Cleaning under the hood

lowriderbowtie · 02-12-2005, 10:39 PM

What do you recomend for dressing up the hoses? I have some Turtle Wax wet n'black that i use on my tires...would this be ok on heater hoses and rad hoses?

I always keep my engine clean, but my hoses have been neglected

Thanks guys

NCHEVYHEVN · 02-12-2005, 10:54 PM

i always just used armorall or this stuff the cleaning boys use at the dealer is awsome. Makes the engine look brand new. its some sort of an engine detailer in a can.

***sdime98*** · 02-12-2005, 11:47 PM

any kinda tire dressing is fine.....

lowriderbowtie · 02-12-2005, 11:55 PM

thanks

***sdime98*** · 02-13-2005, 12:02 AM

no prob man...take some after pics

NCHEVYHEVN · 02-13-2005, 12:07 AM

O i think the stuff the dealership uses has alot of silicone in it. I don't know if thats right it or not but its what I think they said was in it.

Got-20z · 02-13-2005, 12:34 AM

tire shine will work too

lowriderbowtie · 02-13-2005, 02:12 AM

i'll throw up some pics in a day or 2

buellwinkle · 02-13-2005, 07:02 PM

Best bet for detailing the engine compartment is CD2 Engine Detailing Kit . It will take your piece of poo and make it look shiny and new. It maybe hard to find, check Walmart or Pep Boys. Meguiars makes a great engine compartment detailer called HyperDressing. You control the amount of shine by how much water you mix with it. It's not sold in stores, check out this place for it, they pour into smaller bottles for us non-pros http://www.autodetailingsolutions.com/Meguiar's%20Detailer%20Line%20Prices.htm

dumpeds10 · 02-17-2005, 04:09 AM

for rad hoses I have always used hand cleaner. not the citrus stuff but just the plain ol white stuff in the tub... just get a good amount in your hand and go to town on teh hoses... cleans and shines em up great!

fasterimage · 02-18-2005, 01:17 AM

Try No-touch spray....it works wonders and u dont need to do anything else!

rcmaniac · 02-18-2005, 03:01 AM

If you have alot of plastic under your hood.. Like us 2nd gen's really have alot of it lol

I use any type of tire shine in a can, and go to town on it.. Let it sit over night, efore a show.. And it's blingin.. Actually worth poppin the hood!

BobOnAir · 02-18-2005, 03:12 AM

Brake fluid!

guestuser · 02-18-2005, 03:21 AM

so you guys are talking about just poping the hood not doing anything else and just spraying this stuff all over the engine compartment and then leting it sit over night and then what? do oyu just spray it off?

JPowell · 02-22-2005, 09:02 AM

Some of these tire shines could cause the hoses to dry-rot prematurly by extracting oils and moisture from the rubber compounds found in your hoses. I'd get a rag and spray silicone spray lubricant on it and wipe them down, if I were you.

Miss Dyme · 02-27-2005, 04:45 AM

oil will definately kill any hoses that you have, will make them spongy and swollen. ixnay on the brake fluid.

neksys · 02-27-2005, 03:30 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by JPowell

Some of these tire shines could cause the hoses to dry-rot prematurly by extracting oils and moisture from the rubber compounds found in your hoses. I'd get a rag and spray silicone spray lubricant on it and wipe them down, if I were you.

Aren't most *decent* tire shines little more than silicone anyways?

At any rate, something I found is that you can get large bottles of heavily concentrated silicone lubricant that works *wonders* on tires and other plastic and rubber trim pieces at.... sex stores.

A big bottle of silicone sex lube is dirt cheap compared to similar "high end ultra performance" tire shines sold at autozone and such, and works just as well. I just get a thin piece of foam sponge, load it up with the lube and go to town. A few drops is all it takes to do your entire truck.

bryan_n · 02-27-2005, 07:37 PM

lube it up and jack off your hoses? lol

neksys · 02-27-2005, 07:58 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by bryan_n

lube it up and jack off your hoses? lol

ahahha

If you're straight, I find it helps to have your girlfriend or at least a bikini calendar on the wall when you're lubing and stroking the hoses so you don't feel too gay.

