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^^^^^Only thing i find with purple power is it can leave a white residue on aluminum. Check out Show Car Cleans All works wonders!!!! I cut it 50/50 and use on the interior to. Ill jack up my car and jack stands remove wheels start on one end use a handled brush and do portions at a time.
I love the guys who never drive in the rain! Looks great and then we can buy them as pristine later. Ha ha
This Z06 is not a garage queen, it just looks like it. It is driven and the Z06 package is put to use. I've been in it and will remember that ride. She pulls just as good as she looks.
I keep the outside and inside of my c6 spotless, however looking under the car its pretty dirty. How is the best way to clean the underside?
I have a lift and would let anyone near me the use of it to do the chore. Who knows you may have a neighbor near you that will do the same. It would save you time and effort.
I love the guys who never drive in the rain! Looks great and then we can buy them as pristine later. Ha ha
I've driven 12k miles in the first year I've owned my 08 vert show car. It's always pristine, but then I've managed to put all those miles on the car without getting caught in the rain.
Clean does not mean not driven.
Last edited by Corvette_Ed; 05-19-2017 at 12:42 PM.
For the 6 years that I have been a member here on the Corvette Forum, I don't think I have seen a photo that makes me more envious than the photo below!
The deal is ... I don't have a car lift installed in my garage, so my car's underside will NEVER look anything close to that!
I've driven 12k miles in the first year I've owned my 08 vert show car. It's always pristine, but then I've managed to put all those miles on the car without getting caught in the rain.
Clean does not mean not driven.
Haters gonna hate Ed For me I am impressed and not ashamed to say it. Plus if a guy is prone to waxing or cleaning so be it, so what, its his car right and if he wants it to sit on a pedestal then fine with me
NSF PS I wish my underside looked like LMB-Z
I saw a guy recommend some of those plastic lawn sprayers and just put it under the car. One reason I can think of against high pressure sprayers is you may not want some things to go up into the crevices by being pushed there. Unless, of course, you're LMB or johnodrake and your car's on a lift where you can see it, standing up, and clean it out very well!
Haters gonna hate Ed For me I am impressed and not ashamed to say it. Plus if a guy is prone to waxing or cleaning so be it, so what, its his car right and if he wants it to sit on a pedestal then fine with me
NSF PS I wish my underside looked like LMB-Z
Haters gonna hate Ed For me I am impressed and not ashamed to say it. Plus if a guy is prone to waxing or cleaning so be it, so what, its his car right and if he wants it to sit on a pedestal then fine with me
NSF PS I wish my underside looked like LMB-Z
Thanks NSF. It's a lot of effort, but it pays off.
Thanks NSF. It's a lot of effort, but it pays off.
Its a tough line to drive or not to drive. I mean after you've spent the time and money to really detail a car its a hard call to drive it unless conditions are in favor. I'm pretty selective and mine isn't really show ready, close but not for a real inspection. Still I don't go thru water on the road, follow closely, drive in inclement weather and such.
But when I do I'm the proudest guy on the road And I do drive it!!
NSF
Its a tough line to drive or not to drive. I mean after you've spent the time and money to really detail a car its a hard call to drive it unless conditions are in favor. I'm pretty selective and mine isn't really show ready, close but not for a real inspection. Still I don't go thru water on the road, follow closely, drive in inclement weather and such.
But when I do I'm the proudest guy on the road And I do drive it!!
NSF
Agree.
Mine is just a toy, something to drive in nice weather. I have a truck for otherwise. The concept is not hard for most people to grasp.
It's like I'm at the Museo del Prado or the Vatican and coming across an image so pure that my heart skips a beat and a small tear forms... tetering in its fight with gravity....
It's like I'm at the Museo del Prado or the Vatican and coming across an image so pure that my heart skips a beat and a small tear forms... tetering in its fight with gravity....
Jealousy is highest form of envy, I think that's right Your underside is a friggin work of art, and I for one greatly appreciate it
NSF PS BTW I feel the same about the gals backside
Last edited by Not So Fast; 05-19-2017 at 06:42 PM.
Okay, HF and WallyWorld sell good jack stands for about $20 per pair. You can hardly buy good chemicals to clean and wax your car for that. Get 4 and be safe.
There is no part of your car that is more durable, or takes more of a beating, than the undercarriage. I would have no qualms at all about using a PW, as long as you do not keep the wand in one spot, and always shoot at an angle, never straight on. Get the jack stands...spray the undercarriage with 409, Simple Green, whatever you use for general cleaning...let it sit a few minutes...spray it off...air dry with your air compressor, reversed vacuum, leaf blower, or whatever. If you are really nutty about it, get under there with spray cleaner and scrub it down. It will look so much better.
Or....just drive through a large, clean puddle, as was stated earlier.
I have a floor jack but no jack stands. I guess I could do one corner at a time. I also have a 3100 psi pressure washer but not sure if it would be wise to use it on the undercarriage. I found out he hard way the pressure washer will tear up the window screens on a house.
Go pop for the paltry twenty buck or so and use car stands. Using a floor jack to get under a car is suicidal. Jacks are made to lift the car, not support it. Even when I was an indestructible kid I was smart enough to use concrete blocks topped with 2x4s.
05-19-2017, 10:40 AM
For me I am impressed and not ashamed to say it. Plus if a guy is prone to waxing or cleaning so be it, so what, its his car right and if he wants it to sit on a pedestal then fine with me 
And I do drive it!!
Your underside is a friggin work of art, and I for one greatly appreciate it 
