cleaning the engine bay

[JerseyStang07-Brian]

jose had told me about a product by cdc i think it was but im not entirely sure. what would you guys recommend for cleaning under the hood of a car for a show?

[TBDOPEY22]

I usually pressure wash the engine, use a degrease if necessary. Then I use back to Black, Chrome polish(if needed), clay bar some of my painted areas and use WD 40

[greenscobie86]

You wanna use the following:

Gunk Engine Brite
Various Brushes/rags
Water out of a hose

Follow with:

More Engine Brite

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Mother Back to Black(plastics only)

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Tire shine (cheap kind will work)

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Vlad(97NYStanGT) has been having lots of luck with Turtle Wax Ice on his engine and components under the hood... Go figure...

[Stangman Jonathan]

Degreaser definitely does it and there's a engine shine one like for the leather interior but it shines all the plastic stuff in the engine bay...its a spray, they use it at my job here and have seen show cars use it


Serg, you beat me to it in details lol

[jerseysilverstang07]

I like my method of cleaning that department numerous rags and a boat load of Q-tips generally speaking the amount of Q-tips used on my car for both engine bay and interior well lets just say thank god for bulk

[NASTY03GT]

Simple Green around the motor. Back to Black on the black plastic parts and hoses. Blue Magic for the metal and chrome.

I have tried degreasers on my engine but really dosent do anything for me since i dont have any hard oils or anything i just use some quick detalier and a rag some Q tips then hit the black plastic with meguairs plastic shine stuff and thats about it for me if u have chrome then use some kind of chrome polish

[mustang51js]

i use tire foam and bunch of rags

[JerseyGator]

No offense guys, but...
Throw Mcguires, back to black and anything else in the trash. Adams premium car care products rule! Proof is in the pics.

Before: My wifes 8 year old van ( 1:Clean with Adams All Purpose Cleaner; 2: spray 50/50 Adams VRT and H2O with spray bottle. Use compressed air and old rag and forget about qtips!)


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AFTER !





Before: My 2004 Rubicon. And yes I go off road.

Beer always helps the time go by. Brush was for the wheels and tires









After ( 1:Clean with Adams All Purpose Cleaner; 2: spray 50/50 Adams VRT and H2O with spray bottle. Use compressed air and old rag and forget about qtips!)

[white99gt]

Don't forget Adam's new Super VRT which repels water like wax on your car!

I need to pick some up along with more APC and Detail Spray lol.