02-12-2005, 10:39 PM	#1
lowriderbowtie 2LO4BC Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kamloops, BC CANADA! User is: OffLine	Cleaning under the hood What do you recomend for dressing up the hoses? I have some Turtle Wax wet n'black that i use on my tires...would this be ok on heater hoses and rad hoses? I always keep my engine clean, but my hoses have been neglected Thanks guys
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02-12-2005, 10:54 PM	#2
NCHEVYHEVN NTBSSHEVN Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 9,190 Location: Creedmoor, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood i always just used armorall or this stuff the cleaning boys use at the dealer is awsome. Makes the engine look brand new. its some sort of an engine detailer in a can.
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02-12-2005, 11:47 PM	#3
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood any kinda tire dressing is fine.....
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02-12-2005, 11:55 PM	#4
lowriderbowtie 2LO4BC Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kamloops, BC CANADA! User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood thanks
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02-13-2005, 12:02 AM	#5
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood no prob man...take some after pics
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02-13-2005, 12:07 AM	#6
NCHEVYHEVN NTBSSHEVN Age: 23 Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 9,190 Location: Creedmoor, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood O i think the stuff the dealership uses has alot of silicone in it. I don't know if thats right it or not but its what I think they said was in it.
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02-13-2005, 12:34 AM	#7
Got-20z has committed suicide! Age: 27 Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 11,945 Location: North East, Kentucky User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood tire shine will work too
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02-13-2005, 02:12 AM	#8
lowriderbowtie 2LO4BC Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,856 Location: Kamloops, BC CANADA! User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood i'll throw up some pics in a day or 2
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02-13-2005, 07:02 PM	#9
buellwinkle Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 88 Location: So Cal User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood Best bet for detailing the engine compartment is CD2 Engine Detailing Kit . It will take your piece of poo and make it look shiny and new. It maybe hard to find, check Walmart or Pep Boys. Meguiars makes a great engine compartment detailer called HyperDressing. You control the amount of shine by how much water you mix with it. It's not sold in stores, check out this place for it, they pour into smaller bottles for us non-pros http://www.autodetailingsolutions.com/Meguiar's%20Detailer%20Line%20Prices.htm
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02-17-2005, 04:09 AM	#10
dumpeds10 Registered User Age: 24 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 383 Location: scottsdale az User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood for rad hoses I have always used hand cleaner. not the citrus stuff but just the plain ol white stuff in the tub... just get a good amount in your hand and go to town on teh hoses... cleans and shines em up great!
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02-18-2005, 01:17 AM	#11
fasterimage PowderCoat Guru Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 262 Location: State College, PA User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood Try No-touch spray....it works wonders and u dont need to do anything else!
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02-18-2005, 03:01 AM	#12
rcmaniac CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS Age: 22 Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 12,217 Location: Largo, FL User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood If you have alot of plastic under your hood.. Like us 2nd gen's really have alot of it lol I use any type of tire shine in a can, and go to town on it.. Let it sit over night, efore a show.. And it's blingin.. Actually worth poppin the hood!
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02-18-2005, 03:12 AM	#13
BobOnAir The other "body" man Age: 33 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 5,517 Location: Arnprior, Ontario, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood Brake fluid!
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02-18-2005, 03:21 AM	#14
guestuser Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,080 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood so you guys are talking about just poping the hood not doing anything else and just spraying this stuff all over the engine compartment and then leting it sit over night and then what? do oyu just spray it off?
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02-22-2005, 09:02 AM	#15
JPowell Dime Dreamer Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 202 Location: Ohio User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood Some of these tire shines could cause the hoses to dry-rot prematurly by extracting oils and moisture from the rubber compounds found in your hoses. I'd get a rag and spray silicone spray lubricant on it and wipe them down, if I were you. Last edited by JPowell : 02-22-2005 at 09:02 AM.
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02-27-2005, 04:45 AM	#16
Miss Dyme Aftermath (Canuck side) Age: 87 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 346 Location: Canadian Gurl User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood oil will definately kill any hoses that you have, will make them spongy and swollen. ixnay on the brake fluid.
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02-27-2005, 03:30 PM	#17
neksys Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 49 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood Quote: Originally Posted by JPowell Some of these tire shines could cause the hoses to dry-rot prematurly by extracting oils and moisture from the rubber compounds found in your hoses. I'd get a rag and spray silicone spray lubricant on it and wipe them down, if I were you. Aren't most decent tire shines little more than silicone anyways? At any rate, something I found is that you can get large bottles of heavily concentrated silicone lubricant that works wonders on tires and other plastic and rubber trim pieces at.... sex stores. A big bottle of silicone sex lube is dirt cheap compared to similar "high end ultra performance" tire shines sold at autozone and such, and works just as well. I just get a thin piece of foam sponge, load it up with the lube and go to town. A few drops is all it takes to do your entire truck.
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02-27-2005, 07:37 PM	#18
bryan_n Registered User Age: 23 Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 48 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood lube it up and jack off your hoses? lol
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02-27-2005, 07:58 PM	#19
neksys Registered User Age: 27 Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 49 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Cleaning under the hood Quote: Originally Posted by bryan_n lube it up and jack off your hoses? lol ahahha If you're straight, I find it helps to have your girlfriend or at least a bikini calendar on the wall when you're lubing and stroking the hoses so you don't feel too gay.
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