chrisk2010
MB Enthusiast
So i have had a week off which allowed a few days to work on the cars wheel arches and peek behind the covers plus get a bit of winter prep done with machine polish and Coat of wax.
I'll apologise now as when i work i don't take as many pictures as i intend to for the soul reason that i forget and tend to put everything back.
So i started off on the front and removed the wheel arch covers. It really is suprising how much dirt get behind there but for a 12 year old car it wasn't bad at all.
I used a dry brush to remove the loose bits and sprayed some fallout remover under there then sat down with a bucket of PH neutral detergent and gave all the nooks and crannies a good seing too then rinsed it all off. I done this this a couple of times on each arch.
I also managed to get the drain cleared which is a known problem with these cars usually resulting in the passenger footwell getting wet. I must say i was suprised at how blocked it was considering i regularly jet down the holes a the bottom of the windscreen, the only thing i will say is i wish i had done this at the begining as it shot crud all over the area i had just cleaned so needed another rinse.
There's the little drain, both the rubber bit hanging down and the hole to the right were completly blocked.
Whilst this was all drying i went over the wheels with a non scratch pad and some Bilt Hamber fall out remover.
Once it had all dried i set to giving everything a good coating of hammerite under the arch which i repeated to the other side.
I did the brake disc after this but forgot to take the final picture. I also done the caliper but left the front of it witht the Mercedes writing as i intend to revisit this at a later stage.
I also forgot to take picture of the wheel arch covers which i cleaned with a wee bit of fall out remover and also some megs tar remover which was absolute rubbish and ended up using a lot of boiling hot water and a hard brush. I treated them to some megs tyre shine after as i forgot to bring a bit of old oil home from work which Merc85 reccomended doing.
Next was onto the rears for the same treatment ...
I'll apologise now as when i work i don't take as many pictures as i intend to for the soul reason that i forget and tend to put everything back.
So i started off on the front and removed the wheel arch covers. It really is suprising how much dirt get behind there but for a 12 year old car it wasn't bad at all.
I used a dry brush to remove the loose bits and sprayed some fallout remover under there then sat down with a bucket of PH neutral detergent and gave all the nooks and crannies a good seing too then rinsed it all off. I done this this a couple of times on each arch.
I also managed to get the drain cleared which is a known problem with these cars usually resulting in the passenger footwell getting wet. I must say i was suprised at how blocked it was considering i regularly jet down the holes a the bottom of the windscreen, the only thing i will say is i wish i had done this at the begining as it shot crud all over the area i had just cleaned so needed another rinse.
There's the little drain, both the rubber bit hanging down and the hole to the right were completly blocked.
Whilst this was all drying i went over the wheels with a non scratch pad and some Bilt Hamber fall out remover.
Once it had all dried i set to giving everything a good coating of hammerite under the arch which i repeated to the other side.
I did the brake disc after this but forgot to take the final picture. I also done the caliper but left the front of it witht the Mercedes writing as i intend to revisit this at a later stage.
I also forgot to take picture of the wheel arch covers which i cleaned with a wee bit of fall out remover and also some megs tar remover which was absolute rubbish and ended up using a lot of boiling hot water and a hard brush. I treated them to some megs tyre shine after as i forgot to bring a bit of old oil home from work which Merc85 reccomended doing.
Next was onto the rears for the same treatment ...