Thread: my engine detail the PRD way

hi all i detailed my engine bay a few weeks ago and i thought i would post it up
products used :
autosmart APC
detail brushes
lots of rags
chemical guys quick detailer
micro fibre cloths
metal polish
time taken : around 6 hours in total
pics :










i would like to also add that NO engine dressing was used just simply cleaned , the plastic's look shiny because they are that clean at PRD we don't believe in using dressing to hide dirt we clean them properly
thanks for reading
fran
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fran you are the man

Nice one, looks cleaner than mine! (and that's due to newness, not my cleaning!)

That Golf V detail on your site is astonishing, well done mate, great job!

Originally Posted by nally

fran you are the man

you are right i am lol , cheers buddy

Originally Posted by warren_cox

Nice one, looks cleaner than mine! (and that's due to newness, not my cleaning!)

thanks warren i do try and keep her spotless , not bad for 98k eh buddy

Originally Posted by warren_cox

That Golf V detail on your site is astonishing, well done mate, great job!

haha that golf was a shed man dirty dirty dirty

Originally Posted by warren_cox

That Golf V detail on your site is astonishing, well done mate, great job!

that was truly the worst car i have had the pleasure in detailing, came up so nice though so was worth all the 12 hours of cleaning inside alone, next time i get a car that bad inside ill be billing him extra for the rotten egg and half eaten bolied sweets stuck into crevices haha

not exactly a pleasure grant lmao

When I get my car done in the new year the detailer will get an easy life. Yes there will be some swirlage to attend to, otherwise it's pretty clean!

January is a lean month cash flow wise, so Feb will have to be when I get it done providing it doesn't cost the earth.

How much ballpark is a detail to get rid of swirls?

Nice work Fran! now I want to do mine lol

Originally Posted by warren_cox

When I get my car done in the new year the detailer will get an easy life. Yes there will be some swirlage to attend to, otherwise it's pretty clean!

January is a lean month cash flow wise, so Feb will have to be when I get it done providing it doesn't cost the earth.

How much ballpark is a detail to get rid of swirls?

oh yeah i bet they will have an easy detail to do haha , you have a PM btw dude

Originally Posted by cloughy

Nice work Fran! now I want to do mine lol

thank you mate , so do it then lol , as long as you have got some time to do it then its all about taking your time and doing it properly , if you rush it then it won't be a good job

Nice detail Fran, is autosmart apc same as g101?? what concentartion do you use??

Nice one chap.

Could you eat your dinner off it?




Wait, would you want to?
You'd just have to clean it again but you seem to like cleaning, so i guess that wont be no massive problem for you.

Originally Posted by Pabs

Nice detail Fran, is autosmart apc same as g101?? what concentartion do you use??

yeah same stuff , not too strong mate about 1-10 ish not exact lol , my engine bay wasn't overly dirty anyway so it all came off easy

Originally Posted by scott b5

Nice one chap.

Could you eat your dinner off it?




Wait, would you want to?
You'd just have to clean it again but you seem to like cleaning, so i guess that wont be no massive problem for you.

nope wouldn't want to get my bay dirty again lmao

Originally Posted by FranA3

thank you mate , so do it then lol , as long as you have got some time to do it then its all about taking your time and doing it properly , if you rush it then it won't be a good job

Ordered some G101, I'll post some photos when I'm done

Originally Posted by cloughy

Ordered some G101, I'll post some photos when I'm done

good man thats the spirit

Looking good Fran

thank you jen

Looking good Fran, cant wait for the rain to stop so I can get my hood up!

haha thanks chris

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Here we go, thanks for the idea Fran! that G101 is the bomb

Originally Posted by cloughy

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Here we go, thanks for the idea Fran! that G101 is the bomb

good stuff isn't it works really well doesn't it , looking good mate how long did it take you ?

Just over an hour mate, although I'm not finished as the fuel filter casing (bottom left in picture) has quite a bit of surface rust on it which I can't shift....yet! tried metal polish but think I'll have to break out the wire wool, the 4 pipes coming out of the top also restrict access, tooth brush gets in there but isn't effective

not bad mate wasn't that dirty then I'm guessing , yeah common for them to go rusty nearly every one i see is like that

wasn't bad at all, good design feature that casing, it's like a bird bath, I wonder why it's gone rusty! lol

thats the thing about modern engine bay they are all plastic this is my old cars engine bay
try keeping all that looking nice was hard work and where my OCD came from lol

That looks sweet! escort rs turbo?

yeah she was my baby full on show car that was spent so much money on her i could have put a deposit down on a house lol

I had bare shell cabriolet build with a rs turbo engine, zetec bottom end (1.8 off a Mondeo) - i really miss the car because the tuning with limitless, one day i will have one again!

yeah i still miss the turbo power even today 197 at the wheels that had was a impressive car to drive too one day i'll get another one and restore it

Great job Fran, one that definitely needs addressing on mine.

One the subject of RS,

I had a mk3 Escort RS custom, miss it loads.

thanks buddy , oh yeah i miss my baby so bad she is/was down essex way last i heard sold her to a guy who lives in colchester
pics :

That's proper 90's fran. M3 mirrors, twin headlights, and a front bumper low enough to scrape up road kill! Proper stunning though, no wonder you miss it. I hope you got a good price to make you feel better.

haha yeah man you know it thats when they made proper cars none of this electronic stuff lol , thanks man she was my pride and joy spent so much on her it was ridiculous lol she was completely red underneath too and under the arches proper minter but she had to go thats life eh , but the thing i mostly kick myself for is for letting the plate go with the car