Wheel Arch Detailing - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Ukr986 · 01-14-2021, 06:18 AM

So I was bored and decided to detail the wheel arches. Did not expect them to be this dirty... Pretty satisfying

piper6909 · 01-14-2021, 06:28 AM

Looks great! I hope you used a jack stand to supplement that floor jack while you were working under there!

TeamOxford · 01-14-2021, 02:37 PM

What did you use as a cleaner/degreaser?

Just wonderin'..........

TO

BoxsterSteve · 01-14-2021, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by TeamOxford

What did you use as a cleaner/degreaser?

Just wonderin'..........

TO

Did mine a couple of years ago when I had the front bumper off to clean the radiators.
Simple Green followed up by a pressure washer.
It came out really well.

husker boxster · 01-15-2021, 05:19 AM

Nice job UKR. Amazing how it can make a car look like new. I do this to all my Wheeler Dealer cars to give them that extra clean look.

I start w/ Gunk Engine Degreaser if it's really dirty. Then Scrubbing Bubbles followed by big & small scrub brushes and water five min after the Scrubbing Bubbles. Once it's clean, I'll spray the black plastic with Gunk Engine Dresser to give it a shine. Don't expect to spray something on and wash it off and have it look spectacular. Elbow grease is required but worth it when done.

Starter986 · 01-15-2021, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by husker boxster

Don't expect to spray something on and wash it off and have it look spectacular. Elbow grease is required but worth it when done.

That. LOL.

When I replaced my front readiator fans I decided to clean the wells. I used a litle palmolive soap in a sprayer... wiping and scrubbing... elbow grease... followed by sprayting a little warer for a final rinse and wipe.

No more 'gloss/shine' products in the wells for me.