It's Valentines Day - show some love!

[glendog74]

I spent some quality time with the one i love this Valentine's afternoon...! :whistle:

I cleaned the rear underside of the car. I really wish that i'd done this sooner having driven on so many salt laden roads recently :banghead:















Just the fronts to do tomorrow... Love's a terrible thing! :rolleye:

[Sailorbaz]

Re: It's Valentines Day - show some love!

Looks well mate. I usually get under there with a heavy degreaser and pressure washer. Find it does the trick no bother. probably removed all the protective qualities of the paint right enough, tis that strong.

Am I over-reacting but does the trailing arm not look kind old'ish for a 4-5 year old car? Sorry Glen but just getting a panic on as mine has sat in the garage now since november covered in muck from the road. Find out on Thursday I suppose when I get home... :thumbs:

[SMD]

Nice work! :beer:

You can tell it has done a few miles looking at those pic!

[glendog74]

Re: It's Valentines Day - show some love!

Am I over-reacting but does the trailing arm not look kind old'ish for a 4-5 year old car?

I last saw underneath back in November when the car was on a ramp. It was grubby but no big deal. When i looked again today it had gotten a fair bit worse since - it has to be road salt as i haven't been able to wash it lately near as much as i'd like. :smt108

The arm looks worse than it actually is - just some light surface corrosion/discolouration - unsightly all the same! Need to get '1cosmicboy' over! :whistle:

FYI - My car was one of the last production, dated Dec 03 and it has now covered 48k miles.

[bryce]

How and What with did you clean it Glendog?

[Andyk]

You have too much time on your hands...good work :thumbs:

[Sailorbaz]

Aye, mine is a Dec 03 car too, has 34K on it now. Last time I looked, I can't remember them being too bad but hey, it'll clean up...with a bit of sandpaper and hammerite! :thumbs:

[Mark CSL]

glendog74
Good Job Glendog it looks all the better for the hard work :thumbs:


Well the rear arms on my CSL look like new 54plate 54000 miles.
But i have seen some that you would think they park in the sea :whistle:

[Sailorbaz]

glendog74

But i have seen some that you would think they park in the sea :whistle:

Nothing wrong with parking in the sea Mark...I do it regularly :hahaha:

[glendog74]

How and What with did you clean it Glendog?

Elbow grease! :-D

I used Autoglym engine/machine cleaner and a scouring pad! I used a softer brush on delicate bits.

[glendog74]

You have too much time on your hands...good work :thumbs:

Yeah! I need to get this done now before the Sproglet arrives on the 23rd... Then i'll feel your pain!!!

[glendog74]

Good Job Glendog it looks all the better for the hard work :thumbs:

Cheers - off out to do the fronts now!

[bryce]

I would do mine but the trolley jack doesnt fit under the car these days :smokin:

Grand excuse :-D

[Andyk]

You have too much time on your hands...good work :thumbs:

Yeah! I need to get this done now before the Sproglet arrives on the 23rd... Then i'll feel your pain!!!

Certainly will...although I have spent 5 hours cleaning the car today so there is still life after.

[glendog74]

Day 2!

I found the fronts to be not as bad as i had feared. Light surface corrosion on the wishbones, tie bars, and shock body uprights. I wiped most bits with a bit of WD40 after the clean.

I'm not planning on doing this for some time - it takes too long and the neighbours must think i'm a right anorak! :moan:






Plus one of the shiny pipes for Andyk and DazBlackCSL!! :thumbs: