02-28-2014, 09:37 PM

Originally Posted by Prerunner06

small quicky update. I got my optimum power clean and my dodo ferrous dueller along with the mothers wheel well brush. Hope to have pictures possibly tonight or tomorrow afternoon.

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Awesome. Can`t wait to see how it turns out.

**Prerunner06** · 02-28-2014, 10:36 PM

So I got some time to play. Attacked the passenger side.

Here is a before:

And After:

Still need to work on this guy.

After I scrubbed and scrubbed. I got alot of dirt off found that alot of the under coating was gone leaving a sub par look. So I endded up rattle caning it. The dodo juice ferrous dueller really attacked the build up on the caliper. Still need to work on the wheels. So more tomorrow!

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**XxBoostinxX** · 02-28-2014, 10:38 PM

Did you use the OPC at all or just the DDJ?

**Prerunner06** · 02-28-2014, 10:43 PM

Used OPC on the wheel well only used dodo on the caliper. The OPC cleans amazing I still have to put the wheel liner back in. Cant wait to attack the interior with it.

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**XxBoostinxX** · 02-28-2014, 10:44 PM

Originally Posted by Prerunner06

Used OPC on the wheel well only used dodo on the caliper. The OPC cleans amazing I still have to put the wheel liner back in. Cant wait to attack the interior with it.

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Awesome. Glad you are happy with it bud. It works great on the interior too.

**Prerunner06** · 02-28-2014, 10:57 PM

As I was out in my garage. I happend to look at my sad and old PC7424 pre XP! I started to think I should get a new DA. Really want a Rupes seeing and hearing about them. But would a flex DA be a good step up or should I just drop the cash for the Rupes?

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**XxBoostinxX** · 02-28-2014, 11:58 PM

Don`t think you can go wrong with either. I started off with a Flex 3401 a few years back before Rupes came out. But now I would also like to have a Rupes 21 and mini in my arsenal.