under the hood

[george536]

Im getting ready to sell my GS finally!!!!!
but i need some tips on how to sell. imma put it online like on cars and autotrader and stuff. and my local paper, but i need to clean under the hood. any advice i want it to look nice so when somebody opens it they can say i took care of it. any ideas? or should i juss take it to someone to do it for me. how much would they charge to clean it?


no im not buying a honda

theres a black spyder gst that i saw 1 owner, some old guy. finally turbo dsm!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Midnight_Outlaw]

Just power wash it, Use some degreser on any really bad parts.

[Shpyder]

All right, turbo spyder! u da man (finally). I would personally get it professionaly done. Got my 92 accord cleaned for $80...the entire engine bay looked BRAND NEW outta the showroom...

[northriverflames]

I wouldnt do that, power washing can forse water into electrical plugs and then ull be selling a car that wont start or something like that. Put some elbow grease into it, a old rag, some cleaner, and an air compressor is what i use:P

[96TSi]

if you want it to look really nice, goto your local mitsubishi house and in the service drive, ask "make-ready" to detail the engine compartment. once every few months ill have all my vehicles done at the dealership.

make-ready is the people who detail the new cars when they get sold

[dsmodder]

get a few cans of degreaser and spary your enigne compartment minus the plugs and alternator. let it sit for a min or 2. then powerwash it but all yoru trying to do is get the degreaser off. degrease and wash the underside of your hood also. then go and buy some white dressing from autozone or whatever and spray everything.

[dsmodder]

the white dressing will make even dirty shit look good trust me

[96TSi]

^^works really good but make sure your engine bay is completly cooled down first or the degreaser will actually stain some pieces on your engine

[george536]

i dont really want to do it myself i dont want to mess nothing up. if i pay some place to do it and my car wont start i can blame someone. lol but damn 80 bucks.

[96TSi]

dunno about blaming them but id take it to a dealer to get it cleaned, those guys do the same cars over and over so id imagine they do a really good job

[george536]

how much do the dealer charge?

[dsmodder]

i worked for a dodge detail shop last summer and believe me you are better off doing this yourself. it can be done in about 10 min and they will probably mess more stuff up than you do. we used a hotsy or basically a heated powerwasher. letting it cool down wont hurt but i dont think you want to wait at the local car wash powerwash deal for it to cool. trust me do this yourself.

[imtheoneandonlyD]

hehe, i know a bunch of people at my local wash so whenever i want i get it for free. but its not that hard to do your self.

[george536]

my neighbor has a power washer and he did it on his car. maybe he can do it for me. maybe ill give him like 20 bucks to do it. its not that much work is it?

[Shpyder]

$80 in cali. I am SURE its cheaper in other states. I would HIGHLY recommend getting it done by professionals if you are the slightest bit unsure.