MarcHarris
New member
This vehicle's new owner scheduled me for work on the car before it was even purchased. Buying this 2007 Saab 9-3 that was formally leased, the owner wanted to refresh and renew the vehicle.
Of course - dirty on arrival, and before anything else, P21S wheel cleaner gel was applied to let dwell
paint is dirty
It was easy to see the paint was quite beat on without any prep or washing
Gas cap area had surely never seen a cleaning... until me. Here is before:
As usual, I started with the wheels. Started by letting P21S gel dwell for 10 minutes
Then, it was time for a good agitation on the tires and wheels. Here is the tire after a good brushing
followed by the wheel face, lug nuts, and between each spoke
the heroes of the wheel cleaning:
No... that's not BBQ sauce
but it cleaned up pretty sweet
and last (for the wheels), why I, and why you SHOULD wear gloves. No need for this stuff being all over your skin each time you clean dirty rims
I had to move locations once the rims were done (only to down the street though), and once I arrived at the final location, I began by foaming down the poor Saab and its engine bay (and wheel wells, etc)
Couldn't take the way this sucker looked. Now it's nice and clean!
Once foamed, it was clay time. I was looking forward to trying my new mystery clay
My quick review of this stuff: was VERY soft, easy to mold, and stayed pliable food a decent amount of time. With the heavy contamination of this car, the clay was hurting quite quickly. I used around 90-100 grams of it, and once each bit started getting heavily soiled, it became tougher and tougher until starting to fall apart. Upon that time I got rid of it and grabbed a fresh piece.
LOTS of contamination. I should have brought my Meg's aggressive clay too
Even the painted portion of the mirrors was bad
Falling apart... I then tried to use just water (clay's direction state water is all is needed). But got no better
Upon being rinsed and dried, the car got pulled inside to be worked on under the lights. This was bad. Hide the women and children, and prepare the life-boats
Of course - dirty on arrival, and before anything else, P21S wheel cleaner gel was applied to let dwell
paint is dirty
It was easy to see the paint was quite beat on without any prep or washing
Gas cap area had surely never seen a cleaning... until me. Here is before:
As usual, I started with the wheels. Started by letting P21S gel dwell for 10 minutes
Then, it was time for a good agitation on the tires and wheels. Here is the tire after a good brushing
followed by the wheel face, lug nuts, and between each spoke
the heroes of the wheel cleaning:
No... that's not BBQ sauce
but it cleaned up pretty sweet
and last (for the wheels), why I, and why you SHOULD wear gloves. No need for this stuff being all over your skin each time you clean dirty rims
I had to move locations once the rims were done (only to down the street though), and once I arrived at the final location, I began by foaming down the poor Saab and its engine bay (and wheel wells, etc)
Couldn't take the way this sucker looked. Now it's nice and clean!
Once foamed, it was clay time. I was looking forward to trying my new mystery clay
My quick review of this stuff: was VERY soft, easy to mold, and stayed pliable food a decent amount of time. With the heavy contamination of this car, the clay was hurting quite quickly. I used around 90-100 grams of it, and once each bit started getting heavily soiled, it became tougher and tougher until starting to fall apart. Upon that time I got rid of it and grabbed a fresh piece.
LOTS of contamination. I should have brought my Meg's aggressive clay too
Even the painted portion of the mirrors was bad
Falling apart... I then tried to use just water (clay's direction state water is all is needed). But got no better
Upon being rinsed and dried, the car got pulled inside to be worked on under the lights. This was bad. Hide the women and children, and prepare the life-boats
